Historical Events In November - 18

1950  On November - 18 gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60   

1951  "See it Now" premieres on TV on November - 18.   

1951  John H Van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57 on November - 18.   

1952  The feasibility of using a helicopter as an aerial minesweeper was demonstrated in the first of a series of tests conducted by VX-1 pilots flying an HRP-1 helicopter off~ Panama City, Fla on this day in history.   

1952  Paul Eluard, French communist/poet, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1953  Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage on November - 18.   

1954  On this day in history yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada & Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen & Hunter as part of an 18 player deal   

1955  On November - 18 bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for first powered flight   

1955  On November - 18 bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight   

1956  On this day in history morocco gains independence   

1957  On this day in history tunisia refuses Russian weapons   

1958  On this day in history 1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens   

1958  On November - 18 sivert Samuelson, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1910), dies   

1959  On this day in history wash Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year   

1960  Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration on this day in history.   

1960  On November - 18 charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels   

1961  On November - 18 uS Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed   

1961  On this day in history "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 113 performances   

1962  Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63 on November - 18.   

1963  On this day in history the Bell telephone company introduce the first push button telephones in the United States.   

1964  On this day in history j Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"   

1965  On this day in history henry A Wallace, VP (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77   

1966  Bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56 on November - 18.   

1967  British government devalues œ from US equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40 on this day in history.   

1968  On November - 18 walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74   

1969  On this day in history joseph P Kennedy, JFK/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Mass, at 81   

1970  Russia lands self propelled rover on the Moon on this day in history.   

1970  On November - 18 hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at 56   

1971  Junior Parker, rocker, dies during brain operation at 44 on November - 18.   

1972  On November - 18 danny Whitten, rocker, dies of a drug overdose   

1975  The province of Ontario pass a manditory seatbelt law and lowers the speed limit on highways to conserve energy on November - 18.   

1976  Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship on November - 18.   

1976  Man Ray, US artist (Dada), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history victor Francen, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio), dies at 89   

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1522  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on November - 18.   

1527  On November - 18 birth of luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor   

1630  Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1680  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer was born on November - 18.   

1727  Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on November - 18.   

1736  On November - 18 birth of carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer   

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer was born on this day in history.   

1772  On this day in history birth of louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

0942  Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on November - 18.   

1154  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on November - 18.   

1170  Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1305  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on November - 18.   

1559  On November - 18 death of cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)   

1590  On November - 18 death of george Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)   

1603  On November - 18 elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61   

1630  On November - 18 death of esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried