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October 18

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  1. 1870 CEBuddhist · born

    The Japanese scholar and translator D. T. Suzuki, who did much to introduce Zen and Shin Buddhism to Western readers, was born on 18 October 1870 in Kanazawa.

  2. 1931 CEScience · died

    Inventor Thomas Edison, holder of more than a thousand patents including work on the incandescent lamp and phonograph, died on 18 October 1931 in New Jersey.

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