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| October 18th, 2007 (October 18 2007) | Event | 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 over 100 in the cheering crowd, including 20 police officers. Bhutto escaped uninjured. | |
| October 18th, 2007 (October 18 2007) | Death | Alan Coren, English writer and satirist (born in 1938) | Alan Coren Quotes |
| October 18th, 2007 (October 18 2007) | Death | William J. Crowe, American admiral and ambassador (born in 1925) | |
| October 18th, 2007 (October 18 2007) | Death | Vincent DeDomenico, American entrepreneur (born in 1915) | |
| October 18th, 2007 (October 18 2007) | Death | Lucky Dube, South African musician (born in 1964) | |
| October 18th, 1987 (October 18 1987) | Birth | Zac Efron, American actor | |
| October 18th, 1987 (October 18 1987) | Birth | Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model | |
| October 18th, 1977 (October 18 1977) | Event | 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 executed and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide. The West German government states that it would never again negotiate with terrorists. | |
| October 18th, 1977 (October 18 1977) | Birth | Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand footballer | |
| October 18th, 1977 (October 18 1977) | Death | Red Army Faction Stammheim Prison suicides | |
| October 18th, 1977 (October 18 1977) | Death | Andreas Baader (born in 1943) | |
| October 18th, 1977 (October 18 1977) | Death | Gudrun Ensslin (born in 1940) | |
| October 18th, 1977 (October 18 1977) | Death | Jan-Carl Raspe (born in 1944) | |
| October 18th, 1967 (October 18 1967) | Event | The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet. | |
| October 18th, 1957 (October 18 1957) | Birth | Doug Isaacson, Alaskan politician | |
| October 18th, 1957 (October 18 1957) | Birth | Catherine Ringer, French singer and songwriter (Les Rita Mitsouko) | |
| October 18th, 1947 (October 18 1947) | Birth | Job Cohen, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam | |
| October 18th, 1947 (October 18 1947) | Birth | Joe Morton, American actor | Joe Orton Quotes |
| October 18th, 1947 (October 18 1947) | Birth | Laura Nyro, American singer and songwriter (died in 1997) | Laura Nyro Quotes |
| October 18th, 1947 (October 18 1947) | Birth | Paul Chuckle, British comedian | Chuck D Quotes |
| October 18th, 1937 (October 18 1937) | Birth | Cynthia Weil, American songwriter | |
| October 18th, 1927 (October 18 1927) | Birth | George C. Scott, American actor (died in 1999) | |
| October 18th, 1897 (October 18 1897) | Birth | Isabel Briggs Myers, American psychological theorist (died in 1980) | |
| October 18th, 1867 (October 18 1867) | Event | United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day. | |
| October 18th, 1817 (October 18 1817) | Death | Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, French composer (born in 1763) | |
| October 18th, 1777 (October 18 1777) | Birth | Heinrich von Kleist, German writer (died in 1811) | |
| October 18th, 1767 (October 18 1767) | Event | Mason-Dixon line, survey separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed. | |
| October 18th, 1667 (October 18 1667) | Death | Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia | |
| October 18th, 1547 (October 18 1547) | Birth | Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (died in 1606) | |
| October 18th, 1517 (October 18 1517) | Birth | Manoel da Nobrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (died in 1570) | |
| October 18th, 1417 (October 18 1417) | Death | Pope Gregory XII | |
| October 18th, 1127 (October 18 1127) | Birth | Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (died in 1192) | |
