FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2019

1748-Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends War of Austrian Succession

1776-In a NY bar decorated with bird tail, customer orders “cock tail”

1867-The U.S. takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million)

1892-First commercial long-distance phone line opens (Chicago-NY)

1908-Belgium annexes Congo Free State

1912-Beginning of the first Balkan War

1922-British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) established

1944-Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WWII

1963-IOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics

1967-Walt Disney's “Jungle Book” is released

1968-John Lennon & Yoko One fined for marijuana possession

1968-US Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith & John Carlos for giving “black power” salute as a protest during victory ceremony

1984-Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51A mission

1988-Israel's supreme court upholds ban on Kahane's Kach Party as racist