October 18
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October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 74 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 325 - Jin Mingdi, Chinese Emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 299)
- 707 - Pope John VII
- 1035 - Sancho of Navarre, King of Navarre
- 1141 - Leopold IV of Austria, Duke of Bavaria
- 1417 – Pope Gregory XII
- 1480 - Uhwudong, Korean dancer and poet (b. 1441)
- 1503 – Pope Pius III (b. 1439)
- 1541 – Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland (b. 1489)
- 1545 - John Taverner, English composer and organist (b. 1490)
- 1558 - Mary of Hungary (b. 1605)
- 1564 - Johannes Acronius Frisius, German physician and mathematician (b. 1520)
- 1646 - Isaac Jogues, French priest, missionary and martyr (b. 1607)
- 1667 - Emperor Fasilides of Ethiopia (b. 1603)
- 1744 - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (b. 1660)
- 1769 - Yohannes I, Emperor of Ethiopia
- 1845 - Dominique, comte de Cassini, French cartographer and astronomer (b. 1748)
- 1865 – Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
- 1871 – Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor (b. 1791)
- 1886 – Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (b. 1796)
- 1889 – Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (b. 1808)
- 1893 – Charles Gounod, French composer (b. 1818)
1901 – 2000
- 1911 – Alfred Binet, French psychologist (b. 1857)
- 1921 – Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)
- 1931 – Thomas Edison, American inventor (b. 1847)
- 1934 – Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish doctor, won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, (b. 1852)
- 1941 – Manuel Teixeira Gomes, 7th President of Portugal (b. 1860)
- 1942 - Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)
- 1948 - Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (b. 1881)
- 1948 - Philip Collier, 14th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1873)
- 1954 – Einar Jonsson, Icelandic sculptor (b. 1874)
- 1955 - José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher and sociologist (b. 1883)
- 1959 - Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (b. 1898)
- 1965 – Henry Travers, British actor (b. 1874)
- 1966 – Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (b. 1880)
- 1973 – Leo Strauss, German-American philosopher (b. 1899)
- 1973 - Walt Kelly, American cartoonist (b. 1913)
- 1976 - Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet (b. 1895)
- 1977 - German Autumn deaths:
- Hanns Martin Schleyer, German politician (b. 1915) (killed)
- Andreas Baader, member of the Red Army Faction (b. 1943) (suicide)
- Gudrun Ensslin, member of the Red Army Faction (b. 1940) (suicide)
- Jan-Carl Raspe, member of the Red Army Faction (b. 1944) (suicide)
- 1978 – Ramon Mercader, assassin of Leon Trotsky (b. 1914)
- 1982 – Bess Truman, First Lady of the United States (b. 1885)
- 1982 – Pierre Mendès France, French politician (b. 1907)
- 1982 - John Robarts, Canadian politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (b. 1917)
- 1984 - Henri Michaux, French painter and poet (b. 1899)
- 1987 - Adriaan Ditvoorst, Dutch movie director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
- 1988 - Frederick Ashton, British dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
- 2000 – Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926)
From 2001
- 2001 - Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and musician (b. 1922)
- 2002 - Nikolai Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut (b. 1932)
- 2003 – Preston Smith, Governor of Texas (b. 1912)
- 2003 - Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish writer (b. 1939)
- 2004 - K. M. Veerappan, Indian criminal (b. 1952)
- 2006 - Marc Hodler, Swiss skiing official (b. 1918)
- 2006 - Mario Francesco Pompedda, Italian cardinal (b. 1929)
- 2007 – Lucky Dube, South African musician (b. 1964)
- 2007 - William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat (b. 1925)
- 2008 – Dee Dee Warwick, American jazz musician (b. 1931)
- 2011 - Norman Corwin, American radio broadcaster (b. 1910)
- 2012 - Slater Martin, American basketball player (b. 1925)
- 2013 - Tom Foley, American politician, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1929)
- 2013 - Bill Young, American politician (b. 1930)
- 2014 - Rachel Makinson, Australian research scientist (b. 1917)
- 2014 - Joanne Borgella, American singer (b. 1982)
- 2014 - Paul Craft, American musician and songwriter (b. 1938)
- 2015 - Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian writer (b. 1945)
- 2015 - Frank Watkins, American musician (b. 1968)
- 2017 - Eamonn Campbell, Irish guitarist and record producer (b. 1946)
- 2017 - Marino Perani, Italian footballer (b. 1939)
- 2017 - Yeoh Tiong Lay, Malaysian businessman (b. 1929)
- 2017 - Ricardo Vidal, Filipino cardinal (b. 1931)
- 2017 - Issam Zahreddine, Syrian Republican Guard Major General (b. 1961)
- 2017 - Brent Briscoe, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1961)
- 2017 - Helen DeVos, American philanthropist and political donor (b. 1927)
- 2018 - Abdul Raziq Achakzai, Afghan officer (b. 1979)
- 2018 - Ayub Bachchu, Bangladeshi singer-songwriter (b. 1962)
- 2018 - Anthea Bell, British translator (b. 1936)
- 2018 - Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, former President of Sudan (b. 1934)
- 2018 - Danny Leiner, American film director (b. 1961)
- 2018 - Lisbet Palme, Swedish child psychologist, wife of Olof Palme (b. 1931)
- 2018 - Dick Slater, American professional wrestler (b. 1951)
- 2018 - N. D. Tiwari, Indian politician (b. 1925)
- 2019 - Nicolás Díaz, Chilean politician and cardiologist (b. 1929)
- 2019 - Michael Flaksman, American cellist (b. 1946)
- 2019 - Horace Romano Harré, New Zealand-British philosopher and psychologist (b. 1927)
- 2019 - Mark Hurd, American businessman (b. 1957)
- 2019 - Rui Jordao, Angolan-Portuguese footballer (b. 1952)
- 2019 - William Milliken, American politician, 42nd Governor of Michigan (b. 1922)
- 2019 - Mike Reilly, American football player (b. 1942)
- 2019 - Mikhail Innokentyevich Semyonov, Russian politician (b. 1938)
- 2019 - Meir Shamgar, Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
- 2021 - Colin Powell, American General and politician (b. 1937)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1902 – Pascual Jordan, German physicist (d. 1980)
- 1902 - Miriam Hopkins, American actress (d. 1972)
- 1903 - Lina Radke, German athlete (d. 1983)
- 1905 – Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (d. 1993)
- 1905 – Félix Houphouët-Boigny, President of Ivory Coast (d. 1993)
- 1906 - James Brooks, American painter (d. 1992)
- 1909 – Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher in law and political science (d. 2004)
- 1912 - Aurelio Sabattani, Italian cardinal (d. 2003)
- 1912 - Philibert Tsiranana, President of Madagascar (d. 1978)
- 1914 - Raymond Lambert, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1997)
- 1918 - Molly Geertsema, Dutch politician (d. 1991)
- 1918 - Bobby Troup, American actor, jazz pianist and singer-songwriter (d. 1999)
- 1918 - Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek politician, former Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2017)
- 1919 – Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2000)
- 1919 – Anita O'Day, American singer (d. 2006)
- 1919 - Camilla Williams, American opera singer (d. 2012)
- 1920 – Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and politician (d. 1994)
- 1921 – Jesse Helms, American politician (d. 2008)
- 1921 - Jerry Cooke, American photographer (d. 2005)
- 1923 - Paulo Amaral, Brazilian footballer (d. 2008)
- 1923 – Julius Nespral, German actor
- 1923 - Jessie Mae Hemphill, American blues electric guitarist and singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
- 1923 - Boris Sagal, Ukrainian-American film director (d. 1981)
- 1924 - Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer (d. 2013)
- 1925 – Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician (d. 2011)
- 1925 - N. D. Tiwari, Indian politician (d. 2018)
- 1926 – Chuck Berry, American singer and musician (d. 2017)
- 1926 - Yoram Gross, Polish-Australian animation producer and director (d. 2015)
- 1926 – Klaus Kinski, German actor (d. 1991)
- 1927 - George C. Scott, American actor, producer and director (d. 1999)
- 1928 - Ernest Simoni, Albanian cardinal
- 1929 – Violeta Chamorro, former President of Nicaragua
- 1930 - Frank Carlucci, American politician, 16th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2018)
- 1932 - René Bliard, French footballer (d. 2009)
- 1932 – Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian politician
- 1933 - Firuz Mustafayev, Azerbaijani politician (d. 2018)
- 1933 - Ludovico Scarfiotti, Italian racing driver (d. 1968)
- 1934 - Inger Stevens, Swedish actress (d. 1970)
- 1934 - Kir Bulychev, Russian science fiction writer (d. 2003)
- 1934 - Sylvie Joly, French actress (d. 2015)
- 1935 – Peter Boyle, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1938 - Bo Holmström, Swedish journalist (d. 2017)
- 1938 - Guy Roux, French football manager
- 1939 - Flavio Cotti, Swiss politician
- 1939 - Mike Ditka, American football player and coach
- 1939 – Lee Harvey Oswald, suspected assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963)
- 1941 - Timothy Bell, Baron Bell, British advertising and public relations executive (d. 2019)
- 1943 – Andrej Bajuk, Slovenian banker and politician (d. 2011)
- 1943 - Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
- 1945 - Huell Howser, American TV host (d. 2013)
- 1945 - Kate Pretty, English archaeologist
- 1946 - Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Welsh politician (Plaid Cymru)
- 1947 - Paul Chuckle, English comedian
- 1947 - Job Cohen, Dutch politician
- 1948 - Ntozake Shange, American poet and playwright (d. 2018)
- 1949 - Erwin Sellering, German politician
- 1950 - Om Puri, Indian actor and singer (d. 2017)
- 1950 - Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright (d. 2006)
1951 – 1975
- 1952 - Patrick Morrow, Canadian mountaineer
- 1952 - Chuck Lorre, American scriptwriter, director and producer
- 1952 - Jim Ratcliffe, English businessman
- 1955 - Rita Verdonk, Dutch politician
- 1956 – Martina Navratilova, Czech-born tennis player
- 1957 - Catherine Ringer, French singer-songwriter, dancer and actress
- 1957 - Jon Lindstrom, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
- 1958 - Kjell Samuelsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1958 - Julio Olarticoechea, Argentine footballer
- 1958 - Stacy Allison, American mountaineer
- 1959 - Mauricio Funes, former President of El Salvador
- 1959 - Ernesto Canto, Mexican athlete
- 1960 - Craig Mello, American biochemist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 1960 – Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian bodybuilder and actor
- 1961 – Wynton Marsalis, American musician
- 1962 - Vincent Spaho, American actor and director
- 1966 - Angela Visser, Dutch model and actress
- 1968 - Lisa Chappell, New Zealand actress and singer
- 1968 – Michael Stich, German tennis player
- 1973 - James Foley, American journalist (d. 2014)
- 1974 – Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer
- 1974 – Peter Svensson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
- 1975 - Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer
From 1976
- 1977 – Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand footballer
- 1977 - Kunal Kapoor, Indian actor
- 1978 – Mike Tindall, English rugby player
- 1979 - Jaroslav Drobny, Czech footballer
- 1979 - 'Ana Po'uhila, Tongan shot putter, hammer and discus thrower
- 1979 - Hikaru Kawamura, Japanese model
- 1979 – Ne-Yo, American singer
- 1982 - Svetlana Loboda, Ukrainian singer and composer
- 1982 - Mark Sampson, Welsh football coach
- 1983 - Dante, Brazilian footballer
- 1984 – Freida Pinto, Indian actress and model
- 1984 - Robert Harting, German hammer thrower
- 1984 – Lindsey Vonn, American skier
- 1984 - Esperanza Spalding, American bassist and singer
- 1984 - Jennifer Ulrich, German actress
- 1984 - Justin Mapp, American soccer player
- 1984 - Milo Yiannopoulos, English journalist
- 1985 - Yoenis Céspedes, Cuban baseball player
- 1987 – Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model
- 1987 – Zac Efron, American singer and actor
- 1988 - Sam Quek, English field hockey player
- 1989 - Joy Lauren, American actress
- 1990 – Carly Schroeder, American actress
- 1990 - Bristol Palin, daughter of Sarah Palin
- 1991 – Tyler Posey, American actor
- 1992 - John John Florence, American surfer