Born on 18 October 1953

At A Glance

18 October 1953 at a glance

Day of the week

18 October 1953 was a Sunday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“I'm Walking Behind You” recorded by Frank Sinatra and Eddie Fisher was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1953

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1953 was Peter Pan.

Star sign

The star sign for 18 October is Libra.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 18 October 1953 fell in the Year of the Snake.

Birthstone

The birthstone for October is Opal.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 18 October 1953 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 18 October

• 1944 World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
• 1944 World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm, Germany.
• 1945 A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, stages a coup d'état against president Isaías Medina Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day.
• 1945 Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Duarte.
• 1954 Texas Instruments announces the Regency TR-1, the first mass-produced transistor radio.

Famous people born on 18 October

• Zohran Mamdani, American politician, mayor of New York City (born 1991)
• Milo Yiannopoulos, British journalist and public speaker (born 1984)
• Zac Efron, American actor and singer (born 1987)
• Barry Keoghan, Irish actor (born 1992)

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