| 119461 | October 18 | Death | 2008 – Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (b. 1945) |
| 119462 | October 18 | Death | 2009 – Adriaan Kortlandt, Dutch ethologist and biologist (b. 1918) |
| 119463 | October 18 | Death | 2009 – Nancy Spero, American painter and academic (b. 1926) |
| 119464 | October 18 | Death | 2010 – Marion Brown, American saxophonist and musicologist (b. 1931) |
| 119465 | October 18 | Death | 2012 – Brain Damage, American wrestler (b. 1977) |
| 119466 | October 18 | Death | 2012 – Sylvia Kristel, Dutch model, actress, and singer (b. 1952) |
| 119467 | October 18 | Death | 2012 – Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925) |
| 119468 | October 18 | Death | 2012 – George Mattos, American pole vaulter (b. 1929) |
| 119469 | October 18 | Death | 2012 – Albert Lee Ueltschi, American pilot and businessman, founded FlightSafety International (b. 1917) |
| 119470 | October 18 | Death | 2012 – David S. Ware, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949) |
| 119471 | October 18 | Death | 2013 – Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix, Mexican drug lord (b. 1949) |
| 119472 | October 18 | Death | 2013 – Felix Dexter, Caribbean-English comedian and actor (b. 1961) |
| 119473 | October 18 | Death | 2013 – Tom Foley, American lawyer and politician, 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1929) |
| 119474 | October 18 | Death | 2013 – Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (b. 1923) |
| 119475 | October 18 | Death | 2013 – Allan Stanley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926) |
| 119476 | October 18 | Death | 2013 – Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (b. 1930) |
| 119477 | October 18 | Death | 2014 – Joanne Borgella, American singer and model (b. 1982) |
| 119478 | October 18 | Death | 2014 – Paul Craft, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938) |
| 119479 | October 18 | Death | 2014 – Mariano Lebrón Saviñón, Dominican author and academic (b. 1922) |
| 119480 | October 18 | Death | 2014 – Edward Regan, American academic and politician (b. 1930) |
| 119481 | October 18 | Death | 2014 – Sidney Shapiro, American-Chinese author and translator (b. 1915) |
| 119482 | October 18 | Death | 2015 – Robert Dickerson, Australian painter (b. 1924) |
| 119483 | October 18 | Death | 2015 – Gamal El-Ghitani, Egyptian journalist and author (b. 1945) |
| 119484 | October 18 | Death | 2015 – Robert W. Farquhar, American engineer (b. 1932) |
| 119485 | October 18 | Death | 2015 – Frank Watkins, American bass player (Obituary and Gorgoroth) (b. 1968) |
| 119486 | October 18 | Death | 2015 – Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic (b. 1930) |
| 119487 | October 18 | Holiday and observance | Alaska Day (Alaska) |
| 119488 | October 18 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Justus of BeauvaisLuke the EvangelistPeter of Alcantara, can also be celebrated on October 19.October 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
| 119489 | October 18 | Holiday and observance | Independence Day (Azerbaijan), celebrates the independence of (Azerbaijan) from Soviet Union in 1991. |
| 119490 | October 18 | Holiday and observance | Necktie Day (Croatia, and others) |