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 this day in history.   

1951  USSR performs nuclear test on October - 18.   

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  On October - 18 douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57   

1954  On this day in history 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 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 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  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  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  Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68 on October - 18.   

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

1968  On this day in history circus Circus opens in Las Vegas   

1968  On this day in history john Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession   

1968  On this day in history lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70   

1969  Federal govt bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners on this day in history.   

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

1972  Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies on October - 18.   

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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  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  Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655) was born on October - 18.   

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  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  John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies on October - 18.   

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  On this day in history gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies