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  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 October - 18 camillo Togni, composer   

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

1924  Harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs) on this day in history.   

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

1925  On this day in history the birth of Melina Mercouri, Actress who became Greek Minister of Culture   

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

1926  On October - 18 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  On October - 18 joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day   

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

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  Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies on October - 18.   

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 October - 18.   

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 October - 18.   

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  On this day in history hitler orders allied commandos to be killed   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1946  Aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony, premieres on this day in history.   

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on October - 18.   

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

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 October - 18.   

1547  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian was born on October - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1340  On October - 18 henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies   

1382  On October - 18 death of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331)   

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