October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). There are 74 days remaining.
Events:
Births:
- 1741 - Choderlos de Laclos[?], author (+ 1803)
- 1859 - Henri Bergson, writer
- 1898 - Lotte Lenya[?], singer, actress (+ 1981)
- 1902 - Mirian Hopkins[?], actress (+ 1972)
- 1911 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, guru
- 1918 - Bobby Troup[?], musician (+ 1999)
- 1919 - Pierre Elliott Trudeau, fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada (+ 2000)
- 1920 - Melina Mercouri, actress (+ 1994)
- 1921 - Jesse Helms, Senator from North Carolina
- 1926 - Chuck Berry, musician
- 1926 - Klaus Kinski, actor (+ 1991)
- 1927 - George C. Scott, actor (+ 1999)
- 1928 - Keith Jackson[?], American football commentator
- 1929 - Violeta Chamorro[?], President of Nicaragua[?]
- 1934 - Inger Stevens[?], actress (+ 1970)
- 1935 - Peter Boyle[?], actor
- 1939 - Mike Ditka[?], American football player, coach, commentator
- 1939 - Lee Harvey Oswald, assassin (+ 1963)
- 1947 - Laura Nyro[?], singer, songwriter (+ 1997)
- 1948 - Ntozake Shange[?], author
- 1950 - Wendy Wasserstein[?], playwright
- 1951 - Terry McMillan[?], author
- 1956 - Martina Navratilova, tennis player
- 1960 - Jean-Claude Van Damme[?]
- 1961 - Wynton Marsalis, musician
- 1962 - Vincent Spano[?], actor
Deaths:
Holidays:
See Also: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December
October 17 - October 19 - September 18 - November 18 - more historical anniversaries