Public Holidays on October 18

• 🌍 重陽節 (Hong Kong)

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On This Day in History — October 18

• 2007 — Karachi bombing: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself was uninjured.
• 2003 — Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
• 1991 — The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
• 1979 — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
• 1977 — German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF...
• 1967 — The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.

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Notable Births on October 18

• 1994 — Pascal Wehrlein, German-Mauritian Formula One driver
• 1993 — Ivan Cavaleiro, Portuguese professional footballer
• 1991 — Roly Bonevacia, Dutch footballer
• 1991 — Tyler Posey, American actor and musician
• 1990 — Bristol Palin, American public speaker and reality television personality
• 1990 — Brittney Griner, American professional basketball player

Notable Deaths on October 18

• 2015 — Robert Dickerson, Australian painter (b. 1924)
• 2015 — Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian journalist and author (b. 1945)
• 2015 — Robert W. Farquhar, American engineer (b. 1932)
• 2015 — Frank Watkins, American bass player (b. 1968)
• 2015 — Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic (b. 1930)
• 2014 — Mariano Lebrón Saviñón, Dominican author and academic (b. 1922)

Sports on October 18

• NHL: St. Louis Blues @ Nashville Predators — 00:00 UTC Final
• College Football: Navy Midshipmen @ UTSA Roadrunners — 00:00 UTC Final
• College Football: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs @ UL Monroe Warhawks — 00:00 UTC Final
• MLB: Tampa Bay Rays @ Cleveland Guardians — 00:00 UTC Final
• MLS: Vancouver Whitecaps @ Austin FC — 00:30 UTC Full Time
• MLS: FC Dallas @ Houston Dynamo FC — 00:30 UTC Full Time

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Public Holidays on October 19

• 🌍 Chung Yeung Festival (Hong Kong)
• 🌍 重陽節（補假） (Hong Kong)

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Religious Observances on October 19

• Chinese: Chongyang Festival

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On This Day in History — October 19

• 2013 — At least 105 people are injured in a train crash at the Once railway station in Buenos Aires.
• 2012 — A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 people in Beirut, Lebanon.
• 2005 — Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
• 2005 — Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.
• 2003 — Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
• 2001 — SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.

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Notable Births on October 19

• 1994 — Agnė Sereikaitė, Lithuanian speed skater
• 1993 — Abby Sunderland, American sailor
• 1992 — Shiho, Japanese actress and model
• 1991 — Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1990 — Tom Kilbey, English footballer
• 1990 — Endō Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler

Notable Deaths on October 19

• 2016 — Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (b. 1921)
• 2016 — Giovanni Steffè, Italian rower (b. 1928)
• 2015 — Leon Bramlett, American football player and politician (b. 1923)
• 2015 — Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
• 2015 — Fleming Mackell, Canadian ice hockey player and singer (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Ali Treki, Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1938)

Sports on October 19

• MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Milwaukee Brewers — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Carolina Hurricanes @ Calgary Flames — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NFL: Dallas Cowboys @ Green Bay Packers — 00:20 UTC Scheduled
• Serie A: Cagliari @ Monza — 16:30 UTC Scheduled
• Serie A: Torino @ Parma — 18:45 UTC Scheduled
• Premier League: Coventry City @ Tottenham Hotspur — 19:00 UTC Scheduled

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