Historical Events In November - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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