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18 October 2029
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2019 - Protests 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.Capital and largest city of Chile
Anniversary
1993 - Nihilism, the first professional runway show from the British designer Alexander McQueen, was staged in London.1994 fashion collection by Alexander McQueen
Anniversary
1968 - At the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, American athlete Bob Beamon (pictured) achieved a distance of 8.90 m (29.2 ft) in the long jump event, setting a world record that stood for 23 years.Multi-sport event in Mexico City, Mexico
Anniversary
1967 - The Soviet space probe Venera 4 became the first spacecraft to perform direct in situ analysis of the environment of another planet (Venus).1967 Soviet Venus probe
Anniversary
1963 - The first cat in space, later known as Félicette, launched aboard a French Véronique rocket.Only cat launched into space
Historical events
History
2019 - NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-female spacewalk when they venture out of the International Space Station to replace a power controller.Division of NASA which trains astronauts
History
2019 - Riots in Chile's capital Santiago escalate into open battles, with attacks reported at nearly all of the city's 164 Metro stations. President Sebastián Piñera later announces a 15-day state of emergency in the capital.2019 civil unrest in Chile
History
2007 - Karachi bombing: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is uninjured.2007 terror attack in Karachi, Pakistan
History
2003 - Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.Social confrontation in Bolivia reaching its peak in 2003
History
1992 - Merpati Nustantara Airlines Flight 5601 crashes into Mount Papandayan near the town of Garut in West Java, Indonesia, killing 31.1992 aviation accident in Indonesia
History
1991 - The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.Country in Eastern Europe and West Asia
History
1989 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-34 to deploy the Jupiter-bound Galileo space probe.Space Shuttle orbiter (1985–2011)
History
1979 - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.U.S. government agency
History
1978 - Based on the world's first children's art museum, the Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics opened in Yerevan.Center of aesthetic education for children
History
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 members allegedly commit suicide.1977 West German murders, hostage crisis
Notable births
Born
1998 - Janalynn Castelino, Italian-Indian singer-songwriterItalian-Indian singer and songwriter (born 1998)
Born
1996 - Terance Mann, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 1996)
Born
1994 - Pascal Wehrlein, German-Mauritian race car driverGerman racing driver (born 1994)
Born
1993 - Ivan Cavaleiro, Portuguese footballerPortuguese footballer (born 1993)
Born
1992 - John John Florence, American surferAmerican professional surfer (born 1992)
Notable deaths
Died
2025 - Yang Chen-Ning, Chinese theoretical physicist (born 1922)Chinese-American physicist (1922–2025)
Died
2025 - Lia Smith, American diver and transgender rights advocate.2025 suicide of transgender college student
Died
2024 - Yehuda Bauer, Israeli historian of the Holocaust (born 1926)Israeli Holocaust historian (1926–2024)
Died
2024 - Ginés González García, Argentine politician and physician (born 1945)Argentine politician and physician (1945–2024)
Died
2022 - Harvey Wollman, American politician, 26th Governor of South Dakota (born 1935)American politician (1935–2022)
Died
2021 - Colin Powell, American military leader and statesman, 65th Secretary of State (born 1937)American U.S. Army general and diplomat (1937–2021)
Died
2020 - René Felber, 81st President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1933)Swiss politician (1933–2020)
Sky
Moon phase
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated
Lunar age: 10.5 days
Sun zodiac
Libra
25.40 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Moon zodiac
Pisces
12.49 degrees
Constellation: Aquarius
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.