October 18 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on October 18, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♎︎ Libra
Sep 23 – Oct 22
Birth stone
Opal
Birth flower
Marigold
How common
#133 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous October 18 birthdays
Frederick III, German Emperor · As King of Prussia German Emperor1831
Henri Bergson · French philosopher1859
Miriam Hopkins · American actress1902
Pierre Trudeau · Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 19841919
Chuck Berry · American musician1926
George C. Scott · American actor, film director and producer1927
Peter Boyle · American actor1935
Huell Howser · American television personality1945
Martina Navratilova · Czech-American tennis player1956
Jean-Claude Van Damme · Belgian actor and martial artist1960
Craig Mello · American biologist1960
Wynton Marsalis · American jazz musician and educator1961
Karl Nehammer · Chancellor of Austria from 2021 to 20251972
Ne-Yo · American R&B singer1979
Lindsey Vonn · American alpine skier1984
Freida Pinto · Indian actress1984
Zac Efron · American actor and singer1987
Brittney Griner · American basketball player1990
Zohran Mamdani · Mayor of New York City since 20261991
Tyler Posey · American actor, musician1991
On this day in history
1587Filipino 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.
1775American 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.
1968At the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, American athlete Bob Beamon achieved a distance of 8.90 m (29.2 ft) in the long jump event, setting a world record that stood for 23 years.
2019Protests 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.
1963The first cat in space, later known as Félicette, launched aboard a French Véronique rocket.
1967The Soviet space probe Venera 4 became the first spacecraft to perform direct in situ analysis of the environment of another planet (Venus).
1993Nihilism, the first professional runway show from the British designer Alexander McQueen, was staged in London.
2003Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
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