Day Guide for Sunday October 18th 2020

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Observances on October 18th 2020

National Necktie Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Necktie Day

World Menopause Day

World Menopause Day is a worldwide awareness call for women who face health issues when approaching, during and beyond the menopause.

Spiritual Consent Day

Find out the history and background to the Spiritual Consent Day observed in Kazakhstan.

National Chocolate Cupcake Day

Food
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Chocolate Cupcake Day

National No Beard Day

Action
USA

This is the one day in the year when you should try to have a close shave.

National Exascale Day

Science
USA

Find out the history and background to National Exascale Day

Qaumee Dhuvas

Maldives

Celebrates the victory of Muhammad Thakurufaanu Al Auzam over the Portuguese occupation in 1573

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General Information for October 18th 2020

There are 6 observances on this day.
This was 1510 days ago.
Day 292 of 2020
74 days left in 2020
Week 42 of the year

Moon phase

On this Day in History

1991 – The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
1967 – The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
1954 - Texas Instruments announces the first Transistor radio.
1945 – Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva "Evita" Duarte.
1009 – The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.