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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_18" title="October 18">October 18</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Day" title="Alaska Day">Alaska Day</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1867" title="1867">1867</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1565" title="1565">1565</a> – The first recorded naval battle between Europeans and the Japanese occurred when a flotilla of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai" title="Samurai">samurai</a> attacked two Portuguese trade vessels at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fukuda_Bay" title="Battle of Fukuda Bay">Battle of Fukuda Bay</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagasaki" title="Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1748" title="1748">1748</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession" title="War of the Austrian Succession">War of the Austrian Succession</a> ended with the signing of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Aix-la-Chapelle_(1748)" title="Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)">Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1873" title="1873">1873</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renton_F.C." title="Renton F.C.">Renton</a> defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilmarnock_F.C." title="Kilmarnock F.C.">Kilmarnock</a> <span class="nowrap">2–0</span> in the opening match of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1873%E2%80%9374_Scottish_Cup" title="1873–74 Scottish Cup">the inaugural Scottish Cup</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> – At the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Summer_Olympics" title="1968 Summer Olympics">Summer Olympics in Mexico City</a>, American athlete <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Beamon" title="Bob Beamon">Bob Beamon</a></b> achieved a distance of 8.90 m (29.2 ft) in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_long_jump" title="Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump">the long jump event</a>, setting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_long_jump_world_record_progression" title="Men's long jump world record progression">a world record</a> that stood for 23 years.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a> – Protests in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago" title="Santiago">Santiago</a> that started 11 days prior <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932022_Chilean_protests" title="2019–2022 Chilean protests">escalated into open battle</a></b> against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabineros_de_Chile" title="Carabineros de Chile">Chilean national police</a>, forcing President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebasti%C3%A1n_Pi%C3%B1era" title="Sebastián Piñera">Sebastián Piñera</a> to declare a state of emergency.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_FitzWalter,_2nd_Baron_FitzWalter" title="John FitzWalter, 2nd Baron FitzWalter">John FitzWalter, 2nd Baron FitzWalter</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1361); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Esat_B%C3%BClkat" title="Mehmet Esat Bülkat">Mehmet Esat Bülkat</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1862); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Antonescu" title="Maria Antonescu">Maria Antonescu</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1964); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess_Truman" title="Bess Truman">Bess Truman</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1982)</p>
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