Historical Events In October - 18

1948  Operation 10 Plagues on this day in history.   

1948  On October - 18 [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies   

1950  Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years on October - 18.   

1951  On October - 18 uSSR performs nuclear test   

1952  On this day in history "Buttrio Square" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 7 perfs   

1953  On this day in history wLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting   

1953  Douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57 on October - 18.   

1954  Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US on October - 18.   

1955  Track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete   

1955  On this day in history jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72   

1960  On this day in history in Britain, the News Chronicle & Daily Mail merge,   

1960  The London Evening Star merges with the Evening News on October - 18.   

1960  On this day in history casey Stengel retired by NY Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years)   

1961  On this day in history the birth of Wynton Marsalis, Jazz trumpeter   

1961  Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack on this day in history.   

1962  On October - 18 dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA   

1962  On this day in history uS launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon   

1962  On October - 18 jFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko   

1963  On October - 18 iOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics   

1963  Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1964  Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational on October - 18.   

1965  Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1966  "Apple Tree" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 463 performances on this day in history.   

1966  On October - 18 bill Nestell, US actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73   

1967  On October - 18 soviet Venera 4 becomes the first probe to send data back from Venus   

1967  Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released on October - 18.   

1967  Nobel prize for physics awarded to Hans A Bethe on October - 18.   

1968  Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas on October - 18.   

1968  John Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession on October - 18.   

1968  Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70 on October - 18.   

1969  Federal govt bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners on this day in history.   

1969  Soyuz 8 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1972  Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies on this day in history.   

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1127  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)   

1239  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 18 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  Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.   

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

0707  John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies on this day in history.   

1035  On this day in history death of sancho III of Navarre   

1101  Death of Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053) on October - 18.   

1141  On this day in history death of margrave Leopold IV of Austria   

1216  On this day in history john, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies   

1340  Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

1382  On October - 18 death of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331)   

1417  On this day in history gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies