Today is Tuesday, October 16, the 289th day of 2018. There are 76 days left in the year.
1775 — Portland, Maine burned by British
1829 — Tremont Hotel, first U.S. modern hotel opens (Boston)
1841 — Queens University in Kingston is chartered
1846 — Dentist William T Morton demonstrated the effectiveness of ether
1848 — First U.S. homeopathic medical college opens in Pennsylvania
1849 — Avery College establishes in Allegheny, Pennsylvania
1912 — Boston beats NY Giants, 4 games to 3 with a tie in 9th World Series
1916 — Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic
1923 —Disney founded
1925 — Texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution