About October 18
October 18, 2021 is the 291st day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 74 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Libra is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 106 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On October 18
- 320 –Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the sun and writes a commentary on The Great Astronomer (Almagest).
- 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.
- 1386 –Opening of the University of Heidelberg.
- 1599 –Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Bathory in the Battle of Şelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.
- 1775 –American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine) prompts the Continental Congress to establish the Continental Navy.
- 1779 –American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.
- 1797 –Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria
- 1851 –Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.
- 1912 –First Balkan War: Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration “To the Serbian People”, as Serbia joins the war.
- 1914 –The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
- 1929 –The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered “Persons” under Canadian law.
- 1945 –Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Perón.
- 1954 –Texas Instruments announces the first Transistor radio.
- 1964 –The 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair closes for its first season after a six-month run.
- 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.
- 2003 –Bolivian Gas War: President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
- 2007 –Karachi bombings: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is not injured.
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