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Day Of The Week: October 18
October 18, 2025 is the 291st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 74 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Libra is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 18
- 1016 –The Danes defeat the Saxons in the Battle of Ashingdon.
- 1210 –Pope Innocent III excommunicates German leader Otto IV.
- 1356 –Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys the town of Basel, Switzerland.
- 1797 –Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria
- 1922 –The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
- 1944 –Soviet Union begins liberation of Czechoslovakia.
- 1967 –The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
- 1968 –The U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving a “black power” salute during a victory ceremony at the Mexico City games.
- 1991 –The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
- 2011 –Gilad Shalit is released.
Who were born on October 18?
- 1668 –John George IV, Elector of Saxony (d. 1694)
- 1929 –Hillard Elkins, American theatre and film producer (d. 2010)
- 1943 –Birthe Rønn Hornbech, Danish politician
- 1947 –Job Cohen, Dutch politician
- 1950 –Sheila White, English actress
- 1951 –Mike Antonovich, American ice hockey player and executive
- 1969 –Nelson Vivas, Argentine footballer
- 1970 –José Padilla, American convicted terrorist
- 1978 –Jake Farrow, American actor
- 1990 –Bristol Palin, American daughter of Sarah Palin and Todd Palin
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