| October 18th, 1952Jerry Royster, American baseball player born on October 18, 1952.  Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
 Events around October 18, 1952
| October 20th, 1952 | Event | Governor Evelyn Baring declared a state of emergency in Kenya and began arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising, including Jomo Kenyatta, the future first President of Kenya. |  |