Historical Events In November - 18

1923  On this day in history 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  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  On November - 18 cBC boradcaster Knowlton Nash is born  

1927  On this day in history lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer  

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

1928  On this day in history 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 November - 18.  

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1929  On this day in history dr Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope"  

1929  William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot (X-15) on November - 18.  

1929  On November - 18 henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78  

1930  On this day in history musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope/Fred Astaire premieres in NYC  

1932  "Flowers & Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon on this day in history.  

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

1933  Jacques Charpentier, composer on November - 18.  

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

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 this day in history 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 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 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  British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa on this day in history.  

1941  On this day in history walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77  

1942  Thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1680  On November - 18 birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer  

1727  On this day in history birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)  

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

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

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

0942  On November - 18 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 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  On this day in history 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  Death of Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.