Today in History - October 18, 2024

Isabella I Queen of Castile, Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick", The Ostend Manifesto, Alaska Purchase, Puerto Rico, British Broadcasting Company Ltd., American singer songwriter Chuck Berry, American inventor Thomas Edison, American gangster Al Capone, Lee Harvey Oswald, Tennis player Martina Navratilova, Musical film "West Side Story", American sitcom Roseanne", Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto