October 18

October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). There are 74 days remaining.

Births:

Deaths:

• 1871 - Charles Babbage, aged 79, English mathematician and inventor of computing machines

Events:

• 1944 Adolf Hitler orders the establishment of the Deutscher Volkssturm, a German national militia.

Holidays:

• Feast of St Luke

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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