Historical Events In October - 18

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

1921  On October - 18 jesse Helms, (Sen-D/R-North Carolina, 1973- )  

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

1922  The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is officially formed on this day in history.  

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

1922  On this day in history camillo Togni, composer  

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 this day in history allyn Ferguson, San Jose Calif, orch leader (Andy Williams Show)  

1925  The birth of Melina Mercouri, Actress who became Greek Minister of Culture on October - 18.  

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1925  On October - 18 -20] French Gen Sarrail bombs Damascus  

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

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

1929  On this day in history women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.  

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

1931  Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84 on October - 18.  

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

1934  On October - 18 chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March  

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

1939  On October - 18 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  On this day in history 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  

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

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

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 this day in history hitler orders allied commandos to be killed  

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

1943  Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55 on October - 18.  

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  Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II on October - 18.  

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

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

1946  On October - 18 aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony, premieres  

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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 October - 18.  

1405  Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia) was born on October - 18.  

1517  Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570) was born on this day in history.  

1547  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of valentin Strobel, composer  

0707  On October - 18 john VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies  

1035  On this day in history death of sancho III of Navarre  

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  John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies on October - 18.  

1340  Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies on October - 18.  

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 October - 18.