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, 489,096 hours 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
- 320 –Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest).
- 1210 –Pope Innocent III excommunicates German leader Otto IV.
- 1356 –Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of Basel, Switzerland.
- 1648 –Boston Shoemakers form first U.S. labor organization.
- 1914 –The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
- 1921 –The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the RSFSR.
- 1945 –A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, stages a coup d'état against then president Isaías Medina Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day.
- 1945 –Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Perón.
- 1964 –The 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair closes for its first season after a six-month run.
- 1991 –The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
Who were born on October 18?
- 1854 –Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
- 1932 –Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian politician
- 1938 –Dawn Wells, American actress
- 1939 –Mike Ditka, American football player, coach, and commentator
- 1945 –Huell Howser, American television personality
- 1948 –Ntozake Shange, American author
- 1959 –John Nord, American pro wrestler
- 1967 –Eric Stuart, American voice actor and singer
- 1968 –Michael Stich, German tennis player
- 1969 –Volker Neumüller, German music talent manager
Who died on October 18?
- 1646 –Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1607)
- 1886 –Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (b. 1796)
- 1932 –Ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873)
- 1966 –Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (b. 1878)
- 1977 –Red Army Faction Stammheim Prison suicides: Andreas Baader, German left-wing militant leader (b. 1943)
- 1982 –John Robarts, Canadian politician, Premier of Ontario (b. 1917)
- 1983 –Willie Jones, baseball player (b. 1925)
- 1988 –Sir Frederick Ashton, British dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
- 2007 –Lucky Dube, South African musician (b. 1964)
- 2010 –Marion Brown, American jazz musician (b. 1931)
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