Historical Events In October - 18

0707 On this day in history john VII ends his reign as Catholic Pope

1016 Danes defeat Saxons at Battle of Assandun (Ashingdon) on this day in history.

1648 On this day in history first US labor organization forms (Boston Shoemakers)

1667 Brooklyn is chartered under the name Brueckelen by the governor of New Netherlands Mathias Nicolls on this day in history.

1685 On this day in history louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, outlaws Protestantism

1748 On this day in history treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, ends War of Austrian Succession

1767 On this day in history boundary between Md & Pa, the Mason Dixon line, agreed upon

1776 On this day in history in a NY bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders "cock tail"

1867 On this day in history uS takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million)

1887 Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG) on this day in history.

1890 On this day in history john Owen is first man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds

1892 On this day in history first commercial long-distance phone line opens (Chicago-NY)

1898 American flag raised in Puerto Rico on this day in history.

1908 Belgium annexes Congo Free State on this day in history.

1909 Comte de Lambert of France sets airplane altitude record of 300 m on this day in history.

1912 Beginning of the first Balkan War on this day in history.

1912 Italo-Turkish war ends on this day in history.

1922 On this day in history british Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) established

1940 HMS H.49,sunk off Texel island, Holland in North Sea by depth charges from German anti-submarine trawlers UJ.116 and UJ.118. On patrol off Dutch coast at time of threatened German invasion of Britain on this day in history.

1944 Hitler orders the establishment of "Volkssturm." Boys between fifteen and eighteen and men between fifty and sixty are drafted into service. The Nazis have to mobilize replacements for 500,000 men on this day in history.

1944 On this day in history soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II

1954 On this day in history hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US

1955 Track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete on this day in history.

1960 In Britain, the News Chronicle & Daily Mail merge, on this day in history.

1960 The London Evening Star merges with the Evening News on this day in history.

1962 On this day in history dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA

1962 On this day in history uS launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon

1963 On this day in history iOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics

1967 On this day in history soviet Venera 4 becomes the first probe to send data back from Venus

1967 On this day in history walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released

1968 Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas on this day in history.

1968 On this day in history john Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession

1969 On this day in history federal govt bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners

1969 Soyuz 8 returns to Earth on this day in history.

1973 Congress authorizes bi-centennial quarter, half-dollar & dollar coin on this day in history.

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