Page 6: Historical Events In November - 18

1950  On November - 18 gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60   

1951  "See it Now" premieres on TV on this day in history.   

1951  John H Van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1952  On November - 18 the feasibility of using a helicopter as an aerial minesweeper was demonstrated in the first of a series of tests conducted by VX-1 pilots flying an HRP-1 helicopter off~ Panama City, Fla.   

1952  Paul Eluard, French communist/poet, dies at 56 on November - 18.   

1953  Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage on this day in history.   

1954  Yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada & Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen & Hunter as part of an 18 player deal on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for first powered flight   

1955  Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight on November - 18.   

1956  On November - 18 morocco gains independence   

1957  Tunisia refuses Russian weapons on this day in history.   

1958  On November - 18 1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens   

1958  Sivert Samuelson, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1910), dies on November - 18.   

1959  Wash Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration   

1960  Charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels on November - 18.   

1961  US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 113 performances   

1962  Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1963  On November - 18 the Bell telephone company introduce the first push button telephones in the United States.   

1964  On this day in history j Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"   

1965  Henry A Wallace, VP (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1966  On November - 18 bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56   

1967  On November - 18 british government devalues œ from US equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40   

1968  On November - 18 walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74   

1969  On this day in history joseph P Kennedy, JFK/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Mass, at 81   

1970  Russia lands self propelled rover on the Moon on November - 18.   

1970  Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1971  Junior Parker, rocker, dies during brain operation at 44 on November - 18.   

1972  On this day in history danny Whitten, rocker, dies of a drug overdose   

1975  The province of Ontario pass a manditory seatbelt law and lowers the speed limit on highways to conserve energy on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship   

1976  On this day in history man Ray, US artist (Dada), dies at 86   

1977  On November - 18 victor Francen, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio), dies at 89   

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1522  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on this day in history.   

1527  On this day in history birth of luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor   

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

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

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 this day in history birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer   

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  On this day in history 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  Death of Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474) on November - 18.   

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  On November - 18 death of esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried