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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Selected anniversaries
October 18
:
Alaska Day
(
1867
)
Bob Beamon
1565
– The first recorded naval battle between Europeans and the Japanese occurred when a flotilla of
samurai
attacked two Portuguese trade vessels at the
Battle of Fukuda Bay
in
Nagasaki
.
1748
– The
War of the Austrian Succession
ended with the signing of the
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
.
1873
–
Renton
defeated
Kilmarnock
2–0
in the opening match of
the inaugural Scottish Cup
.
1968
– At the
Summer Olympics in Mexico City
, American athlete
Bob Beamon
(pictured)
achieved a distance of 8.90 m (29.2 ft) in
the long jump event
, setting
a world record
that stood for 23 years.
John FitzWalter, 2nd Baron FitzWalter
(
d.
1361)
Mehmet Esat Bülkat
(
b.
1862)
Maria Antonescu
(
d.
1964)
Bess Truman
(
d.
1982)
More anniversaries:
October 17
October 18
October 19
In the news
Daron Acemoglu
Yahya Sinwar
, the acting leader of
Hamas
, is
killed in a firefight
with
Israeli forces in Gaza
.
The
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
is awarded to
Daron Acemoglu
(pictured)
,
Simon Johnson
, and
James A. Robinson
for their comparative studies of prosperity between nations.
The
Europa Clipper
spacecraft is launched to investigate
Europa
, an icy moon of Jupiter.
The
Nobel Peace Prize
is awarded to the Japanese atomic bomb survivors group
Nihon Hidankyo
.
Did you know...
Ferrari FF
... that the
Ferrari FF
(pictured)
was, upon its release, the world's fastest four-seater car?
... that
a Paralympic gold medalist
originally did not know that she qualified for parasports?
... that
Karan Aujla
's
Hindi
-language single "
Tauba Tauba
" from the 2024 film
Bad Newz
became a
Canadian Hot 100
top-25 song ahead of the film's release?
... that
Dani Sanchez-Lopez
wanted to be an actor but switched to cinematography after realizing that actors deliver others' lines?
... that in
UnMetal
, the player has to heal any enemies whom they shoot?
... that
manga artist
Shinichi Ishizuka
was told that becoming a manga artist would be "absolutely impossible"?
... that
two Wisconsin radio stations
purchased and reassembled the
Wisconsin Pavilion
from the
1964 New York World's Fair
for use as their studios?
... that the extension to the
Yumeshima Station
was originally supposed to be opened in 2008 for when the
Osaka Olympics
was being bid for?
... that
Tonia Ko
once composed a three-part concerto played on
bubble wrap
?