Page 7: Historical Events In October - 18

1973  On this day in history congress authorizes bi-centennial quarter, half-dollar & dollar coin   

1973  On October - 18 crane Wilbur, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo), dies at 86   

1975  On this day in history al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47   

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

1978  On October - 18 frank Woolley, cricketer (58,969 1st-class runs), dies   

1979  "Beatlemania" opens in London on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history 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  On this day in history benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30   

1987  On October - 18 theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83   

1988  Dimitri Frenkel Frank, writer/director (Hadimassa), dies at 60 on October - 18.   

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

1993  On October - 18 dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63   

1994  On this day in history lee Allen, saxophonist, dies at 68   

2005  On this day in history the UN tightens the rules for its staff, following several claims of financial impropriety and sexual abuse.   

2006  Microsoft publicly releases Windows Internet Explorer 7 on this day in history.   

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  On October - 18 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.   

2011  Gilad Shalit is released on October - 18.   

2012  On this day in history syrian military airstrikes kill 40 people in Maaret al-Numan   

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  On this day in history 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"   

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

2019  On October - 18 nASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch conduct the first all-female spacewalk outside of the International Space Station.   

2019  On this day in history 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  Marvel film "Eternals" directed by Chloé Zhao, starring an ensemble cast including Gemma Chan, Richard Madden and Angelina Jolie premieres in Los Angeles on October - 18.   

2023  Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrested at a demonstration outside an oil conference in London on this day in history.   

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

1239  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on October - 18.   

1405  Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia) was born on October - 18.   

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  Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1595  On October - 18 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  Death of Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053) on October - 18.   

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

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

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