History Events on October 18

Pappus of Alexandria observes a solar eclipse.

#Pappus_of_Alexandria

Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Duarte.

#Eva_Perón

The Edict of Paris defends the rights of the Frankish nobles and restricts Jewish employment.

#Edict_of_Paris

The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

#Crimean_Autonomous_Soviet_Socialist_Republic

The signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.

#Treaty_of_Aix-la-Chapelle_(1748)

Spanish conquistadors destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.

#Tuskaloosa

The Soviet nuclear program receives plans for the American Nagasaki bomb from atomic spies.

#Atomic_spies

President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is forced into exile by the Bolivian gas conflict.

#Bolivian_gas_conflict

The Studio for Electronic Music was established at the West German Broadcasting facility in Cologne, making the first modern music studio.

#Studio_for_Electronic_Music_(WDR)

The Second Opium War ends at the Convention of Peking.

#Convention_of_Peking

Dagobert I is crowned King of the Franks.

#Dagobert_I

Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale.

#Moby-Dick

Byzantine-Norman wars: The Normans defeat the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.

#Battle_of_Dyrrhachium_(1081)

The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus, and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.

#Venera_4

The Khwarazmian Turks and Egypt defeat Damascus and the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem at the Battle of La Forbie.

#Battle_of_La_Forbie

The United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million.

#Alaska_Purchase

A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces stages a coup d'état against President Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day.

#1945_Venezuelan_coup_d'état

World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm, Germany.

#Erwin_Rommel

Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture a Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.

#Battle_of_Fukuda_Bay

Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.

#Transistor_radio

The Basel earthquake is the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps.

#1356_Basel_earthquake

American Revolutionary War: The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).

#Burning_of_Falmouth

The Treaty of Campo Formio between France and Austria, among other provisions, abolishes the Republic of Venice.

#Treaty_of_Campo_Formio

World War II: Italian submarine Durbo is scuttled by her crew near the island of Alboran after attack by destroyers HMS Firedrake and HMS Wrestler.

#World_War_II

Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah demolishes the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

#Al-Hakim_bi-Amr_Allah

American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah is lifted.

#Siege_of_Savannah

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.

#Edwards_v_Canada_(AG)

An Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit of the Israel Defense Forces is released by Hamas as part of a prisoner exchange deal, after being held captive for over five years.

#Israel

Cnut the Great completes his conquest of England in the Battle of Assandun.

#Battle_of_Assandun

Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the army of Andrew Báthory in the Battle of ?elimb?r, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.

#Battle_of_?elimb?r

The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

#Azerbaijan

A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself was uninjured.

The Federal Communications Commission begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.

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 comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide.

Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat becomes the first cat launched into space.

The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a national broadcasting service.

The Catholic Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.

Spanish-American War: The Puerto Rican Campaign ends when the last Spanish troops, officials and loyalists withdraw from the island.

In Japan, the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima was fought between the forces of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen, resulting in a draw.