October 18: Alaska, Puerto Rico, Automatic Toaster
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History's headlines from today, October 18th, before.
1648: Boston shoomakers and coopers unionize
1867: US buys Alaska
1898: US troops raise American flag in Puerto Rico
1921: Charles Strite receives pop-up automatic toaster patent
1922: BBC forms
Birthdays
1926: Chuck Berry (singer, guitarist)
1939: Mike Ditka (NFL coach)
1961: Wynton Marsalis (jazz musician)
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