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 October - 18.   

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

1922  On this day in history the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is officially formed   

1922  On this day in history british Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) forms   

1922  Camillo Togni, composer on October - 18.   

1923  Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian/Dutch Antilian painter on this day in history.   

1924  On October - 18 harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs)   

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 this day in history.   

1926  Frankfurter Zeitung publishes Lenins political testament on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1930  On October - 18 joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day   

1931  On this day in history thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84   

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

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

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

1939  On this day in history the birth of Lee Harvey Oswald, Presumed assassin of President J F Kennedy   

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  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 October - 18.   

1941  On October - 18 spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo   

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

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

1943  US bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island on October - 18.   

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  Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II on this day in history.   

1944  Eisenhower, Bradley & Montgomery confer in Brussel on October - 18.   

1945  On October - 18 nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg   

1946  Aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony, premieres on October - 18.   

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on this day in history.   

1239  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on this day in history.   

1405  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)   

1611  On October - 18 birth of valentin Strobel, composer   

0707  John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies on October - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

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.