Page 6: 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  Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years on October - 18.   

1951  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test   

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

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  On this day in history hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US   

1955  Track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete on this day in history.   

1955  Track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete on this day in history.   

1955  Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72 on October - 18.   

1960  On this day in history 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  Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history 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 October - 18 jFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko   

1963  IOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics on this day in history.   

1963  On October - 18 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 October - 18.   

1966  "Apple Tree" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 463 performances on October - 18.   

1966  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1967  Nobel prize for physics awarded to Hans A Bethe on October - 18.   

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

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 October - 18.   

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

1969  Soyuz 8 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

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

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on October - 18.   

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  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 October - 18.   

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

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

1101  On October - 18 death of hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053)   

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

1216  On this day in history 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 October - 18.   

1417  Gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies on this day in history.