Page 5: Historical Events In November - 18

1923  Alan B Shepard Jr, East Derry NH, Rear Adm USN/astro (Merc 3, Ap 14) on this day in history.   

1925  Alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight) on November - 18.   

1926  On this day in history pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico   

1926  Dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade) on November - 18.   

1927  CBC boradcaster Knowlton Nash is born on November - 18.   

1927  On this day in history lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer   

1928  Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in"Steamboat Willie" on this day in history.   

1928  Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in "Steamboat Willie" on this day in history.   

1928  Mickey Mouse, cartoon strip on November - 18.   

1929  Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places on November - 18.   

1929  Dr Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope" on this day in history.   

1929  William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot (X-15) on this day in history.   

1929  Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1930  Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope/Fred Astaire premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1932  "Flowers & Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon on this day in history.   

1932  Nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. 1973) on November - 18.   

1933  Jacques Charpentier, composer on November - 18.   

1934  On this day in history vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer and ambassador   

1936  Germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco on November - 18.   

1936  On November - 18 main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined   

1936  On this day in history germany & Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco   

1938  On November - 18 canadian author Margaret Atwood is born   

1938  On November - 18 trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.   

1939  On November - 18 neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die   

1940  On November - 18 george Matesky Mad Bomber's first time bomb   

1940  George Matesky, New York City's Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison on this day in history.   

1941  British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa on November - 18.   

1941  Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in NYC   

1943  On this day in history 1st US ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated   

1945  Arnold Schoenberg's Prelude for orch & mixed choir, premieres on this day in history.   

1946  On November - 18 donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86   

1949  NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP on this day in history.   

1950  On November - 18 south Korea Pres Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions   

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1522  On November - 18 birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)   

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

1630  On November - 18 birth of eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)   

1680  On November - 18 birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer   

1727  Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.   

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1305  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)   

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

1590  Death of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) on this day in history.   

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