October 18th, 1946

Born on October 18th, 1946

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 18th?

October 18th, 2019

Protests in Santiago that started 11 days prior escalated into open battle against the Chilean national police, forcing President Sebastián Piñera to declare a state of emergency.

October 18th, 1967

The Soviet space probe Venera 4 became the first spacecraft to perform direct in situ analysis of the environment of another planet (Venus).

October 18th, 1963

The first cat in space, later known as Félicette, launched aboard a French Véronique rocket.

October 18th, 1775

American Revolutionary War: In an act of retaliation against ports that supported Patriot activities in the early stages of the war, the Royal Navy destroyed what is now Portland, Maine.

October 18th, 1748

The War of the Austrian Succession ended with the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.

October 18th, 1587

Filipino sailors disembarked from the Manila galleon Nuestra Señora de Buena Esperanza in what is now Morro Bay, California, the first documented instance of Asians in the Americas.

October 18th, 1565

The first recorded naval battle between Europeans and the Japanese occurred when a flotilla of samurai attacked two Portuguese trade vessels at the Battle of Fukuda Bay in Nagasaki.

October 18th, 1356

The most significant earthquake to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history destroyed Basel, Switzerland.

October 18th, 1081

Byzantine–Norman wars: Robert Guiscard led an invasion of the Byzantine Empire, capturing Dyrrhachium in present-day Albania.

October 18th, 0320

Pappus of Alexandria, one of the last great Greek mathematicians of antiquity, observed an eclipse that allowed historians to calculate the approximate dates of his life.

October 18th, 1599

Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Báthory in the Battle of Șelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.

October 18th, 1597

King Philip II of Spain sends his third and final armada against England, but it ends in failure due to storms. The remaining ships are captured or sunk by the English.

October 18th, 1565

Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.

October 18th, 1561

In Japan the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima is fought between the forces of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen, resulting in a draw.

October 18th, 1540

Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 18th

Born on October 18th, 1946

77

Howard Shore

Canadian film score composer (born 1946)

*October 18th, 1946, Toronto

77

Barry Gifford

Novelist, poet, screenwriter, biographer, editor

*October 18th, 1946, Chicago

69

Sverre Kjelsberg

Norwegian actor, singer and musician

*October 18th, 1946, Tromsø Municipality †June 18th, 2016, Tromsø Municipality

56

Michel Graillier

French jazz pianist (1946–2003)

*October 18th, 1946, Lens †February 12th, 2003, 14th arrondissement of Paris

77

Adolfo Chuiman

Peruvian actor

*October 18th, 1946, Breña

77

Dafydd Elis-Thomas

Welsh politician (born 1946)

*October 18th, 1946, Carmarthen

77

Frank Beamer

American college football player, college football coach

*October 18th, 1946, Mount Airy

77

Joe Egan

Scottish songwriter, musician

*October 18th, 1946, Paisley

51

James Robert Baker

American author

*October 18th, 1946, Long Beach †November 5th, 1997, Pacific Palisades

71

Gotthard Schicker

German opinion journalist and publisher

*October 18th, 1946, Annaberg-Buchholz †December 2nd, 2017, Annaberg-Buchholz

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83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

65

Klaus Kinski

German actor (1926–1991)

*October 18th, 1926, Sopot †November 23rd, 1991, Lagunitas-Forest Knolls

76

Joe Morton

American actor

*October 18th, 1947, The Bronx

67

Huell Howser

American television personality

*October 18th, 1945, Gallatin †January 7th, 2013, Palm Springs

75

Gary Austin

American theatre director (1941-2017)

*October 18th, 1941, Duncan †April 1st, 2017, Los Angeles

70

Ntozake Shange

African American writer and performance artist (1948-2018)

*October 18th, 1948, Trenton †October 27th, 2018, Bowie

73

Alec McLean

New Zealand rower

*October 18th, 1950, Wellington

39

Lindsey Vonn

American alpine skier

*October 18th, 1984, Saint Paul

36

Zac Efron

American actor and singer (born 1987)

*October 18th, 1987, San Luis Obispo

63

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Belgian actor and martial artist

*October 18th, 1960, Berchem-Sainte-Agathe - Sint-Agatha-Berchem

67

Martina Navratilova

Czech-American tennis player

*October 18th, 1956, Prague

77

Jacques Higelin

French actor and singer (1940-2018)

*October 18th, 1940, Brou-sur-Chantereine †April 6th, 2018, Nogent-sur-Marne

90

Chuck Berry

American musician (1926–2017)

*October 18th, 1926, St. Louis †March 18th, 2017, St. Charles

71

Chuck Lorre

American television director, screenwriter, producer, composer and actor

*October 18th, 1952, Bethpage

74

Fanny Rubio

Spanish professor, researcher, and writer

*October 18th, 1949, Linares

67

Om Puri

Indian actor

*October 18th, 1949, Ambala †January 6th, 2017, Andheri

95

Ernest Simoni

Albanian Roman Catholic cardinal

*October 18th, 1928, Blinisht

78

Norio Wakamoto

Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator

*October 18th, 1945, Shimonoseki

81

Henri Bergson

French philosopher (1859–1941)

*October 18th, 1859, Paris †January 4th, 1941, Paris

39

Freida Pinto

Indian actress

*October 18th, 1984, Mumbai

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Born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

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