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October 18th, 2021

October 18th, 2021, was a Monday. It was Day 291 of 2021. The decade was the 2020s.

1 years, 11 months, and 17 days have passed since October 18th, 2021.

The zodiac star sign for this date is Libra.

On This Day

What happened on this date?

Notable events that occurred on October 18th, 2021.

  • Former US secretary of state Colin Powell dies after complications from COVID-19.
  • It is announced that Kourtney Kardashian and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker are engaged.
Song charts

Top songs.

These songs were on top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom on October 18th, 2021.

  • United States: Stay - The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber
  • United Kingdom: Shivers - Ed Sheeran
Play the top hits from 2021.
A Spotify playlist of hit songs from 2021. Take a trip back to the days of Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa, The Weeknd, Doja Cat, and Lil Nas X.

Top movie.

The movie "Halloween Kills" was at the top of the box office on this day.

News

News topics, nostalgic fads, and pop culture events.

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on October 18th, 2021.

  • 2021 in music.

    2021 in music.

    The music charts in 2021 were dominated by artists such as Dua Lipa, The Weeknd, 24kGoldn, Olivia Rodrigo, Doja Cat, Silk Sonic, Ed Sheeran, The Kid Laroi, and Lil Nas X.

  • Record of the Year.

    Record of the Year.

    The song "Leave the Door Open" by Silk Sonic won a Grammy for 2021's Record of the Year.

  • CODA.

    CODA.

    The film "CODA" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2021.

  • 2021 in movies.

    2021 in movies.

    Movies released in 2021 included Spider-Man: No Way Home, No Time to Die, F9, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Godzilla vs. Kong, A Quiet Place Part II, Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and Dune.

  • Elon Musk.

    Elon Musk.

    Billionaire Elon Musk was named Time Person of the Year in 2021.

  • Best NBA players.

    Best NBA players.

    The best NBA players in 2021 were Giannis Antetokounmpo, LeBron James, James Harden, Luka Dončić, Kawhi Leonard, and Anthony Davis.

  • Best soccer players.

    Best soccer players.

    The best soccer players in 2021 were Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho, Karim Benzema, N'Golo Kanté, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mohamed Salah, Kevin De Bruyne, Kylian Mbappé, and Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Information

Facts.

Basic facts and information about this date:

  • 1 years, 11 months, and 17 days have passed since October 18th, 2021.
  • Week Number: This date occurred during Week 42 of 2021.
  • Leap Year: 2021 was not a leap year.
  • Age: People born on October 18th, 2021, are now 1 years old.
  • Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 1634511600.

Personality traits.

Check out our personality summary for people who were born on October 18th, 2021.

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Events

Around this time.

Notable events that happened close to October 18th, 2021.

  • September 19th, 2021: English soccer legend Jimmy Greaves passes away at the age of 81.
  • September 19th, 2021: English actor John Challis, who played Boycie in "Only Fools And Horses", dies from cancer at the age of 79.
  • September 19th, 2021: The body of missing woman Gabby Petito is found at a national park in Wyoming.
  • September 19th, 2021: Machine Gun Kelly insults Slipknot at Riot Fest, calling them "50-year-old dudes" who wear "weird masks".
  • September 20th, 2021: Justin Trudeau wins a third term as the prime minister of Canada.
  • September 21st, 2021: Actor Willie Garson, who played Stanford Blatch on "Sex and the City", passes away at the age of 57.
  • September 24th, 2021: Elon Musk and Grimes end their relationship after three years together.
  • September 26th, 2021: Golf: The United States wins the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wisconsin.
  • September 27th, 2021: R&B singer R Kelly is found guilty of racketeering and sex-trafficking.
  • September 27th, 2021: Reuters reports that 50-90% of fuel stations in parts of England have run dry due to panic buying.
  • September 27th, 2021: Dog the Bounty Hunter joins the manhunt for Brian Laundrie.
  • October 1st, 2021: The crime drama film "The Many Saints of Newark" is released.
  • October 1st, 2021: Doja Cat releases her single "Woman".
  • October 4th, 2021: British military tanker drivers begin to deliver supplies to UK petrol stations.
  • October 4th, 2021: A six-hour-long outage effects WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram.
  • October 5th, 2021: Whistleblower Frances Haugen tells US Congress that Facebook fuels division, harms children and weakens democracy.
  • October 6th, 2021: "The Case Breakers" identify the Zodiac Killer as a man called Gary Francis Poste.
  • October 6th, 2021: The video game "Far Cry 6" is released.
  • October 7th, 2021: Soccer: A Saudi-led consortium takes over Newcastle United.
  • October 8th, 2021: Sam Fender releases the song "Seventeen Going Under".
  • October 9th, 2021: Boxing: Tyson Fury defeats Deontay Wilder with an eleventh-round knockout.
  • October 13th, 2021: Five people are killed in a bow and arrow attack in Kongsberg, Norway.
  • October 15th, 2021: Conservative Party MP David Amess is stabbed to death at a constituency meeting in Leigh-on-Sea, England.
  • October 15th, 2021: Adele releases the single "Easy on Me".
  • October 16th, 2021: Four-year-old Cleo Smith goes missing from a campsite in Gascoyne, Australia.
  • October 17th, 2021: Italian DJ Francesco Facchinetti accuses UFC star Conor McGregor of breaking his nose at a party in Rome.
  • This date: October 18th, 2021
  • October 20th, 2021: Soccer: Steve Bruce is sacked by Newcastle United.
  • October 20th, 2021: Bitcoin reaches a new all time high of $67,016.
  • October 21st, 2021: It is reported that the body of Brian Laundrie has been found.
  • October 21st, 2021: Actor Alec Baldwin accidentally kills cinematographer Halyna Hutchins with a prop firearm.
  • October 24th, 2021: Actor James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on the sitcom Friends, passes away from cancer at the age of 59.
  • October 24th, 2021: Soccer: Liverpool thrash Manchester United 5-0 at Old Trafford.
  • October 28th, 2021: Facebook rebrands itself as Meta.
  • October 28th, 2021: Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker announce their engagement.
  • October 29th, 2021: It is announced that Jake Paul will be fighting Tommy Fury in a boxing match.
  • October 31st, 2021: The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) begins in Scotland.
  • November 1st, 2021: Soccer: Tottenham Hotspur sack manager Nuno Espírito Santo.
  • November 1st, 2021: A "rug pull" scam wipes $2 million off the value of an unsanctioned cryptocurrency called SQUID Game.
  • November 2nd, 2021: Soccer: Antonio Conte is announced as the new manager of Tottenham Hotspur.
  • November 2nd, 2021: The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse for murder begins in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
  • November 3rd, 2021: Missing four-year-old Cleo Smith is found alive and well at a house in Carnarvon, Australia.
  • November 3rd, 2021: Former FIFA officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini are charged with fraud in Switzerland.
  • November 5th, 2021: The first-person shooter game "Call of Duty: Vanguard" is released.
  • November 5th, 2021: Eight people are crushed to death at Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas.
  • November 5th, 2021: Season 3 of "Narcos: Mexico" is released on Netflix.
  • November 5th, 2021: ABBA release the album "Voyage".
  • November 6th, 2021: UFC 268: Kamaru Usman defeats Colby Covington by unanimous decision.
  • November 7th, 2021: Actor Dean Stockwell dies at the age of 85.
  • November 8th, 2021: Irish banker Seán FitzPatrick dies at the age of 73.
  • November 11th, 2021: Former South African president F. W. de Klerk passes away at the age of 85.
  • November 11th, 2021: Soccer: Steven Gerrard is announced as the new manager of Aston Villa.
  • November 11th, 2021: "Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition" is released.
  • November 11th, 2021: YouTube announces that it will be hiding dislikes from viewers.
  • November 12th, 2021: The 13-year-long conservatorship of pop singer Britney Spears is terminated by an LA judge.
  • November 12th, 2021: The Netherlands imposes new lockdown measures after COVID-19 cases reach a new high.
  • November 13th, 2021: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky announces that Russia has amassed 100,000 troops near his country's borders.
  • November 14th, 2021: Queen Elizabeth misses the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London due to a sprained back.
  • November 14th, 2021: One person is killed after a car explodes outside of a hospital in Liverpool, England.
  • November 15th, 2021: Iraq begins to repatriate citizens stuck on the border between Poland and Belarus.
  • November 15th, 2021: Austria begins a lockdown for people who are not vaccinated against COVID-19.
  • November 17th, 2021: Singers Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes announce their decision to end their relationship.
  • November 17th, 2021: Rapper Young Dolph is shot dead outside of a store in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • November 17th, 2021: Amazon announces that it will no longer accept payments from Visa credit cards in the UK due to high post-Brexit transaction fees.
  • November 17th, 2021: The second season of Tiger King is released on Netflix.
Zodiac info

Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

NEW! Check out our personality summary image for this birth date.

  • Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on October 18th, 2021, will have the star sign Libra.
  • Zodiac Element: Air.
  • Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2021 was the year of the Ox (Yin Wood).
  • The Life Path Number for this date is 6.
  • Native American Zodiac: October 18th, 2021 falls under the Raven.
  • Birthstone: A person during the month of October will have the birthstones Tourmaline and Opal.
  • Birth flower (October): The Marigold and the Cosmos.
Television shows

TV shows in 2021.

Television shows that people were watching in October 2021.

Narcos: Mexico
Narcos: Mexico
Crime drama television series.

Stranger Things
Stranger Things
Science fiction series.

Better Call Saul
Better Call Saul
Breaking Bad spin-off.

Black-ish
Black-ish
A sitcom about an upper class African-American family.

The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead
Post-apocalyptic horror series with zombies.

Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Medical drama television series.

Children TV shows

Kids' TV shows on October 18th, 2021.

Cartoons and TV shows that children and teenagers were watching on this day in 2021.

The Loud House
The Loud House

Horrid Henry
Horrid Henry

Toys

Popular toys and games in 2021.

Toys and games that were popular on this date in 2021.

The PlayStation 5
The PlayStation 5

The Xbox Series X
The Xbox Series X

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrity birthdays.

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on October 18th.

Chuck Berry

Guitarist. Deceased
Born on October 18th, 1926
He was not alive on this date.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Actor.
Born on October 18th, 1960
He turned 61 on this day in 2021.

NeYo

Singer.
Born on October 18th, 1982
He turned 39 on this day in 2021.

Zac Efron

Actor.
Born on October 18th, 1987
He turned 34 on this day in 2021.

Faze Banks

Internet personality.
Born on October 18th, 1991
He turned 30 on this day in 2021.

Barry Keoghan

Actor.
Born on October 18th, 1992
He turned 29 on this day in 2021.

USA

US President.

Joe Biden was the President of the United States on October 18th, 2021.

UK

UK Prime Minister.

Boris Johnson was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Ireland

Irish Taoiseach.

Micheál Martin was the Taoiseach of Ireland.

Conception

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

  • A baby that was born on October 18th, 2021 was most likely conceived around January 25th, 2021.
  • The due date for a baby that was conceived on October 18th, 2021 is close to July 11th, 2022.

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Stats for October 18th, 2021

Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about October 18th, 2021.

  • 716 days have passed since this date.
  • 102 weeks have passed.
  • 61,862,400 seconds have passed since October 18th, 2021.
  • If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 72,172,800 times.
  • Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 31,920,998,400 miles through space.
  • If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 10,310,400 times.
  • You have taken approximately 5,320,166 steps. That's roughly 2,365 miles!
  • Since this date, 742,349 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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