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  On November - 18 alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight)  

1926  Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico on this day in history.  

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

1927  CBC boradcaster Knowlton Nash is born on this day in history.  

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

1928  Mickey Mouse, cartoon strip on this day in history.  

1929  Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places on this day in history.  

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

1929  On this day in history 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  On this day in history nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. 1973)  

1933  Jacques Charpentier, composer on this day in history.  

1934  Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer and ambassador on November - 18.  

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

1936  Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined on November - 18.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1940  On this day in history george Matesky Mad Bomber's first time bomb  

1940  On November - 18 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  On November - 18 thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in NYC  

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

1945  On November - 18 arnold Schoenberg's Prelude for orch & mixed choir, premieres  

1946  Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86 on November - 18.  

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

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on November - 18.  

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

1680  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1736  On November - 18 birth of carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer  

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer was born on November - 18.  

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on November - 18.  

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 November - 18.  

1170  On November - 18 albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70  

1305  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on this day in history.  

1559  Death of Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474) on this day in history.  

1590  On this day in history death of george Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)  

1603  On this day in history elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61  

1630  Death of Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.