What are the important events that happened on October 18? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 18: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 18 is the 291st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 74 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 5, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,345,760 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaenneacontahenagon’ day.
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Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 122 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,684 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 18 Historical Events
- 1210 –Pope Innocent III excommunicates German leader Otto IV.
- 1386 –Opening of the University of Heidelberg.
- 1775 –African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery.
- 1779 –American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
- 1898 –United States takes possession of Puerto Rico.
- 1912 –First Balkan War: Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration “To the Serbian People”, as Serbia joins the war.
- 1914 –The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
- 1945 –The USSR’s nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- 1968 –The U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving a “black power” salute during a victory ceremony at the Mexico City games.
- 2003 –Bolivian Gas War: President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
Who were born on October 18?
- 1706 –Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (d. 1785)
- 1902 –Pascual Jordan, German physicist (d. 1980)
- 1929 –Violeta Chamorro, Nicaraguan politician
- 1938 –Dawn Wells, American actress
- 1950 –Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright (d. 2006)
- 1956 –Martina Navrátilová, Czech-born American tennis player
- 1965 –Curtis Stigers, American jazz vocalist and saxophonist
- 1985 –Derrick Tribbett, American musician (Twisted Method)
- 1991 –Roly Bonevacia, Dutch footballer
- 1991 –Tyler Posey, American actor
Who died on October 18?
- 1541 –Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland (b. 1489)
- 1667 –Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1603)
- 1770 –John Manners, Marquess of Granby, British soldier (b. 1721)
- 1932 –Ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873)
- 1982 –Pierre Mendès-France, French politician (b. 1907)
- 2001 –Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and musician (b. 1922)
- 2002 –Nikolai Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut (b. 1932)
- 2005 –Bill King, American sports broadcaster (b. 1927)
- 2007 –Alan Coren, English writer and satirist (b. 1938)
- 2007 –William J. Crowe, American admiral and ambassador (b. 1925)
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