NOTABLE BIRTHDAYS FOR OCTOBER 18
Edward Winslow (1595-1655) - American Pilgrim leader.
Ann Putnam (1679-1716) - Accuser during the Salem Witch Trials in Salem.
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Charles S. Winder (1829-1862) - Confederate Brigadier General.
Frederick August Otto Schwarz (1836-1911) - Founded FAO Schwarz.
Charles Scribner (1854-1930) - Magazine, book publisher, and founder of the Scribner's Publishing House.
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Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946) - Author and critic who was said to be an authority on correct English language usage.
Florence Walrath (1877-1958) - Founder of the adoption agency The Cradle.
James Truslow Adams (1878-1949) - Author and historian who gets credit for making the phrase American Dream popular.
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Fannie Hurst (1889-1968) - Author of the novel Anatomy of Me.
H. L. Davis (1894-1960) - Author of the novel Honey in the Horn.
Isabel Briggs Myers (1897-1980) - Co-creator of the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator.
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Bob Custer (1898-1974) - Silent film actor of the The Fighting Hombre and The Law of the Wild.
Ambrose Thibodeaux (1903-1995) - Cajun accordionist known as Ambrose Sam.
James Brooks (1906-1992) - Painter of the Acquisition of Long Island.
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Evelyn Venable (1913-1993) - Actress with roles in Death Takes a Holiday and also the model for the Columbia Pictures logo.
Victor Sen Yung (1915-1980) - Actor who played Hop Sing in Bonanza.
Bobby Troup (1918-1999) - Composer of the Route 66 music.
Allyn Ferguson (1924-2010) - Orchestra leader for the Andy Williams Show.
Chuck Berry (1926-2017) - Rock-n-roll icon.
Marv Rotblatt (1927-2013) - Left-handed pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.
George C. Scott (1927-1999) - Actor known for his role as Patton and Scrooge in A Christmas Carol.
Barry McDaniel (1930-2018) - Opera baritone in Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Frank C. Carlucci (1930-2018) - Former National Security Adviser under PresidentReagan.
Irwin M. Jacobs (1933-Still Living) - Co-founder of Qualcomm.
John B. Coleman (1935-Still Living) - Owner of the Ritz Carlton.
Peter Boyle (1935-2006) - Actor known as Frank in Everybody Loves Raymond.
Dawn Wells (1938-2020) - Former Miss Nevada 1959 and actress best known for her role as Mary Ann in Gilligan's Island.
Ronnie Bright (1938-2015) - Bass voice/vocalist for The Coasters.
Lee Harvey Oswald (1939-1963) - Man who assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
Cynthia Weil (1940 -2023) - Songwriter whose credits include We Got Get Out Of This Place and You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin.
H.B. "Toby" Halicki (1940-1989) - Stunt driver in Gone In 60 Seconds.
Joe Morton (1947-Still Living) - Actor who played Abel Marsh in Another World.
Ntozake Shange (1948-2018) - Author, poet, and playwright of For Colored Girls.
Gary Richrath (1949-2015) - Former guitarist for REO Speedwagon.
Pat Swindall (1950-2018) - Georgia politician convicted of perjury for lying about money laundering.
Chuck Lorre (1952-Still Living) - Director and producer with of the sitcoms Dharma & Greg and Two and a Half Men.
Arliss Howard (1954-Still Living) - Actor known for his roles in Full Metal Jacket, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Moneyball.
Craig Bartlett (1956-Still Living) - Animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor for Hey Arnold! and Ready Jet Go! (PBS).
Jon Lindstrom (1957-Still Living) - Soap opera actor on General Hospital (Kevin Collins and Ryan Chamberlain).
John Nord (1959-Still Living) - Former professional wrestler best known as The Berzerker and Nord the Barbarian.
Erin Moran (1960-2017) - Actress known as the little sister Joanie in Happy Days.
Vincent Spano (1962-Still Living) - The Black Stallion Returns and Lone Rider actor.
Dan Lilker (1964-Still Living) - Heavy metal guitarist for Anthrax and S.O.D.
Eric Stuart (1967-Still Living) - Voice actor known for his voice of Brock and James in Pokémon.
James Foley (1973-2014) - Journalist who was kidnapped and killed while on assignment in Syria.
Rachel Nichols (1973-Still Living) - Successful female sportscaster in multiple sports, including basketball, football, and baseball.
Ne-Yo (1979-Still Living) - R&B singer of Because of You and Miss Independent.
Lindsey Vonn (1984-Still Living) - World Cup alpine ski racer.
Zac Efron (1987-Still Living) - Actor best known as Troy in the High School Musical trilogy.
Brittney Griner(1990-Still Living) - WNBA basketball player who was imprisoned in Russia for marijuana.
Bristol Palin (1990-Still Living) - Public speaker, reality television personality, and oldest daughter of Sarah Palin.
John John Florence (1992-Still Living) - Professional surfer and world title winner.
MEMORABLE EVENTS FOR OCTOBER 18
1564 - Slave trader John Hawkins begins second trip to America.
1648 - The first labor organization, the Boston Shoemakers, forms in the colonies.
1767 - The Mason–Dixon line is agreed upon between Maryland and Pennsylvania.
1775 - Black poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
1776 - The word "cocktail" is created after a patron requested a glassful of colorful bird tails as a joke.
1805 - The first women's charitable organization is formed as the Female Charitable Society.
1867 - The U.S. purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.
1873 - Princeton and Yale set rules for college football.
1878 - Thomas Edison invents electricity for household.
1892 - The first long-distance phone line opens between Chicago and New York.
1912 - Black boxer Jack Johnson is arrested for his relationship with a white woman and charged for "transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes" under the Mann Act.
1921 - The pop-up toaster patent is awarded to Charles Strite.
1924 - Harold "Red" Grange runs four long touchdown runs during a football game.
1925 - Baseball player Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th home run the season.
1944 - Allied generals Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley and Bernard Montgomery meet on an airfield to discuss supplies during WWII.
1945 - Black performer and professional football player Paul Robeson wins Spingarn Medal for singing and acting on stage.
1954 - Hurricane Hazel hits the U.S., killing 195 in US and Canada.
1954 - The first transistor radio os announced by Texas Instruments Inc.
1955 - Jesse Owens is named the all-time track athlete by Track & Field magazine.
1955 - Physicists Emilio Segrè and Owen Chamberlain discover the antiparticle of the proton at the University of California.
1957 - ABC debuts The Frank Sinatra Show.
1960 - NY Yankees retire Casey Stengel after winning 10 pennants in 12 years.
1962 - US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact, nearly misses the moon.
1962 - An atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Atoll in the North Pacific Ocean is performed by the U.S.
1962 - President Kennedy meets with Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromyko to discuss Cuba.
1967 - Kansas City Athletics moves to Oakland, CA, expanding the league to 12 teams.
1967 - Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book film is released.
1968 - Circus Circus hotel opens in Las Vegas.
1969 - Cyclamates artificial sweeteners are banned by the U.S. government.
1969 - Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane is arrested for marijuana possession in OK.
1973 - The bicentennial quarter, half-dollar and dollar coin are authorized by Congress.
1974 - Chicago Bulls Nate Thurmond becomes the first NBA player to get a quadruple double in a game with 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists, and 12 blocks.
1977 - The NY Yankees win their 21st World Championship after beating the Dodgers in four 4 games.
2009 - QB Tom Brady sets an NFL record for throwing five second quarter touchdowns against the Tennessee.
2016 - U.S. White House accuses Russia of email hacking and attempts to influence U.S. election.
2019 - An all-female spacewalk by NASA astronauts for the first time in history.
2019 - In a case dating back to 1939, the U.S. drops charges of disorderly conduct against protestors of the 1939 equal rights protest in at the Alexandria Library in VA.
2022 - Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $84 million to Girl Scouts of the USA.
