October 18: French Protestants, The Alaska Purchase and How they Got Al Capone

On This Day in History October 18, 2020 Historical Events 1009  The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock 1685  French King Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes cancelling rights of French Protestants 1867  Alaska Purchase: US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia, having paid $7.2 million 1931  American gangster Al Capone convicted of tax evasion 1962  James Watson (US), Francis Crick (UK) and Maurice Wilkins (UK) win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work in determining the structure of DNA More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Jean-Claude Van Damme 60th Birthday Lee Harvey Oswald (1939 - 1963) Martina Navratilova 64th Birthday Pierre Trudeau (1919 - 2000) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Charles Babbage (1791 - 1871) Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931) More Famous Deaths October 18: Women And Politics: The Passions of Palmerston Queen Victoria had an intense dislike for her Prime Minister Lord Palmerston. But other women took a quite different view of the man dubbed 'Lord Cupid'. Read the Article You Might Like Take Our Weekly Quiz You received this email because you opted in at our website, OnThisDay.com Update Your Preferences | Unsubscribe © 2020 OnThisDay.com 2 Acacia Place, Tauranga 3110, New Zealand