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10-18: This day in History:
1685-10-18 Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes outlaws Protestantism.
1767-10-18 Boundary between Md & Pa the Mason Dixon line agreed upon.
1847-10-18 English astronomer J.K Hind discovers Flor his second asteroid
1867-10-18 US took formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million)
1873-10-18 Columbia Princeton Rutgers & Yale set rules for collegiate football
1892-10-18 1st commercial long-distance phone line opens (Chicago-NY).
1898-10-18 American flag raised in Puerto Rico
1917-10-18 Mata Hari was shot as a spy by French firing squad
1922-10-18 British Broadcasting Corporation established
1931-10-18 Inventor Thomas Alva Edison died in West Orange N.J. at age 84.
1944-10-18 Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia during World War II.
1950-10-18 Connie Mack announced retirement as manager of the Phila Athletics
1953-10-18 Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times.
1962-10-18 Dr. Watson of US & Drs. Crick & Wilkins of Britain win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA
1967-10-18 Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released
1967-10-18 Soviet Venera 4 becomes the 1st probe to send data back from Venus
1968-10-18 Robert Beaman of US broad jumps a record 8.90 m.
1968-10-18 US Olympic Committee suspended Tommie Smith & John Carlos for giving `black power' salute as a protest during victory ceremony
1969-10-18 Federal govt bans use of artificial sweeteners known as cyclamates
1969-10-18 Soyuz 8 returns to Earth
1977-10-18 Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record
1977-10-18 1st Islander 0-0 tie-Kings at Nassau-25th time shutout-Resch's 15th
1977-10-18 Yanks beat Dodgers 8-4 for 21st world championship 1st in 15 years
1982-10-18 Former 1st lady Bess Truman died in Independence Mo. at age 97
VOULD THE MODS PLEASE MOVE
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THANK YOU.
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10-18: This day in History:
1685-10-18 Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes outlaws Protestantism.
1767-10-18 Boundary between Md & Pa the Mason Dixon line agreed upon.
1847-10-18 English astronomer J.K Hind discovers Flor his second asteroid
1867-10-18 US took formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million)
1873-10-18 Columbia Princeton Rutgers & Yale set rules for collegiate football
1892-10-18 1st commercial long-distance phone line opens (Chicago-NY).
1898-10-18 American flag raised in Puerto Rico
1917-10-18 Mata Hari was shot as a spy by French firing squad
1922-10-18 British Broadcasting Corporation established
1931-10-18 Inventor Thomas Alva Edison died in West Orange N.J. at age 84.
1944-10-18 Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia during World War II.
1950-10-18 Connie Mack announced retirement as manager of the Phila Athletics
1953-10-18 Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times.
1962-10-18 Dr. Watson of US & Drs. Crick & Wilkins of Britain win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA
1967-10-18 Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released
1967-10-18 Soviet Venera 4 becomes the 1st probe to send data back from Venus
1968-10-18 Robert Beaman of US broad jumps a record 8.90 m.
1968-10-18 US Olympic Committee suspended Tommie Smith & John Carlos for giving `black power' salute as a protest during victory ceremony
1969-10-18 Federal govt bans use of artificial sweeteners known as cyclamates
1969-10-18 Soyuz 8 returns to Earth
1977-10-18 Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record
1977-10-18 1st Islander 0-0 tie-Kings at Nassau-25th time shutout-Resch's 15th
1977-10-18 Yanks beat Dodgers 8-4 for 21st world championship 1st in 15 years
1982-10-18 Former 1st lady Bess Truman died in Independence Mo. at age 97
