DAY IN HISTORY

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2022

Today is the 291st day of 2022 and the 27th day of autumn.

TODAY’S HISTORY:

In 1767, the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania (the Masondixon Line) was established.

In 1962, Drs. James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for uncovering the double-helix structure of DNA.

In 2001, four al-qaida members were sentenced to life in prison for bombing the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

Pierre Trudeau (19192000), Canadian prime minister; Jesse Helms (1921-2008), U.S. senator; Chuck Berry (1926-2017), singer-songwriter; George C. Scott (1927-1999), actor; Peter Boyle (19352006), actor; Mike Ditka (1939- ), football coach/ player; Wendy Wasserstein (1950-2006), playwright; Martina Navratilova (1956- ), tennis player; Jean-claude Van Damme (1960- ), actor; Wynton Marsalis (1961- ), jazz musician; Esperanza Spalding (1984- ), singersongwriter; Lindsey Vonn (1984- ), skier; Zac Efron (1987- ), actor.

TODAY’S FACT:

The Mason-dixon Line surveyed by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in 1767 left a “wedge” of land in dispute between Delaware and Pennsylvania until 1921.

TODAY’S SPORTS:

In 1977, New York Yankees outfielder Reggie Jackson hit three home runs on three consecutive swings against three different Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers, leading his team to an 8-4 win (and the series win) in Game 6 of the World Series.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“You can grow up with literally nothing and you don’t suffer if you know you’re loved and valued.” — Esperanza Spalding

TODAY’S NUMBER:

$556.37 — Herman Melville’s total earnings from the 3,715 copies of “Moby-dick” that sold during his lifetime. The now-classic novel was first published as a threevolume edition titled “The Whale” on this day in 1851.

TODAY’S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Oct. 17) and new moon (Oct. 25).