Page 6: Historical Events In October - 18

1948  Operation 10 Plagues on October - 18.   

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

1953  WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1953  Douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57 on October - 18.   

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  On this day in history track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete   

1955  On this day in history jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72   

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 October - 18 the birth of Wynton Marsalis, Jazz trumpeter   

1961  On this day in history 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 October - 18 uS launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon   

1962  JFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko on this day in history.   

1963  On October - 18 iOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics   

1963  Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68 on October - 18.   

1964  On October - 18 marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational   

1965  Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history "Apple Tree" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 463 performances   

1966  Bill Nestell, US actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73 on October - 18.   

1967  Soviet Venera 4 becomes the first probe to send data back from Venus on this day in history.   

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  Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas on October - 18.   

1968  John Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession on October - 18.   

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

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 October - 18.   

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

1569  On this day in history birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)   

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

1611  On this day in history birth of valentin Strobel, composer   

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

1035  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on this day in history.   

1101  On this day in history 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  John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies on this day in history.   

1340  On October - 18 henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies   

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 this day in history.