Page 6: Historical Events In October - 18

1948  Operation 10 Plagues on October - 18.   

1948  [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.   

1950  Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years on October - 18.   

1951  USSR performs nuclear test on October - 18.   

1952  "Buttrio Square" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 7 perfs on this day in history.   

1953  WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1953  Douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US   

1955  On this day in history track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete   

1955  Track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72   

1960  On October - 18 in Britain, the News Chronicle & Daily Mail merge,   

1960  On October - 18 the London Evening Star merges with the Evening News   

1960  On October - 18 casey Stengel retired by NY Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years)   

1961  The birth of Wynton Marsalis, Jazz trumpeter on this day in history.   

1961  Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack on October - 18.   

1962  On October - 18 dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA   

1962  On this day in history uS launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon   

1962  On this day in history jFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko   

1963  IOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics on this day in history.   

1963  On October - 18 claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68   

1964  On October - 18 marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational   

1965  On October - 18 frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73   

1966  On October - 18 "Apple Tree" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 463 performances   

1966  On this day in history bill Nestell, US actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73   

1967  On October - 18 soviet Venera 4 becomes the first probe to send data back from Venus   

1967  On October - 18 walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released   

1967  Nobel prize for physics awarded to Hans A Bethe on this day in history.   

1968  On October - 18 circus Circus opens in Las Vegas   

1968  On October - 18 john Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession   

1968  Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70 on October - 18.   

1969  Federal govt bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners on this day in history.   

1969  Soyuz 8 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1972  On October - 18 ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies   

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1127  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)   

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 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 this day in history 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 October - 18.   

1101  On October - 18 death of hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053)   

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  Death of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331) on this day in history.   

1417  Gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies on October - 18.