October 18th, 1953

Born on October 18th, 1953

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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, 1953

70

Vickie Winans

American gospel singer

*October 18th, 1953, Detroit

70

Loes Luca

Dutch actress

*October 18th, 1953, Rotterdam

70

Adrian Truss

British-Americian actor

*October 18th, 1953, London

52

Georgi Raykov

Bulgarian wrestler (1953-2006)

*October 18th, 1953, Sofia †August 12th, 2006, Koprivshtitsa

70

Brian David Mitchell

American kidnapper

*October 18th, 1953, Salt Lake City

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Who's birthday is on October 18th?

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

71

Chuck Lorre

American television director, screenwriter, producer, composer and actor

*October 18th, 1952, Bethpage

67

Martina Navratilova

Czech-American tennis player

*October 18th, 1956, Prague

75

Gary Austin

American theatre director (1941-2017)

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

73

Alec McLean

New Zealand rower

*October 18th, 1950, Wellington

76

Joe Morton

American actor

*October 18th, 1947, The Bronx

63

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Belgian actor and martial artist

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

70

Ntozake Shange

African American writer and performance artist (1948-2018)

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

39

Lindsey Vonn

American alpine skier (born 1984)

*October 18th, 1984, Saint Paul

69

Matthias Müller

German footballer (born 1954)

*October 18th, 1954, Dresden

36

Zac Efron

American actor and singer (born 1987)

*October 18th, 1987, San Luis Obispo

67

Huell Howser

American television personality (1945-2013)

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

72

Hans-Georg Jaunich

German handball player

*October 18th, 1951, Schwaan

90

Chuck Berry

American musician (1926–2017)

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

71

Michael Pan

German actor and voice actor

*October 18th, 1952, Madrid

77

Jacques Higelin

French actor and singer (1940-2018)

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

74

Fanny Rubio

Spanish professor, researcher, and writer

*October 18th, 1949, Linares

55

Wendy Wasserstein

American playwright (1950–2006)

*October 18th, 1950, Brooklyn †January 30th, 2006, Manhattan

67

Om Puri

Indian actor

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

Same year
Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*March 26th, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

71

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

71

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

71

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

71

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

71

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, 16th arrondissement of Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

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No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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