Page 7: Historical Events In October - 18

1973  On October - 18 congress authorizes bi-centennial quarter, half-dollar & dollar coin   

1973  Crane Wilbur, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo), dies at 86 on October - 18.   

1975  Al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1977  Rolph Grant, cricketer (West Indian capt on 1939 England tour), dies on October - 18.   

1978  On this day in history frank Woolley, cricketer (58,969 1st-class runs), dies   

1979  On October - 18 "Beatlemania" opens in London   

1982  On October - 18 bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97   

1983  On October - 18 vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies   

1984  Florence Rinard, TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1985  Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30 on October - 18.   

1987  Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83 on October - 18.   

1988  On this day in history dimitri Frenkel Frank, writer/director (Hadimassa), dies at 60   

1989  US 62nd manned space mission (Atlantis 5) launches into orbit on October - 18.   

1993  Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63 on this day in history.   

1994  Lee Allen, saxophonist, dies at 68 on October - 18.   

2005  On October - 18 the UN tightens the rules for its staff, following several claims of financial impropriety and sexual abuse.   

2006  On this day in history microsoft publicly releases Windows Internet Explorer 7.   

2007  After 8 years in exile, Benazir Bhutto returns to her homeland Pakistan. The same night, suicide attackers blow themselves up near Bhutto's convoy, killing 136 in the cheering crowd, including 20 police officers. Bhutto escaped uninjured on October - 18.   

2011  Israel and the Palestinian militant organization Hamas begin a major prisoner swap, in which the captured Israeli Army soldier Gilad Shalit is released by Hamas in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian and Israeli-Arab prisoners held in Israel, including 280 prisoners serving life sentences for planning and perpetrating terror attacks on this day in history.   

2011  Gilad Shalit is released on October - 18.   

2012  Syrian military airstrikes kill 40 people in Maaret al-Numan on this day in history.   

2013  Saudi Arabia becomes the first country to turn down a seat on the UN Security Council in protest over Syria on this day in history.   

2017  US congresswoman Frederica Wilson says President Donald Trump said to bereaved army family of Sgt. La David Johnson "He knew what he was signing up for, but I guess it hurts anyway" on October - 18.   

2017  On October - 18 19th Chinese Communist Party congress opens in Beijing with President Xi Jinping delivering 3hr 23min speech heralding “new era”   

2019  On this day in history nASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch conduct the first all-female spacewalk outside of the International Space Station.   

2019  On October - 18 riots in Chilean capital city Santiago erupt as civil unrest escalated as a reaction to a series of economic measures and Government's declarations labeled as abuse by protesters   

2021  On this day in history marvel film "Eternals" directed by Chloé Zhao, starring an ensemble cast including Gemma Chan, Richard Madden and Angelina Jolie premieres in Los Angeles   

2023  Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrested at a demonstration outside an oil conference in London 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  On this day in history birth of pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)   

1517  On this day in history birth of manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)   

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

1569  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of valentin Strobel, composer   

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

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

1216  On this day in history john, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies   

1340  Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies on October - 18.   

1382  On October - 18 death of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331)   

1417  Gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies on this day in history.