On this day: October 18

National days on this date

• Azerbaijan Independence DayA public holiday marking the adoption of the 1991 constitutional act on Azerbaijan's independence.

Births

1. 1822 Midhat Pasha Ottoman grand vizier, reformist, and creator of the first Ottoman constitution (1822-1883)
2. 1859 Christapor Mikaelian Armenian revolutionary (1859–1905)
3. 1933 Firuz Mustafayev Azerbaijani politician
4. 1959 Tatyana Kolpakova Soviet athletics competitor (born 1959)
5. 1970 Ibad Huseynov Azerbaijani guerrilla
6. 1990 Pavel Korobkov Russian basketball player (born 1990)
7. 1993 Zarina Diyas Kazakhstani female tennis player

Deaths

1. 1942 Mikhail Nesterov Russian artist (1862-1942)