WHAT HAPPENED ON 18. OCTOBER
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United States takes possession of Puerto Rico. (18. October 1898)

First Balkan War: Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as Serbia joins the war. (18. October 1912)

The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany. (18. October 1914)

The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the RSFSR. (18. October 1921)

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. (18. October 1922)

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law. (18. October 1929)

Soviet Union begins liberation of Czechoslovakia. (18. October 1944)

The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. (18. October 1945)

A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, stages a coup d'état against then president Isaías Medina Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day. (18. October 1945)

Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón marries actress Eva Duarte. (18. October 1945)

Texas Instruments announces the first Transistor radio. (18. October 1954)

The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair closes for its first season after a six-month run. (18. October 1964)

The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet. (18. October 1967)

The U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving a "black power" salute during a victory ceremony at the Mexico City games. (18. October 1968)

German Autumn: a set of events revolving around the kidnapping of Hanns-Martin Schleyer and the hijacking of a Lufthansa flight by the Red Army Faction (RAF) comes to an end when Schleyer is murdered and various RAF members allegedly commit suicide. (18. October 1977)

The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. (18. October 1991)

Bolivian Gas War: President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia. (18. October 2003)

Myanmar prime minister Khin Nyunt is ousted and placed under house arrest by the State Peace and Development Council on charges of corruption. (18. October 2004)

Karachi bombings: A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself is not injured. (18. October 2007)