Page 5: Historical Events In October - 18

1920  Anita O'Day, vocalist/actress (Outfit, Zigzag, Jazz on a Summer Day) on this day in history.   

1921  Jesse Helms, (Sen-D/R-North Carolina, 1973- ) on October - 18.   

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

1922  The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is officially formed on October - 18.   

1922  British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) forms on October - 18.   

1922  Camillo Togni, composer on October - 18.   

1923  On this day in history suzanne Perlman, Hungarian/Dutch Antilian painter   

1924  On this day in history harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs)   

1924  On October - 18 allyn Ferguson, San Jose Calif, orch leader (Andy Williams Show)   

1925  The birth of Melina Mercouri, Actress who became Greek Minister of Culture on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history -20] French Gen Sarrail bombs Damascus   

1926  On this day in history frankfurter Zeitung publishes Lenins political testament   

1927  The birth of George C Scott, American actor and director on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1931  Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84 on this day in history.   

1932  Belgium govt of Renkin falls on this day in history.   

1934  Chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March on this day in history.   

1938  On October - 18 karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies   

1939  The birth of Lee Harvey Oswald, Presumed assassin of President J F Kennedy on this day in history.   

1939  R Rodgers & Lorenz Harts "Too Many Girls," premieres in NYC on October - 18.   

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  On October - 18 kaufman & Harts "George Washington Slept Here," premieres in NYC   

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 October - 18.   

1942  Hitler orders allied commandos to be killed on October - 18.   

1943  On October - 18 uS bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island   

1943  On October - 18 adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55   

1944  On this day in history 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 this day in history soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II   

1944  Eisenhower, Bradley & Montgomery confer in Brussel on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg   

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

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1127  On October - 18 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  Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia) was born on this day in history.   

1517  On this day in history birth of manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)   

1547  On October - 18 birth of justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian   

1569  On this day in history birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)   

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

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

0707  On this day in history john VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies   

1035  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on this day in history.   

1101  On this day in history death of hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053)   

1141  Death of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria on October - 18.   

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  On this day in history death of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331)   

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