Page 6: Historical Events In October - 18

1948  On October - 18 operation 10 Plagues   

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

1950  On this day in history connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years   

1951  USSR performs nuclear test on October - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1953  On October - 18 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  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  In Britain, the News Chronicle & Daily Mail merge, on this day in history.   

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 October - 18.   

1961  On October - 18 the birth of Wynton Marsalis, Jazz trumpeter   

1961  Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack on this day in history.   

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 October - 18 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  On this day in history iOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics   

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

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

1966  On October - 18 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  Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released on this day in history.   

1967  On October - 18 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 this day in history federal govt bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners   

1969  On October - 18 soyuz 8 returns to Earth   

1972  On October - 18 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  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on October - 18.   

1405  Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia) was born on October - 18.   

1517  On October - 18 birth of manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)   

1547  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian was born on this day in history.   

1569  On October - 18 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 this day in history.   

0707  On October - 18 john VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1216  On this day in history john, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies   

1340  Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

1382  On October - 18 death of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331)   

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