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2018

Canada legalizes the sale of recreational cannabis. It becomes the second country in the world to do so, after Uruguay.

Patrick Roy of the Colorado Avalanche earns his 448th NHL victory. He overtakes Terry Sawchuck for first place on the all-time list.

Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

The musical “Hair” premieres on Broadway in New York City.

The film “Jailhouse Rock,” starring Elvis Presley, premieres in Memphis, Tennessee.

French author Albert Camus receives the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Albert Einstein arrives in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany.

Al Capone is convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years in prison. He will be released in 1939.

The first issue of National Geographic magazine is published.

It happened on… October 17