Page 5: Historical Events In November - 18

1923  On November - 18 alan B Shepard Jr, East Derry NH, Rear Adm USN/astro (Merc 3, Ap 14)   

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

1926  Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico on November - 18.   

1926  On this day in history dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade)   

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

1927  Lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer on November - 18.   

1928  On November - 18 walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in"Steamboat Willie"   

1928  On November - 18 walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in "Steamboat Willie"   

1928  On November - 18 mickey Mouse, cartoon strip   

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

1929  On November - 18 dr Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope"   

1929  On November - 18 william Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot (X-15)   

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 November - 18.   

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  On November - 18 jacques Charpentier, composer   

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  Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined on November - 18.   

1936  On November - 18 germany & Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco   

1938  On this day in history canadian author Margaret Atwood is born   

1938  On this day in history trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.   

1939  Neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die on this day in history.   

1940  George Matesky Mad Bomber's first time bomb on this day in history.   

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

1941  On this day in history british troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa   

1941  Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77 on November - 18.   

1942  Thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in NYC on November - 18.   

1943  On November - 18 1st US ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated   

1945  Arnold Schoenberg's Prelude for orch & mixed choir, premieres on November - 18.   

1946  On this day in history donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86   

1949  On November - 18 nL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP   

1950  On this day in history 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  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on this day in history.   

1630  Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686) was born on November - 18.   

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

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

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on November - 18.   

1742  On this day in history birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1154  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on this day in history.   

1170  Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on November - 18.   

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  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on November - 18.   

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