Page 5: Historical Events In October - 18

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

1921  On this day in history jesse Helms, (Sen-D/R-North Carolina, 1973- )   

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

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

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

1922  On October - 18 camillo Togni, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history frankfurter Zeitung publishes Lenins political testament   

1927  The birth of George C Scott, American actor and director on October - 18.   

1929  On October - 18 women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.   

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 October - 18.   

1932  Belgium govt of Renkin falls on October - 18.   

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

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  On October - 18 spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo   

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

1942  Hitler orders allied commandos to be killed on this day in history.   

1943  US bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island on this day in history.   

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

1944  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 on October - 18.   

1944  Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II on October - 18.   

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

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1127  On October - 18 birth of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)   

1239  On October - 18 birth of stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72)   

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

1517  On this day in history 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  On October - 18 birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)   

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

1035  On October - 18 death of sancho III of Navarre   

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

1141  On October - 18 death of margrave Leopold IV of Austria   

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

1340  On October - 18 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 October - 18.