October 18
People born on this day are Libra.
- 1963
Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat, becomes the first cat launched into space.
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The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
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Based on the world's first children's art museum, the Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics opens in Yerevan.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
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The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-34 to deploy the Jupiter-bound Galileo space probe.
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A Ilyushin Il-76 of the Soviet Air Forces crashes into the Caspian Sea near Sumgait, killing 57.
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The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
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Merpati Nustantara Airlines Flight 5601 crashes into Mount Papandayan near the town of Garut in West Java, Indonesia, killing 31.
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Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-58 to perform life sciences research.
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Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
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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.
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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.
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2000Sophie Thatcher, American actress
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1998Janalynn Castelino, Italian-Indian singer-songwriter
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1996Terance Mann, American basketball player
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1994Enhō Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler
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1994Pascal Wehrlein, German-Mauritian race car driver
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1993Ivan Cavaleiro, Portuguese footballer
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1992John John Florence, American surfer
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1992Barry Keoghan, Irish actor
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1991Roly Bonevacia, Dutch footballer
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1991Tyler Posey, American actor and musician
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1991Toby Regbo, English actor
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1991Zohran Mamdani, American politician, mayor of New York City
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