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18 October 2014 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 18 October 2014 was a Saturday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor.
- Top Film of 2014
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2014–15 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 18 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 18 October 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 18 October 2014 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 18 October
- 1979 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
- 1989 The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-34 to deploy the Jupiter-bound Galileo space probe.
- 1991 The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
- 2003 Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
- 2019 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.
Famous people born on October 18
- 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)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2014 in the United States
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- February 7 – The Lego Movie is released in theaters.
- July 26 – Henry Danger debuts on Nickelodeon.
- August 1 – Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the tenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Life in the US in 2014
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$3.37
Loaf of Bread
$1.98
Average House
$285,900
Weekly Wage
$796
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