ON THIS DAY
What happened on October 18?
October 18 links a major territorial transfer with public broadcasting, an extraordinary Olympic leap and the first spacewalk conducted entirely by women.
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Alaska was transferred to the United States
Russian and American officials formally transferred Alaska to the United States in a ceremony at Sitka.
The British Broadcasting Company was founded
A group of wireless manufacturers formed the British Broadcasting Company to provide regular radio programming.
Bob Beamon made his record-breaking Olympic long jump
American athlete Bob Beamon jumped 8.90 metres at the Mexico City Olympics, improving the world record by 55 centimetres.
The first all-woman spacewalk took place
NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir worked outside the International Space Station to replace a failed power controller.
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