Portal:Germany/Anniversaries/October/October 18


 * 1777 – Birth of poet Heinrich von Kleist
 * 1902 – Birth of physicist Pascual Jordan
 * 1926 – Birth of actor Klaus Kinski
 * 1977 – The GSG 9 frees hostages on board of the Lufthansa airplane Landshut, ending the most dramatic part of the German Autumn
 * 1989 – Erich Honecker resigns as leader of the German Democratic Republic