Page 6: Historical Events In October - 18

1948  Operation 10 Plagues on this day in history.   

1948  [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies on October - 18.   

1950  Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years on October - 18.   

1951  USSR performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

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 October - 18.   

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 October - 18.   

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

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  On this day in history the London Evening Star merges with the Evening News   

1960  On October - 18 casey Stengel retired by NY Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years)   

1961  The birth of Wynton Marsalis, Jazz trumpeter on October - 18.   

1961  On this day in history emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack   

1962  Dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1963  On October - 18 claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68   

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

1965  On this day in history frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73   

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

1967  On October - 18 walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released   

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

1968  On this day in history 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  Federal govt bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners on this day in history.   

1969  Soyuz 8 returns to Earth on October - 18.   

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

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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  On this day in history birth of pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1595  Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.   

1611  On October - 18 birth of valentin Strobel, composer   

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

1035  On October - 18 death of sancho III of Navarre   

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

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

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

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