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
- 1356 –Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of Basel, Switzerland.
- 1386 –Opening of the University of Heidelberg.
- 1648 –Boston Shoemakers form first U.S. labor organization.
- 1748 –Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
- 1867 –United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
- 1921 –The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the RSFSR.
- 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.
- 2003 –Bolivian Gas War: President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
- 2011 –Gilad Shalit is released.
Who were born on October 18?
- 1919 –Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
- 1921 –Jesse Helms, American politician (d. 2008)
- 1923 –Jessie Mae Hemphill, Mississippi country blues electric guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist (d. 2008)
- 1949 –George Hendrick, American baseball player
- 1956 –Jim Talent, American politician
- 1956 –Martina Navrátilová, Czech-born American tennis player
- 1957 –Jon Lindstrom, American actor
- 1960 –Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian actor
- 1970 –Doug Mirabelli, American baseball player
- 1974 –Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer
Who died on October 18?
- 1646 –Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1607)
- 1770 –John Manners, Marquess of Granby, British soldier (b. 1721)
- 1965 –Henry Travers, British actor (b. 1874)
- 1965 –Larry Thorne, US soldier (b. 1919)
- 1966 –Sebastian S. Kresge, American merchant (Kmart) (b. 1867)
- 1973 –Walt Kelly, American cartoonist, (Pogo) (b. 1913)
- 1975 –Al Lettieri, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2001 –Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and musician (b. 1922)
- 2009 –Haji Md Abu Taher, Bangladeshi(Chittagong) famous person, munificent,educationist (b. 1951)
- 2010 –Marion Brown, American jazz musician (b. 1931)
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