October 18th, 1984

Born on October 18th, 1984

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, 1984

39

Lindsey Vonn

American alpine skier

*October 18th, 1984, Saint Paul

39

Freida Pinto

Indian actress

*October 18th, 1984, Mumbai

39

Robert Harting

German discus thrower

*October 18th, 1984, Cottbus

39

Jennifer Ulrich

German actress

*October 18th, 1984, East Berlin

39

Milo Yiannopoulos

British political commentator

*October 18th, 1984, Kent

39

Stuart Hall

Racecar driver

*October 18th, 1984, Chelmsford

39

Esperanza Spalding

American jazz bassist and singer

*October 18th, 1984, Portland

39

Justin Mapp

American soccer player

*October 18th, 1984, Brandon

39

Chris Houston

Player of American football

*October 18th, 1984, Austin

39

David Liffiton

Canadian ice hockey player

*October 18th, 1984, Windsor

39

Tod Fennell

Canadian actor

*October 18th, 1984, Montreal

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 18th?

36

Zac Efron

American actor and singer (born 1987)

*October 18th, 1987, San Luis Obispo

65

Klaus Kinski

German actor (1926–1991)

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

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

38

Tiago Machado

Racing cyclist

*October 18th, 1985, Vila Nova de Famalicão

34

Laci Green

American YouTuber, video blogger, sex educator, and activist.

*October 18th, 1989, Utah

40

Dante Bonfim Costa Santos

Brazilian association football player

*October 18th, 1983, Salvador

75

Gary Austin

American theatre director (1941-2017)

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

37

Loukas Yorkas

Greek Cypriot singer

*October 18th, 1986, Aradhippou

33

Bristol Palin

Daughter of Sarah Palin

*October 18th, 1990, Wasilla

63

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Belgian actor and martial artist

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

41

Svetlana Loboda

Ukrainian singer-songwriter

*October 18th, 1982, Irpin

51

Karl Nehammer

Chancellor of Austria since 2021

*October 18th, 1972, Vienna

37

Wilma Elles

German actress

*October 18th, 1986, Cologne

76

Joe Morton

American actor

*October 18th, 1947, The Bronx

67

Martina Navratilova

Czech-American tennis player

*October 18th, 1956, Prague

38

Yoenis Céspedes

Cuban baseball player

*October 18th, 1985, Campechuela

67

Huell Howser

American television personality

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

70

Ntozake Shange

African American writer and performance artist (1948-2018)

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

38

Wande Coal

Nigerian musician

*October 18th, 1985, Lagos Island

49

Axelle Lemaire

French socialist politician

*October 18th, 1974, Ottawa

Same year
Born in 1984

39

Basshunter

Swedish singer, record producer and DJ

*December 22nd, 1984, Halmstad

40

Marc Zwiebler

German badminton player

*March 13th, 1984, Bonn

39

Helene Fischer

German singer

*August 5th, 1984, Krasnoyarsk

40

Juliette Armanet

French singer

*March 4th, 1984, Lille

39

Robert Huth

German association football player

*August 18th, 1984, East Berlin

39

Molly Nilsson

Swedish record producer, keyboardist and singer-songwriter

*December 14th, 1984, Stockholm

39

Sony Dwi Kuncoro

Indonesian badminton player

*July 7th, 1984, Surabaya

40

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

39

Avril Lavigne

Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1984)

*September 27th, 1984, Belleville

40

Chanan Colman

Danish-American-Israeli former basketball player

*March 10th, 1984, Gladsaxe Municipality

39

Scarlett Johansson

American actress (born 1984)

*November 22nd, 1984, Manhattan

40

Valeria Sorokina

Russian badminton player

*March 29th, 1984, Reshetikha, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

39

French Montana

American rapper

*November 9th, 1984, Casablanca

40

Patrícia Kimberly

Brazilian pornographic actress

*January 6th, 1984, São Paulo

40

Duanganong Aroonkesorn

Thai badminton player

*February 6th, 1984, Bangkok

39

Valeriy Atrashchenkov

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1984, Kharkiv

39

Andrej Ashmarin

Badminton player

*November 9th, 1984, Moscow

39

Mark Zuckerberg

American internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

39

Jinjin Harder

German singer

*August 30th, 1984, Wuhan

39

Ave Pajo

Estonian badminton and football player

*July 9th, 1984, Estonia

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Leap year

Yes: 1984 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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