Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 18
This is a list of selected October 18 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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Regency TR-1 transistor radio -
Bob Beamon
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| 320 – Pappus of Alexandria, one of the last great Greek mathematicians of antiquity, observed an eclipse that allowed historians to calculate the approximate dates of his life. | refimprove section |
| 1009 – Under orders from the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church now within the walled Old City of Jerusalem, was destroyed. | lots of CN tags |
| 1016 – Danish forces led by Canute the Great decisively defeated Edmund Ironside in the Battle of Assandun, gaining control over most of the Kingdom of England. | refimprove |
| 1356 – The most significant earthquake to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history destroyed Basel, Switzerland, and caused much destruction in a vast region extending into present-day Germany and France. | no reference for the "vast region extending into present-day Germany and France" part. |
| 1386 – A special Pontifical High Mass in the Church of the Holy Spirit commemorated the opening of Heidelberg University, the oldest university in Germany. | refimprove section |
| 1540 – An expedition led by Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto destroyed the fortified village of Mabila in what is now the U.S. state of Alabama, killing Chief Tuskaloosa in the process. | unreferenced section |
| 1922 – The British Broadcasting Company was incorporated by a consortium to establish a network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service in the United Kingdom. | needs footnotes, original research |
| 1945 – Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón married popular actress Eva Duarte, better known as Evita. | unreferenced sections |
| 1977 – Various Red Army Faction members died in prison, officially by suicide, ending the German Autumn crisis. | needs more footnotes |
| 2004 – SPDC Chairman Senior General Than Shwe announced that Burmese Prime Minister Khin Nyunt was "permitted to retire on health grounds", but then had him arrested. | refimprove section |
| 2007 – A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto in Karachi caused at least 130 deaths and 450 injuries. | refimprove section |
Eligible
- 1081 – Byzantine–Norman wars: Robert Guiscard led an invasion of the Byzantine Empire, capturing Dyrrhachium in present-day Albania.
- 1561 – Sengoku period: The fourth battle of Kawanakajima, one of the most famous in Japanese history, was fought in what is now Nagano Prefecture.
- 1565 – The first recorded naval battle between Europeans and the Japanese occurred when a flotilla of samurai attacked two Portuguese trade vessels in Nagasaki.
- 1748 – The War of the Austrian Succession ended with the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
- 1775 – American 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.
- 1954 – The first commercial transistor radio, the Regency TR-1, was introduced in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
- 1967 – The Soviet space probe Venera 4 became the first spacecraft to perform direct in situ analysis of the environment of another planet (Venus).
- 1968 – At the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, American Bob Beamon (pictured) set a world record of 8.90 metres (29.2 ft) in the long jump, a mark that stood for 23 years.
- Born/died this day: Lady Mary Wroth (b. 1587) · Jacob Jordaens (d. 1678) · Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (d. 1744) · Lucy Stone (d. 1893) · Maria Antonescu (d. 1964) · Freida Pinto (b. 1984)
Notes
- 1968 Olympics Black Power salute appears on October 16, so Bob Beamon should not appear in the same year.
October 18: Feast day of Saint Luke (Christianity); Alaska Day (1867); Independence Day in Azerbaijan (1991)
- 1587 – Filipino 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.
- 1851 – Moby-Dick (illustration shown), a novel by American writer Herman Melville, was first published as The Whale in London.
- 1929 – In the Persons Case, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council decided that women were eligible to sit in the Canadian Senate.
- 1963 – The first cat in space, later known as Félicette, launched aboard a French Véronique rocket.
Anna Jagiellon (b. 1523) · Isaac Jogues (d. 1646) · Christine Murrell (b. 1874; d. 1933)