Page 6: Historical Events In October - 18
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
1948 Operation 10 Plagues on this day in history.
1948 [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies on October - 18.
1950 Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years on October - 18.
1951 USSR performs nuclear test on this day in history.
1952 On this day in history "Buttrio Square" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 7 perfs
1953 WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting on October - 18.
1953 Douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1954 Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US on October - 18.
1955 Track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete on this day in history.
1955 On this day in history track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete
1955 Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72 on October - 18.
1960 On October - 18 in Britain, the News Chronicle & Daily Mail merge,
1960 On this day in history 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 October - 18.
1961 On this day in history emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack
1962 Dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA on this day in history.
1962 US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon on October - 18.
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 October - 18.
1963 On October - 18 claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68
1964 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational on October - 18.
1965 On this day in history frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73
1966 "Apple Tree" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 463 performances on this day in history.
1966 Bill Nestell, US actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73 on October - 18.
1967 On this day in history 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 On October - 18 nobel prize for physics awarded to Hans A Bethe
1968 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1969 Federal govt bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners on this day in history.
1969 Soyuz 8 returns to Earth on October - 18.
1972 Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies on this day in history.
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