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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history cBC boradcaster Knowlton Nash is born   

1927  On November - 18 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  Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1932  "Flowers & Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon on November - 18.   

1932  Nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. 1973) on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history jacques Charpentier, composer   

1934  On November - 18 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  Germany & Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco on this day in history.   

1938  Canadian author Margaret Atwood is born on this day in history.   

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

1939  On this day in history neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die   

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

1940  George Matesky, New York City's Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison on November - 18.   

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 November - 18.   

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

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

1950  On November - 18 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 November - 18.   

1527  On November - 18 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  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer was born on November - 18.   

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

1736  On this day in history birth of carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer   

1742  On November - 18 birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer   

1772  On this day in history 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  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  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on November - 18.   

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

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

1603  On November - 18 elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61   

1630  On this day in history death of esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried