Daily Calendar for Tuesday, October 18, 2022

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Died

  • Pope Pius III –
  • Charles Babbage (Mathematician and inventor, considered the “Father of Computers”; died in London, England) –
  • Lucy Stone Blackwell (suffragette) –
  • Thomas Alva Edison (inventor) –
  • Walt Kelly (cartoonist) –
  • Edwin Way Teale (naturalist and photographer; died in Norwich, Connecticut) –
  • Bess Truman (U.S. First Lady) –
  • Dee Dee Warwick (soul singer) –
  • Colin Powell (politician, diplomat, and four-star general; served as U.S. secretary of state) –

Born

  • Pierre Trudeau (15th prime minister of Canada) –
  • Pierre Elliot Trudeau (15th Canadian prime minister) –
  • Jesse Helms (politician) –
  • Chuck Berry (musician) –
  • George C. Scott (actor) –
  • Mike Ditka (football player, coach) –
  • Lee Harvey Oswald (alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy) –
  • Martina Navratilova (tennis player) –
  • Erin Moran (actress) –
  • Doug Mirabelli (baseball player) –
  • Zac Efron (actor) –

Events

  • The boundary line between Maryland and Pennsylvania, commonly known as the Mason-Dixon Line, was finally settled –
  • Ostend Manifesto of the US declares that if Spain refuses to sell Cuba to them, then the US will take it by force –
  • Alaska was transferred from Russia to the U.S. –
  • The popular Yellow Kid character made the jump from the New York World to the New York Journal, launching the era of the ongoing newspaper comic strip. –
  • The British Broadcasting Company was formed –
  • Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack announced his retirement –

Weather

  • An early snowstorm over Lakes Erie and Ontario brought 48 inches of snow to the region just south of Buffalo –
  • 47 inches of snow fell in Gouverneur, New York –
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