Daily Calendar for Sunday, October 18, 2009
Died
- Pope Pius III –
- Lucy Stone Blackwell (suffragette) –
- Thomas Alva Edison (inventor) –
- Walt Kelly (cartoonist) –
- 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 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 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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