Page 6: Historical Events In October - 18

1948  Operation 10 Plagues on this day in history.   

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

1950  On October - 18 connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years   

1951  On October - 18 uSSR performs nuclear test   

1952  "Buttrio Square" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 7 perfs on October - 18.   

1953  WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting on October - 18.   

1953  On this day in history douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57   

1954  On October - 18 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  On October - 18 track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete   

1955  On October - 18 jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72   

1960  On this day in history in Britain, the News Chronicle & Daily Mail merge,   

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

1960  Casey Stengel retired by NY Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years) on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history the birth of Wynton Marsalis, Jazz trumpeter   

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 October - 18 jFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko   

1963  IOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics on October - 18.   

1963  Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68 on October - 18.   

1964  Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational on October - 18.   

1965  Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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  Soviet Venera 4 becomes the first probe to send data back from Venus on October - 18.   

1967  On this day in history walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released   

1967  On this day in history nobel prize for physics awarded to Hans A Bethe   

1968  Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas on this day in history.   

1968  John Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession on this day in history.   

1968  On October - 18 lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70   

1969  On October - 18 federal govt bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners   

1969  On October - 18 soyuz 8 returns to Earth   

1972  Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies on this day in history.   

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1127  On this day in history 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 October - 18 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  Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) was born on October - 18.   

1595  On October - 18 birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)   

1611  Valentin Strobel, composer was born on this day in history.   

0707  John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies on October - 18.   

1035  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on October - 18.   

1101  Death of Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053) on October - 18.   

1141  On this day in history death of margrave Leopold IV of Austria   

1216  On October - 18 john, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies   

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

1382  Death of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331) on this day in history.   

1417  On this day in history gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies