Historical Events In October - 18

1948  On this day in history operation 10 Plagues   

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

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

1951  USSR performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

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

1953  On this day in history wLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting   

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 this day in history.   

1955  Track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete on October - 18.   

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  The London Evening Star merges with the Evening News on October - 18.   

1960  Casey Stengel retired by NY Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years) on October - 18.   

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

1961  On October - 18 emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack   

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

1963  On this day in history iOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics   

1963  Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1964  Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational on this day in history.   

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

1967  Soviet Venera 4 becomes the first probe to send data back from Venus on October - 18.   

1967  On October - 18 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  On this day in history 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 October - 18.   

1969  On October - 18 soyuz 8 returns to Earth   

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 this day in history.   

1517  Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570) was born on this day in history.   

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

1569  Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1595  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1382  On this day in history death of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331)   

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