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  On this day in history john H Van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57   

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 November - 18 paul Eluard, French communist/poet, dies at 56   

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

1954  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1956  On November - 18 morocco gains independence   

1957  Tunisia refuses Russian weapons on November - 18.   

1958  1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens on November - 18.   

1958  Sivert Samuelson, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1910), dies on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history wash Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year   

1960  Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration on November - 18.   

1960  On November - 18 charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels   

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

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

1962  On this day in history luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63   

1963  On this day in history the Bell telephone company introduce the first push button telephones in the United States.   

1964  J Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar" on this day in history.   

1965  Henry A Wallace, VP (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77 on November - 18.   

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 this day in history walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74   

1969  Joseph P Kennedy, JFK/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Mass, at 81 on November - 18.   

1970  On this day in history russia lands self propelled rover on the Moon   

1970  On November - 18 hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at 56   

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

1972  On November - 18 danny Whitten, rocker, dies of a drug overdose   

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

1976  Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship on this day in history.   

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

1977  On this day in history 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  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on November - 18.   

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 November - 18 birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)   

1736  On this day in history birth of carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer   

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

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

0942  Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on this day in history.   

1154  On November - 18 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  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  Death of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) on November - 18.   

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1630  On November - 18 death of esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried