Page 6: Historical Events In October - 18

1948  On October - 18 operation 10 Plagues   

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  On October - 18 uSSR performs nuclear test   

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

1953  On October - 18 wLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting   

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

1954  Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US on October - 18.   

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 October - 18.   

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

1960  In Britain, the News Chronicle & Daily Mail merge, on this day in history.   

1960  The London Evening Star merges with the Evening News on this day in history.   

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

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  Dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA on October - 18.   

1962  US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon on October - 18.   

1962  JFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko on October - 18.   

1963  On October - 18 iOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics   

1963  On this day in history claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68   

1964  On this day in history marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational   

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

1966  "Apple Tree" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 463 performances on this day in history.   

1966  On October - 18 bill Nestell, US actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73   

1967  On this day in history soviet Venera 4 becomes the first probe to send data back from Venus   

1967  Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released on October - 18.   

1967  On October - 18 nobel prize for physics awarded to Hans A Bethe   

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 this day in history.   

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

1969  Soyuz 8 returns to Earth on October - 18.   

1972  On this day in history ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies   

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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  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  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  On this day in history birth of valentin Strobel, composer   

0707  John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies on this day in history.   

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 October - 18.   

1141  Death of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria on October - 18.   

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 October - 18.   

1417  On October - 18 gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies