Page 6: Historical Events In November - 18

1951  "See it Now" premieres on TV.   

1951  John H Van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57   

1952  The feasibility of using a helicopter as an aerial minesweeper was demonstrated in the inaugural 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   

1953  Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage   

1954  Yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada and Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen and Hunter as part of an 18 player deal   

1955  Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for inaugural powered flight   

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

1956  Morocco gains independence.   

1957  Tunisia refuses Russian weapons   

1958  1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens   

1958  Sivert Samuelson, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1910), dies   

1959  In this year, Wash Senator Bob Allison claims AL Rookie of Year   

1960  Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration.   

1960  Charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels   

1961  US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed   

1961  "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 113 performances.   

1962  Luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63.   

1963  The Bell telephone company introduce the inaugural push button telephones in the United States   

1964  J Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar".   

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

1966  Bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56.   

1967  British government devalues œ from US equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40   

1968  Walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74.   

1969  Joseph P Kennedy, JFK/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Mass, at 81   

1970  Russia lands self propelled rover on the Moon   

1970  Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at 56.   

1971  Junior Parker, rocker, dies during brain operation at 44   

1972  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   

1976  Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship   

1976  Man Ray, US artist (Dada), dies at 86   

1977  Victor Francen, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio), dies at 89.   

1978  Mass suicide in Peoples temple in Jonestown Guyana   

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

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

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  Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1772  On this day in history 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 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  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on this day in history.