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18 October 2030
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
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Notable births
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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
Last Quarter
60.9% illuminated
Lunar age: 21.1 days
Sun zodiac
Libra
25.15 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Moon zodiac
Cancer
12.84 degrees
Constellation: Gemini
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.