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  On this day in history alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight)   

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

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

1928  Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in "Steamboat Willie" on November - 18.   

1928  On November - 18 mickey Mouse, cartoon strip   

1929  On November - 18 large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places   

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 November - 18.   

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  On November - 18 nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. 1973)   

1933  Jacques Charpentier, composer on this day in history.   

1934  Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer and ambassador on this day in history.   

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

1936  Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined on this day in history.   

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

1938  Canadian author Margaret Atwood is born on November - 18.   

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

1939  Neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die on November - 18.   

1940  George Matesky Mad Bomber's first time bomb on November - 18.   

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  On November - 18 walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77   

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

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

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

1946  Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history 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  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on this day in history.   

1527  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On November - 18 birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer   

1772  On November - 18 birth of louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

0942  On this day in history odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies   

1154  On November - 18 death of adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092)   

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

1305  On November - 18 death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)   

1559  Death of Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474) on November - 18.   

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

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