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This Day in History: Oct. 18
Also on this day: Boston shoemakers are authorized to form a guild to protect their interests; it's the first American labor organization on record.The first long-distance telephone line between New York and Chicago is officially opened.The American flag is raised in Puerto Rico shortly before Spain formally relinquishes control of the island to the U.S.Thomas Edison dies in West Orange, N.J., at age 84. Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during World War II.
