The October 18th is the 291e Jour of the Année (292e in the event of Leap year) of the Gregorian Calendrier. There remain 74 days before the end of the year.
Events
1 to 1900
20th century
21e century
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2002 :
- 14 attacks with the explosive, asserted by FLNC, are perpetrated in Corsica.
- violent incidents between 80 encagoulés young people and of the members of the police force take place in the district of Hautepierre with Strasbourg in reprisals with the accidental death of a burglar continued by the Brigade anticriminality (VAT) of Strasbourg: three firemen are wounded by jets of stones and 25 vehicles are burnt.
- 2003 : New recording audio allotted to Usama Bin Laden, which calls with resistance against the American occupation in Iraq and threatens those which collaborate with the the United States, is diffused by the TV channel qatarie Al-Jazira.
- 2005 :
- 2007 :
- Double murder with Karachi aiming at the former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, on its return of a 8 years exile. It makes more than 120 dead and nearly 500 wounded, but Bhutto in unscathed fate.
Births
- 1127 : Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan († 1192)
- 1405: Black and white II ( Enea Silvio Piccolomini ), 210e Pope of the Catholic church, 1458 with 1464. († August 14th 1464).
- 1517 : Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil († 1570)
- 1547: Justus Lipsius, humanistic († 1606)
- 1569 :
- Jacobus Arminius, Protestant theologist Dutch.
- Giambattista Marini, Italian poet († 1625)
- Edward Winslow, founder of a Colony of Plymouth († 1655)
- 1619: Jean Armand of With a grid-Brézé, duke of Brézé, duke of Fronsac, Even of France, Large-Master of navigation, killed by a ball with the Battle of Orbitello. († June 14th 1646).
- 1634 : Luca Giordano, Italian artist († 1705)
- 1653: Abraham van Riebeeck, governor-general of the Indies Dutchwomen († 1713)
- 1662: Matthew Henry, nonconformist English minister († 1714)
- 1668: John George IV († 1694)
- 1679: Ass Putnam, important witness of the lawsuit of the Witch of Salem. († 1716)
- 1682: Louis-François Delisle of Drevetière, playwright French.
- 1701 : Charles the Beautiful, French historian († 1778)
- 1706: Baldassare Galuppi, Italian type-setter († 1785)
- 1741: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, general and author French († 1803)
- 1777: Heinrich von Kleist, German writer († 1811)
- 1785: Thomas Coils Peacock, satyr English († 1866)
- 1854: Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer († 1911)
- 1859: Henri Bergson, philosopher French († January 4th 1941) Nobel Prize of literature
- 1868: Ernst Didring, Swedish author († 1931)
- 1873: Ivanoe Bonomi, Prime Minister Italy N († 1951)
- 1880: Vladimir Jabotinsky, a leader of the right wing of the movement Zionist and founder of the Jewish Legion († August 4th 1940).
- 1893 : Georges Ohsawa, Japanese founder of macrobiotics († 1966)
- 1898: Burbot Lenya, actress and Austrian singer († November 28th 1981).
- 1902 : Miriam Hopkins, actress and American dancer († 1972)
- 1903: Lina Radke, German athlete († 1983)
- 1905: Felix Houphouët-Boigny, French politician then of the Ivory Coast († December 7th 1993), president of the Ivory Coast (1960-1993).
- 1906 : James Brooks, American painter († 1992)
- 1909: Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher († 2004)
- 1911: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru
- 1913: Robert Gilruth, pioneer of aviation and American space († 2000)
- 1918: Bobby Troup, American musician († 1999)
- 1919 :
- 1920: Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and Minister for the culture in Greece. († 1994)
- 1921: Jesse Helms, senator of American North Carolina
- 1926 :
- 1930
- 1932 : Rene Bliard, French footballer.
- 1934 : Sylvie Jolly, French humorist, specialized in the “one woman show”.
- 1938 : Guy Roux, trainer of French football.
- 1939 : Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged murderer of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
- 1940 : Jacques Higelin, song writer and performer French.
- 1945 : Yıldo, showmen celebrates Turkish and football player
- 1946: Howard Shore, Canadian type-setter of film music.
- 1956 :
- 1957 : Catherine Ringer, member of the duet of the Rita Mitsouko.
- 1960 : Jean-Claude Van Rams, actor Belgian
- 1977: Christelle Jacquaz, Swiss actress
- 1982: Thierry Amiel, French singer
- 1987: Zac Efron, American actor
Death
- 31: Execution of Séjan, prefect of the Court of the Roman Emperor Tibère.
- 629: Clotaire II, king of the Francs.
- 1141 : Léopold I {{er}}/IV, duke of Bavaria and margrave of Austria.
- 1166 : the duke Henri de Sandomierz is killed at the time of a Croisade against the Prussian .
- 1216 : Jean of England (Jean without ground) king of England (° 1166).
- 1815 : Claude Alexis Cochard, lawyer and politician French, appointed of the Third state with the General states of 1789. (° May 1st 1743).
- 1864 : Jacques-François Gallay, type-setter and musician French, virtuoso of the horn. (° December 8th 1795).
- 1871 : Charles Babbage, British mathematician
- 1893: Charles Gounod, type-setter French.
- 1924 : Franz Schrader, geographer, mountaineer, cartographer and landscape painter French (° 1844
- 1931: Thomas Edison, American physicist (° 1847).
- 1940 : Saint-Pol.-Russet-red, poet French, in a hospital of Brest, after German soldiers invested his manor with Camaret (° 1861)
- 1970: Krim Belkacem, opponent Algerian in exile is assassinated with Frankfurt (Germany)
- 1982: Pierre Mendès France, politician French, president of the Council for seven months in 1954, it put an end to the Guerre of Indo-China and it negotiated the driving treaty with the independence of the Tunisia.
- 1985
- 1994: Cleews Vellay, former president of Act Up-Paris (° February 3rd 1964).
- 2003 : Manual Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish man of letters
- 2003: Jean Panzani, the founder of the Panzani company.
- 2004 : Michel Gillibert, 59 years, former French Secretary of State to the handicapped people.
- 2005 :
- 2007 : Lucky Dube, African southern singer.
Celebrations
Catholic and orthodoxe saints of the day
- Luc (evangelist)
- Amable de Riom (5th century).
- Gwenn Teir Bronn (5th century), wife of Fragan and mother of three saints: Guethenoc, Jacut and Guénolé.
See too
Beats-smg: Spalė 18
Be-X-old: 18 кастрычніка
Fiu-vro: 18. rehekuu päiv
Nds-nl: 18 oktober
Simple: October 18
Zh-yue: 10 月 18 號