October 18

Happy Birthday RIP George Campbell Scott(1927–1999) Peter Boyle Jr(1935–2006) ; Charles "Chuck" Berry–90 Dawn Wells–78 Michael Ditka(Dyczko)–77 Pamela Dawber–65 Robert "Bob" Weinstein–62 Martina Navratilova–60 Erin Moran–56 Jean-Claude Van Damme(Varenberg)–56 Zachary Efron–29 ; 1867 – United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day ; 1922 – The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service