October 18th, 2008

Born on October 18th, 2008

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 6,000 days old!

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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

Same year
Born in 2008

18

Emma Kok

Dutch singer

*March 12th, 2008, Maastricht

18

Helena Zengel

German actress

*June 10th, 2008, Berlin

18

Iain Armitage

American child actor

*July 15th, 2008, Georgia

17

Jackson Robert Scott

American child actor

*September 18th, 2008, Phoenix

18

Gavin Warren

American actor

*April 17th, 2008, Houston

17

Dastan Satpaev

Kazakh footballer

*August 12th, 2008, Almaty

18

Daria Sadkova

Russian figure skater

*June 26th, 2008, Yoshkar-Ola

18

Helen Kevric

German artistic gymnast

*March 21st, 2008, Stuttgart

17

Lexy Kolker

American actress (born 2009)

*November 30th, 2008, California

18

Rayssa Leal

Brazilian skateboarder

*January 4th, 2008, Imperatriz

18

Meilee Condron

American actress

*March 17th, 2008, Connecticut

18

Leander Menzel

*January 31st, 2008, Wiesbaden

18

Emerson Jones

Australian tennis player

*July 7th, 2008, Gold Coast

18

Gustav De Waele

Belgian actor and model

*March 28th, 2008, Brussels metropolitan area

18

Alejandro Gomes

British-Venezuelan footballer

*March 11th, 2008, Caracas

17

Sophia Baram

American pair skater

*November 24th, 2008, Beverly Hills

18

Veronika Zhilina

Russian figure skater

*May 15th, 2008, Arkhangelsk

17

GUSTAVOEGATOTV

Brazilian record producer (2008-)

*December 11th, 2008, Iguatu

18

Harshaali Malhotra

Indian child actress

*June 3rd, 2008, Mumbai

18

Sienna Belle

Atriz e cantora canadense

*January 26th, 2008, Cambridge

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Leap year

Yes: 2008 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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