Historical Events In October - 18

1920  Anita O'Day, vocalist/actress (Outfit, Zigzag, Jazz on a Summer Day) on October - 18.   

1921  On October - 18 jesse Helms, (Sen-D/R-North Carolina, 1973- )   

1922  British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) established on October - 18.   

1922  On October - 18 the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is officially formed   

1922  On October - 18 british Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) forms   

1922  On October - 18 camillo Togni, composer   

1923  On October - 18 suzanne Perlman, Hungarian/Dutch Antilian painter   

1924  On October - 18 harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs)   

1924  On October - 18 allyn Ferguson, San Jose Calif, orch leader (Andy Williams Show)   

1925  The birth of Melina Mercouri, Actress who became Greek Minister of Culture on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history -20] French Gen Sarrail bombs Damascus   

1926  Frankfurter Zeitung publishes Lenins political testament on this day in history.   

1927  On October - 18 the birth of George C Scott, American actor and director   

1929  On this day in history women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.   

1930  Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day on October - 18.   

1931  On this day in history thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84   

1932  Belgium govt of Renkin falls on this day in history.   

1934  On October - 18 chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March   

1938  Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history the birth of Lee Harvey Oswald, Presumed assassin of President J F Kennedy   

1939  R Rodgers & Lorenz Harts "Too Many Girls," premieres in NYC on October - 18.   

1940  On this day in history hMS H.49,sunk off Texel island, Holland in North Sea by depth charges from German anti-submarine trawlers UJ.116 and UJ.118. On patrol off Dutch coast at time of threatened German invasion of Britain   

1940  On October - 18 kaufman & Harts "George Washington Slept Here," premieres in NYC   

1940  On October - 18 suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65   

1941  On October - 18 spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo   

1941  On October - 18 dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83   

1942  On October - 18 hitler orders allied commandos to be killed   

1943  US bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55   

1944  Hitler orders the establishment of "Volkssturm." Boys between fifteen and eighteen and men between fifty and sixty are drafted into service. The Nazis have to mobilize replacements for 500,000 men on October - 18.   

1944  Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II on this day in history.   

1944  On October - 18 eisenhower, Bradley & Montgomery confer in Brussel   

1945  On October - 18 nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg   

1946  On October - 18 aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony, premieres   

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1127  On October - 18 birth of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)   

1239  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on October - 18.   

1405  On October - 18 birth of pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)   

1517  Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570) was born on this day in history.   

1547  On this day in history birth of justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian   

1569  Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1595  On October - 18 birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)   

1611  On this day in history birth of valentin Strobel, composer   

0707  On October - 18 john VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies   

1035  On October - 18 death of sancho III of Navarre   

1101  On this day in history death of hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053)   

1141  Death of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria on this day in history.   

1216  John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies on this day in history.   

1340  On October - 18 henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies   

1382  Death of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331) on October - 18.   

1417  Gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies on October - 18.