October 18th, 1956

Born on October 18th, 1956

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What happened on October 18th?

October 18th, 1993

Nihilism, the first professional runway show from the British designer Alexander McQueen, was staged in London.

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, 1906

The Robert Burns Memorial Statue, the first public statue erected in New Brunswick, was dedicated in Fredericton.

October 18th, 1887

Johannes Brahms (pictured) conducted the premiere of his Double Concerto, composed for violinist Joseph Joachim and cellist Robert Hausmann.

October 18th, 1630

Frendraught Castle in Scotland, the home of James Crichton of Frendraught, burns down.

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.

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

Born on October 18th, 1956

69

Martina Navratilova

Czech-American tennis player

*October 18th, 1956, Prague

69

Jim Talent

American politician

*October 18th, 1956, Des Peres

69

Michael Lesch

German actor

*October 18th, 1956, Solingen

69

Isabelle Autissier

French sailor, writer, broadcaster

*October 18th, 1956, Paris

69

Craig Bartlett

American animator

*October 18th, 1956, Seattle

Same year
Born in 1956

70

Peter Hook

British bassist

*February 13th, 1956, Salford

69

Charles M. Huber

German actor and politician

*December 3rd, 1956, Munich

70

Sheila McCarthy

Canadian actress

*January 1st, 1956, Toronto

69

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

70

Stephan Barratt-Due

Norwegian musician

*June 1st, 1956, Oslo

70

Tom Hanks

American actor and film producer (born 1956)

*July 9th, 1956, Concord

69

Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019

*October 1st, 1956, Eastbourne

60

Carrie Fisher

American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)

*October 21st, 1956, Burbank †December 27th, 2016, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

70

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

70

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

70

Donna Strickland

Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1956, Guelph

70

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

70

Siegfried Schneider

German politician (1956–)

*April 7th, 1956, Hitzhofen

70

Imelda Staunton

English actress (born 1956)

*January 9th, 1956, Archway district

70

Inge Aures

German politician

*July 10th, 1956, Presseck

69

Stefan Grüttner

German politician

*December 25th, 1956, Wiesbaden

69

Andreas Bornschein

German association football player

*November 29th, 1956, Leipzig

70

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

President of Germany since 2017

*January 5th, 1956, Detmold

69

Klaus Draeger

German engineer and manager

*September 3rd, 1956, Constance

70

Bernhard Daldrup

Federal German politician (1956–)

*June 1st, 1956, Sendenhorst

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Leap year

Yes: 1956 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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