Historical Events In November - 18

1923  Alan B Shepard Jr, East Derry NH, Rear Adm USN/astro (Merc 3, Ap 14) on this day in history.   

1925  Alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight) on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico   

1926  Dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade) on November - 18.   

1927  CBC boradcaster Knowlton Nash is born on this day in history.   

1927  Lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer on this day in history.   

1928  Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in"Steamboat Willie" on November - 18.   

1928  On November - 18 walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in "Steamboat Willie"   

1928  On this day in history mickey Mouse, cartoon strip   

1929  Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places on November - 18.   

1929  Dr Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope" on this day in history.   

1929  On November - 18 william Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot (X-15)   

1929  Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope/Fred Astaire premieres in NYC   

1932  On November - 18 "Flowers & Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon   

1932  On this day in history nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. 1973)   

1933  On this day in history jacques Charpentier, composer   

1934  On November - 18 vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer and ambassador   

1936  Germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco on November - 18.   

1936  Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined on November - 18.   

1936  On November - 18 germany & Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco   

1938  On this day in history canadian author Margaret Atwood is born   

1938  Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die   

1940  On this day in history george Matesky Mad Bomber's first time bomb   

1940  On this day in history george Matesky, New York City's Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.   

1941  On this day in history british troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa   

1941  On this day in history walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77   

1942  Thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in NYC on November - 18.   

1943  On November - 18 1st US ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated   

1945  On this day in history arnold Schoenberg's Prelude for orch & mixed choir, premieres   

1946  Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86 on November - 18.   

1949  On this day in history nL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP   

1950  South Korea Pres Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions on November - 18.   

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1522  On November - 18 birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)   

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on November - 18.   

1630  Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1680  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer was born on November - 18.   

1727  On this day in history birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)   

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on this day in history.   

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer was born on November - 18.   

1772  On November - 18 birth of louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

0942  Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on November - 18.   

1154  On November - 18 death of adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092)   

1170  On November - 18 albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70   

1305  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on November - 18.   

1559  On this day in history death of cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)   

1590  On this day in history death of george Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)   

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1630  On this day in history death of esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried