Page 6: Historical Events In October - 18

1948  On October - 18 operation 10 Plagues   

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

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

1951  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test   

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 October - 18 hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US   

1955  Track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete on October - 18.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational   

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

1966  "Apple Tree" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 463 performances on October - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1968  On October - 18 lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70   

1969  Federal govt bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners on October - 18.   

1969  On this day in history soyuz 8 returns to Earth   

1972  On October - 18 ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies   

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1547  On October - 18 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  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  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  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  Gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies on October - 18.