Event:
Shamil Tarpischev, president of the Russian Tennis Federation, has been suspended for a year and fined $25,000 by the Women's Tennis Association Tour for making derogatory gender-based remarks about tennis champion sisters Serena and Venus Williams
More Notable Events on October 18:
1969 Federal government bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners
1968 Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas
1890 John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds
1867 U.S. takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia
1648 1st U.S. labor organization forms, Boston Shoemakers
