Manoel da Nbrega Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)
Salomon August Andre Swedish engineer balloonist and polar explorer born in Grnna Sweden (d. 1897)
Lucien Petit-Breton French road cyclist (Tour de France 1907-8) born in Pless France (d. 1917)
Vclav Klik Czech composer born in Opava (d. 1951)
Constantine Mitsotakis [Konstantinos Mitsotakis] Prime Minister of Greece (1990 1993) born in Halepa Crete (d. 2017)
Forrest Gregg American Pro Football Hall of Fame tackle coach (9-time Pro Bowl Green Bay Packers Dallas Cowboys) born in Birthright TX (d. 2019)
John B. Coleman American hotel magnate (Ritz Carlton) born in Boston Massachusetts
Elena Ferrante pseudonymous Italian novelist (Neapolitan Novels) born in Naples Italy (claimed)
Yldo Turkish famous showman and football player
Denis Watson South African golfer (US Open 1985 runner-up Senior PGA Cship 2007) born in Harare Zimbabwe
Thomas Hearns American boxer (first boxer to win world titles in 5 weight divisions) born in Memphis Tennessee
Milo Manevski Macedonian film director and screenwriter
Rhod Gilbert Welsh comedian (Never Mind the Buzzcocks) born in Carmarthen Wales
Anthony Avent NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
Pius II [Aenea S Piccolomini] Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)
Justus Lipsius [Joost Lips] Dutch classic philologisthistorian
Rama IV [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua] king of Thailand (1851-68)
Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg German-Dutch sculptor and architect of church interiors born in Cologne (d. 1919)
Harvey W. Wiley American chemist known for leadership in the passage of the landmark Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 born in Kent Indiana (d. 1930)
Francis Thome French composer born in Port Louis Mauritius (d. 1909)
Vladimir Grigoryevich Zakharov Soviet-Russian composer born in Bogodukhov Ukraine Russian Empire (d. 1956)
Emile Enthoven Dutch composer and lawyer born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1950)
Anita ODay (born Anita Belle Colton) American jazz singer born in Kansas City Missouri (d. 2006)
Egil Hovland Norwegian composer born in Rde Norway (d. 2013)
Frank Liedel [Leo van Assche] Flemish writer (Kaperbrief)
Chuck Berry [Charles Andersen] American rock n roll guitarist and singer-songwriter (Roll over Beethoven) born in St Louis Missouri (d. 2017)
Thomas Millar Australian historian and political scientist born in Kalamunda Western Australia (d. 1994)
John Morris American film and Broadway composer who commonly worked alongside Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder born in Elizabeth New Jersey (d. 2018)
Ed Biles American football coach (College Xavier 1962-68 NFL Houston Oilers 1981-83) born in Reading Ohio (d. 2020)
Cynthia Weil American songwriter (We Got Get Out Of This Place Youve Lost That Lovin Feelin) born in NYC New York
Howard Shore Canadian film composer (Lord of the Rings Trilogy) born in Toronto Canada
Laura Nyro American singer-songwriter (Elis Coming Stoney End) born in The Bronx New York (d. 1997)
Ed Farmer American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1980 Chicago WS) and broadcaster (Chicago WS radio 1991-2005) born in Evergreen Park Illinois (d. 2020)
Oct 18 1776 In a bar decorated with bird tail in Elmsford New York a customer requests a glassful of those cock tails from bartender Betsy Flanagan
Oct 18 1955 Buganda Agreement between Andrew Cohen Governor of Uganda Protectorate and Mutesa II Kabaka of Buganda
Oct 18 1968 American long jumper Bob Beamon sets an incredible world record (8.90m 29 2) in high altitude at the Mexico City Olympics 0.55m (22) improvement over previous world record