Historical Events In October - 18

1948  On this day in history operation 10 Plagues  

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

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 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  Track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete on October - 18.  

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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  Casey Stengel retired by NY Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years) on October - 18.  

1961  The birth of Wynton Marsalis, Jazz trumpeter on this day in history.  

1961  Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack on October - 18.  

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 October - 18.  

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

1963  On this day in history 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 October - 18.  

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

1966  On October - 18 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 this day in history.  

1968  On October - 18 circus Circus opens in Las Vegas  

1968  John Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession on this day in history.  

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

1969  On this day in history federal govt bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners  

1969  On this day in history 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  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  Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570) was born on October - 18.  

1547  On October - 18 birth of justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian  

1569  On October - 18 birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)  

1595  On this day in history birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)  

1611  On October - 18 birth of valentin Strobel, composer  

0707  On October - 18 john VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies  

1035  On this day in history 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  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 October - 18.