Today in History Oct. 18 The Associated Press
Today is Sunday, Oct. 18, the 291st day of 2009. There are 74 days formerly larboard in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 18, 1962, Dr. James D. Watson of the United States and Drs. Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins of Britain were named winners of the Nobel Jackpot for Medicine and Physiology for their work in determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA.
On this beau:
In 1009 (by some accounts on Oct. 18), the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem was destroyed at the lay out of Fatimid caliph al-Hakim of Egypt. (The church was later rebuilt.)
In 1685, Crowned head Louis XIV signed the Edict of Fontainebleau, revoking the Edict of Nantes that had established sound toleration of France's Protestant population, the Huguenots. (The French Parliament recorded the new edict four days later.)
In 1858, the flirt "Our American Cousin" by Tom Taylor premiered at Laura Keene's theater in New York.
In 1867, the Agreed States took formal possession of Alaska from Russia.
(1943) 
Claudette Colbert, Rita Hayworth, Francis Dee (who visited Menomonie), Linda Darnell and, one of my favorites, Olivia De Havilland.
