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  Alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight) on this day in history.   

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

1926  On November - 18 dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade)   

1927  On November - 18 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 this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history 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 November - 18.   

1929  William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot (X-15) on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history 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  On this day in history "Flowers & Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon   

1932  On this day in history nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. 1973)   

1933  On this day in history jacques Charpentier, composer   

1934  On this day in history vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer and ambassador   

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

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

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

1938  On this day in history canadian author Margaret Atwood is born   

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

1939  Neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die on this day in history.   

1940  On November - 18 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 this day in history.   

1942  On November - 18 thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in NYC   

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

1945  On this day in history arnold Schoenberg's Prelude for orch & mixed choir, premieres   

1946  On November - 18 donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86   

1949  On this day in history nL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP   

1950  South Korea Pres Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions on November - 18.   

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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 this day in history.   

1630  On November - 18 birth of eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)   

1680  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer   

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

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on this day in history.   

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on this day in history.   

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

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  Death of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) on this day in history.   

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