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October 18 – This day in history

Today is Sunday, October 18, the 291st day of 2015. There are 74 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On October 18, 1962, James D. Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins were honored with the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA.

On this date:

In 1685, King Louis XIV signed the Edict of Fontainebleau . . .

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