Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In October - 18
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
1973 On this day in history congress authorizes bi-centennial quarter, half-dollar & dollar coin 
1973 Crane Wilbur, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo), dies at 86 on October - 18.
1975 Al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47 on October - 18.
1977 On October - 18 rolph Grant, cricketer (West Indian capt on 1939 England tour), dies
1978 On October - 18 frank Woolley, cricketer (58,969 1st-class runs), dies
1979 On this day in history "Beatlemania" opens in London
1982 On October - 18 bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97
1983 Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies on October - 18.
1984 Florence Rinard, TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82 on October - 18.
1985 On October - 18 benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30
1987 Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history dimitri Frenkel Frank, writer/director (Hadimassa), dies at 60
1989 On this day in history uS 62nd manned space mission (Atlantis 5) launches into orbit
1993 Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63 on this day in history.
1994 Lee Allen, saxophonist, dies at 68 on October - 18.
2005 The UN tightens the rules for its staff, following several claims of financial impropriety and sexual abuse on October - 18.
2006 On October - 18 microsoft publicly releases Windows Internet Explorer 7.
2007 On this day in history after 8 years in exile, Benazir Bhutto returns to her homeland Pakistan. The same night, suicide attackers blow themselves up near Bhutto's convoy, killing 136 in the cheering crowd, including 20 police officers. Bhutto escaped uninjured.
2011 On October - 18 israel and the Palestinian militant organization Hamas begin a major prisoner swap, in which the captured Israeli Army soldier Gilad Shalit is released by Hamas in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian and Israeli-Arab prisoners held in Israel, including 280 prisoners serving life sentences for planning and perpetrating terror attacks.
2011 Gilad Shalit is released on October - 18.
2012 Syrian military airstrikes kill 40 people in Maaret al-Numan on this day in history.
2013 On October - 18 saudi Arabia becomes the first country to turn down a seat on the UN Security Council in protest over Syria
2017 On October - 18 uS congresswoman Frederica Wilson says President Donald Trump said to bereaved army family of Sgt. La David Johnson "He knew what he was signing up for, but I guess it hurts anyway"
2017 19th Chinese Communist Party congress opens in Beijing with President Xi Jinping delivering 3hr 23min speech heralding “new era†on this day in history.
2019 On this day in history nASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch conduct the first all-female spacewalk outside of the International Space Station.
2019 On this day in history riots in Chilean capital city Santiago erupt as civil unrest escalated as a reaction to a series of economic measures and Government's declarations labeled as abuse by protesters
2021 Marvel film "Eternals" directed by Chloé Zhao, starring an ensemble cast including Gemma Chan, Richard Madden and Angelina Jolie premieres in Los Angeles on this day in history.
2023 On October - 18 climate activist Greta Thunberg arrested at a demonstration outside an oil conference in London