Page 6: Historical Events In November - 18

1950  Gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

1951  John H Van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57 on November - 18.   

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  On this day in history paul Eluard, French communist/poet, dies at 56   

1953  Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage on November - 18.   

1954  On November - 18 yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada & Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen & Hunter as part of an 18 player deal   

1955  On November - 18 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  1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history sivert Samuelson, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1910), dies   

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  On November - 18 uS Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed   

1961  On November - 18 "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 113 performances   

1962  Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63 on November - 18.   

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  Bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56 on November - 18.   

1967  British government devalues œ from US equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40 on November - 18.   

1968  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1972  On November - 18 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 November - 18.   

1976  On November - 18 spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship   

1976  Man Ray, US artist (Dada), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

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1522  On this day in history birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)   

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  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  On this day in history 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 November - 18.   

1154  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on November - 18.   

1170  On November - 18 albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70   

1305  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on this day in history.   

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.