Historical Events In October - 18

1973  Congress authorizes bi-centennial quarter, half-dollar & dollar coin on October - 18.  

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

1975  Al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47 on October - 18.  

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

1978  Frank Woolley, cricketer (58,969 1st-class runs), dies on October - 18.  

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

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

1983  Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies on this day in history.  

1984  On October - 18 florence Rinard, TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82  

1985  Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30 on this day in history.  

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1987  On this day in history theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83  

1988  Dimitri Frenkel Frank, writer/director (Hadimassa), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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  On October - 18 lee Allen, saxophonist, dies at 68  

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 October - 18.  

2011  Gilad Shalit is released on this day in history.  

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 October - 18.  

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

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

2019  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 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  On this day in history 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 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  Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655) was born on October - 18.  

1611  Valentin Strobel, composer was born on this day in history.  

0707  John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies on October - 18.  

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  On October - 18 death of margrave Leopold IV of Austria  

1216  John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies on October - 18.  

1340  Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies on this day in history.  

1382  Death of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331) on this day in history.  

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