October 1900 - October 18, 1900 (Thursday)

October 18, 1900 (Thursday)

• The Wright Brothers began their first untethered glider flights at Kitty Hawk, after concluding that restraining the glider with cables had hindered their research on controlled flight. In six days of untethered tests, ending on October 23, Wilbur and Orville perfected control of unpowered flight.
• The Brooklyn Superbas (later the Brooklyn Dodgers) won the only Chronicle-Telegraph Cup, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 6 to 1 to win Game Four of the best-of-five series. Brooklyn had clinched the National League pennant, and Pittsburgh finished in second place, and the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph sponsored a post-season series. All of the games were played in Exposition Park in Pittsburgh.