Page 5: Historical Events In October - 18

1920  On October - 18 anita O'Day, vocalist/actress (Outfit, Zigzag, Jazz on a Summer Day)   

1921  Jesse Helms, (Sen-D/R-North Carolina, 1973- ) on this day in history.   

1922  British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) established on this day in history.   

1922  On October - 18 the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is officially formed   

1922  On October - 18 british Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) forms   

1922  Camillo Togni, composer on this day in history.   

1923  On October - 18 suzanne Perlman, Hungarian/Dutch Antilian painter   

1924  Harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs) on October - 18.   

1924  Allyn Ferguson, San Jose Calif, orch leader (Andy Williams Show) on October - 18.   

1925  On October - 18 the birth of Melina Mercouri, Actress who became Greek Minister of Culture   

1925  -20] French Gen Sarrail bombs Damascus on October - 18.   

1926  Frankfurter Zeitung publishes Lenins political testament on October - 18.   

1927  On October - 18 the birth of George C Scott, American actor and director   

1929  Women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law on October - 18.   

1930  Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day on October - 18.   

1931  On October - 18 thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84   

1932  On this day in history belgium govt of Renkin falls   

1934  On this day in history chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March   

1938  On this day in history karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies   

1939  The birth of Lee Harvey Oswald, Presumed assassin of President J F Kennedy on October - 18.   

1939  On this day in history r Rodgers & Lorenz Harts "Too Many Girls," premieres in NYC   

1940  HMS H.49,sunk off Texel island, Holland in North Sea by depth charges from German anti-submarine trawlers UJ.116 and UJ.118. On patrol off Dutch coast at time of threatened German invasion of Britain on this day in history.   

1940  Kaufman & Harts "George Washington Slept Here," premieres in NYC on October - 18.   

1940  Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1941  Spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo on this day in history.   

1941  Dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1942  On October - 18 hitler orders allied commandos to be killed   

1943  On this day in history uS bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island   

1943  Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1944  On October - 18 hitler orders the establishment of "Volkssturm." Boys between fifteen and eighteen and men between fifty and sixty are drafted into service. The Nazis have to mobilize replacements for 500,000 men.   

1944  On October - 18 soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II   

1944  On this day in history eisenhower, Bradley & Montgomery confer in Brussel   

1945  Nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg on October - 18.   

1946  On this day in history aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony, premieres   

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1127  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)   

1239  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on October - 18.   

1405  On October - 18 birth of pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)   

1517  On October - 18 birth of manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)   

1547  On this day in history birth of justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian   

1569  Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) was born on October - 18.   

1595  On October - 18 birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)   

1611  Valentin Strobel, composer was born on October - 18.   

0707  John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies on this day in history.   

1035  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on October - 18.   

1101  Death of Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053) on October - 18.   

1141  Death of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria on this day in history.   

1216  On this day in history john, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies   

1340  On this day in history henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies   

1382  Death of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331) on October - 18.   

1417  Gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies on this day in history.