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

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 this day in history.   

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

1927  Lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer on November - 18.   

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

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

1928  Mickey Mouse, cartoon strip on November - 18.   

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 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 November - 18.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1943  On November - 18 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 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 this day in history.   

1950  South Korea Pres Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions on this day in history.   

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1522  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on November - 18.   

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

1630  On this day in history birth of eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)   

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1154  On this day in history death of adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092)   

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  On this day in history death of cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)   

1590  On November - 18 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 November - 18.