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October 18
1469 - Ferdinand II of Aragon married Isabella of Castile, uniting Spain and making it a dominant world power.
1648 - Boston shoemakers were authorized to form a guild to protect their interests; it's the first American labor organization on record.
1685 - King Louis XIV of France revoked the Edict of Nantes, which had established the legal toleration of the Protestant Huguenots.
1767 - The boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Mason-Dixon Line, was agreed upon.
1867 - The United States took possession of Alaska from Russia.
1892 - The first long-distance telephone line between Chicago and New York went into operation.
1898 - The American flag was raised in Puerto Rico shortly before Spain formally relinquished control of the island to the U.S.
1912 - The first Balkan War broke out.
1922 - The British Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (later the British Broadcasting Corp. of BBC) was founded.
1931 - Inventor Thomas Alva Edison died in West Orange, New Jersey at age 84.
1944 - Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia during World War II.
1962 - James D. Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were honored with the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA.
1969 - The federal government banned artificial sweeteners known as cyclamates because of evidence they caused cancer in laboratory rats.
1972 - Congress passed the Clean Water Act, overriding President Richard Nixon's veto.
1977 - West German commandos stormed a hijacked Lufthansa jetliner on the ground in Mogadishu, Somalia, freeing all 86 hostages and killing three of the four hijackers.
1982 - Former first lady Bess Truman died in Independence, Missouri at age 97.
2001 - Four defendants were convicted in New York for the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.
2001 - CBS News announced that an employee in anchorman Dan Rather's office had tested positive for skin anthrax.
2007 - Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan, ending eight years of self-imposed exile.
2009 - Jessica Watson, a 16-year-old Australian, steered her bright pink yacht out of Sydney Harbor to start her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo and unassisted around the world. (She succeeded, returning to Sydney Harbor in May 2010.)
2011 - Gilad Shalit, a 25-year-old Israeli soldier, is released after being held for more than five years by Hamas. He is exchanged for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Shalit had been held in Gaza since Palestinian militants kidnapped him in 2006.
2014 - The Supreme Court said Texas could use its controversial new voter identification law for the November election, rejecting an emergency request from the Justice Department and civil rights groups to prohibit the state from requiring voters to produce certain forms of photo ID.
Birthdays
28 - Toby Regbo (actor)
28 - Tyler Posey (actor)
29 - Brittney Griner (basketball player)
29 - Bristol Palin (reality star)
30 - Joy Lauren (actress)
32 - Zac Efron (actor)
34 - Yoenis Cespedes (baseball player)
35 - Freida Pinto (actress/model)
35 - Esperanza Spalding (singer)
35 - Lindsey Vonn (skier)
38 - Jesse Littleton (country musician)
39 - Josh Gracin (country singer)
41 - Wesley Jonathan (actor)
45 - Joy Bryant (actress)
53 - Tim Cross (musician)
57 - Vincent Spano (actor)
58 - Wynton Marsalis (musician)
59 - Jean-Claude Van Damme (actor)
62 - Jon Lindstrom (actor)
63 - Martina Navratilova (tennis player)
67 - Chuck Lorre (TV producer)
69 - Pam Dawber (actress)
72 - Joe Morton (actor)
80 - Mike Ditka (football player/coach/sportscaster)
81 - Dawn Wells (actress)
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Today in Sports History - October 18
1873 - The first rules for intercollegiate football were drawn up by representatives from Rutgers, Yale, Columbia and Princeton Universities.
1912 - Black boxer Jack Johnson was arrested in Chicago, accused of violating the Mann Act because of his relationship with his white girlfriend, Lucille Cameron. (The case collapsed when Cameron refused to cooperate, but Johnson was later re-arrested and convicted on the testimony of a former mistress, Belle Schreiber.)
1924 - Red Grange of the University of Illinois scored four touchdowns in the first 12 minutes of a game against Michigan. He scored a fifth touchdown, intercepted a pass and threw a touchdown pass in the second half.
1950 - Connie Mack announced his retirement from baseball after having served as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics for 50 seasons.
1956 - NFL commissioner Bert Bell disallowed the use of radio-equipped helmets by NFL quarterbacks.
1967 - The American League granted permission for the Athletics to move from Kansas City to Oakland, California. Also, new franchises were awarded to Kansas City and Seattle.
1968 - The United States Olympic Committee suspended two black athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, for giving a "black power" salute during a medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympic Games.
1968 - American Bob Beamon set a new world record in the long jump at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City, with a leap of 29-feet, 2 1/2 inches, breaking the old record by nearly two feet (27' 4.75"). (The record would stand until fellow American Mike Powell broke it in 1991 with a leap of 29 feet, 4 1/4 inches, a record that still stands today.)
1974 - Nate Thurmond of the Chicago Bulls records the first quadruple-double in NBA history with 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocked shots in a 120-115 overtime win over the Atlanta Hawks.
1977 - Reggie Jackson of the New York Yankees hit three home runs to lead the Yankees to an 8-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the deciding Game 6 of the World Series. Jackson joined Babe Ruth as the only players to ever hit three home runs in a World Series game.
1980 - The Detroit Pistons set an NBA record with 21 blocked shots in a game against the Atlanta Hawks.
1981 - Joe Danelo of the New York Giants ties an NFL record with six field goals in one game.
1992 - The Toronto Blue Jays become the first non-U.S. team to win a World Series game with a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
1992 - Randall Cunningham of the Philadelphia Eagles sets an NFL record for career rushing yards by a quarterback with 3,683.
1995 - The NHL's Winnipeg Jets are sold and plans are announced to move the franchise to Phoenix.
2009 - Tom Brady of the New England Patriots sets an NFL record with five touchdown passes in one quarter (2nd quarter) in a game against the Tennessee Titans.
1469 - Ferdinand II of Aragon married Isabella of Castile, uniting Spain and making it a dominant world power.
1648 - Boston shoemakers were authorized to form a guild to protect their interests; it's the first American labor organization on record.
1685 - King Louis XIV of France revoked the Edict of Nantes, which had established the legal toleration of the Protestant Huguenots.
1767 - The boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Mason-Dixon Line, was agreed upon.
1867 - The United States took possession of Alaska from Russia.
1892 - The first long-distance telephone line between Chicago and New York went into operation.
1898 - The American flag was raised in Puerto Rico shortly before Spain formally relinquished control of the island to the U.S.
1912 - The first Balkan War broke out.
1922 - The British Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (later the British Broadcasting Corp. of BBC) was founded.
1931 - Inventor Thomas Alva Edison died in West Orange, New Jersey at age 84.
1944 - Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia during World War II.
1962 - James D. Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were honored with the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA.
1969 - The federal government banned artificial sweeteners known as cyclamates because of evidence they caused cancer in laboratory rats.
1972 - Congress passed the Clean Water Act, overriding President Richard Nixon's veto.
1977 - West German commandos stormed a hijacked Lufthansa jetliner on the ground in Mogadishu, Somalia, freeing all 86 hostages and killing three of the four hijackers.
1982 - Former first lady Bess Truman died in Independence, Missouri at age 97.
2001 - Four defendants were convicted in New York for the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.
2001 - CBS News announced that an employee in anchorman Dan Rather's office had tested positive for skin anthrax.
2007 - Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan, ending eight years of self-imposed exile.
2009 - Jessica Watson, a 16-year-old Australian, steered her bright pink yacht out of Sydney Harbor to start her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo and unassisted around the world. (She succeeded, returning to Sydney Harbor in May 2010.)
2011 - Gilad Shalit, a 25-year-old Israeli soldier, is released after being held for more than five years by Hamas. He is exchanged for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Shalit had been held in Gaza since Palestinian militants kidnapped him in 2006.
2014 - The Supreme Court said Texas could use its controversial new voter identification law for the November election, rejecting an emergency request from the Justice Department and civil rights groups to prohibit the state from requiring voters to produce certain forms of photo ID.
Birthdays
28 - Toby Regbo (actor)
28 - Tyler Posey (actor)
29 - Brittney Griner (basketball player)
29 - Bristol Palin (reality star)
30 - Joy Lauren (actress)
32 - Zac Efron (actor)
34 - Yoenis Cespedes (baseball player)
35 - Freida Pinto (actress/model)
35 - Esperanza Spalding (singer)
35 - Lindsey Vonn (skier)
38 - Jesse Littleton (country musician)
39 - Josh Gracin (country singer)
41 - Wesley Jonathan (actor)
45 - Joy Bryant (actress)
53 - Tim Cross (musician)
57 - Vincent Spano (actor)
58 - Wynton Marsalis (musician)
59 - Jean-Claude Van Damme (actor)
62 - Jon Lindstrom (actor)
63 - Martina Navratilova (tennis player)
67 - Chuck Lorre (TV producer)
69 - Pam Dawber (actress)
72 - Joe Morton (actor)
80 - Mike Ditka (football player/coach/sportscaster)
81 - Dawn Wells (actress)
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Today in Sports History - October 18
1873 - The first rules for intercollegiate football were drawn up by representatives from Rutgers, Yale, Columbia and Princeton Universities.
1912 - Black boxer Jack Johnson was arrested in Chicago, accused of violating the Mann Act because of his relationship with his white girlfriend, Lucille Cameron. (The case collapsed when Cameron refused to cooperate, but Johnson was later re-arrested and convicted on the testimony of a former mistress, Belle Schreiber.)
1924 - Red Grange of the University of Illinois scored four touchdowns in the first 12 minutes of a game against Michigan. He scored a fifth touchdown, intercepted a pass and threw a touchdown pass in the second half.
1950 - Connie Mack announced his retirement from baseball after having served as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics for 50 seasons.
1956 - NFL commissioner Bert Bell disallowed the use of radio-equipped helmets by NFL quarterbacks.
1967 - The American League granted permission for the Athletics to move from Kansas City to Oakland, California. Also, new franchises were awarded to Kansas City and Seattle.
1968 - The United States Olympic Committee suspended two black athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, for giving a "black power" salute during a medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympic Games.
1968 - American Bob Beamon set a new world record in the long jump at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City, with a leap of 29-feet, 2 1/2 inches, breaking the old record by nearly two feet (27' 4.75"). (The record would stand until fellow American Mike Powell broke it in 1991 with a leap of 29 feet, 4 1/4 inches, a record that still stands today.)
1974 - Nate Thurmond of the Chicago Bulls records the first quadruple-double in NBA history with 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocked shots in a 120-115 overtime win over the Atlanta Hawks.
1977 - Reggie Jackson of the New York Yankees hit three home runs to lead the Yankees to an 8-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the deciding Game 6 of the World Series. Jackson joined Babe Ruth as the only players to ever hit three home runs in a World Series game.
1980 - The Detroit Pistons set an NBA record with 21 blocked shots in a game against the Atlanta Hawks.
1981 - Joe Danelo of the New York Giants ties an NFL record with six field goals in one game.
1992 - The Toronto Blue Jays become the first non-U.S. team to win a World Series game with a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
1992 - Randall Cunningham of the Philadelphia Eagles sets an NFL record for career rushing yards by a quarterback with 3,683.
1995 - The NHL's Winnipeg Jets are sold and plans are announced to move the franchise to Phoenix.
2009 - Tom Brady of the New England Patriots sets an NFL record with five touchdown passes in one quarter (2nd quarter) in a game against the Tennessee Titans.
