18 October 1867 October 17, 2011 Author: Staff The United States purchases Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. Famous Words of Inspiration..."A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride." C.S. Lewis — Click here for more from C.S. Lewis Related posts: 2 October 1967 11 October 1942 8 October 1968 5 July 1948 Categories: History Tags: 18 October, 1867