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 this day in history.   

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

1951  USSR performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

1952  "Buttrio Square" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 7 perfs on this day in history.   

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  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 October - 18.   

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  The London Evening Star merges with the Evening News on October - 18.   

1960  On this day in history casey Stengel retired by NY Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years)   

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 October - 18.   

1962  Dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA on October - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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  Soviet Venera 4 becomes the first probe to send data back from Venus on October - 18.   

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

1967  On this day in history nobel prize for physics awarded to Hans A Bethe   

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

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

1969  On October - 18 soyuz 8 returns to Earth   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1141  Death of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331)   

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