Historical Events In November - 18

1950  On November - 18 gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60   

1951  On November - 18 "See it Now" premieres on TV   

1951  On November - 18 john H Van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57   

1952  The feasibility of using a helicopter as an aerial minesweeper was demonstrated in the first of a series of tests conducted by VX-1 pilots flying an HRP-1 helicopter off~ Panama City, Fla on this day in history.   

1952  Paul Eluard, French communist/poet, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1953  Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada & Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen & Hunter as part of an 18 player deal   

1955  Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for first powered flight on November - 18.   

1955  On November - 18 bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight   

1956  On November - 18 morocco gains independence   

1957  Tunisia refuses Russian weapons on this day in history.   

1958  1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens on this day in history.   

1958  On November - 18 sivert Samuelson, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1910), dies   

1959  Wash Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year on this day in history.   

1960  Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels   

1961  US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed on this day in history.   

1961  On November - 18 "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 113 performances   

1962  On November - 18 luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63   

1963  The Bell telephone company introduce the first push button telephones in the United States on November - 18.   

1964  J Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar" on November - 18.   

1965  On November - 18 henry A Wallace, VP (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77   

1966  On this day in history bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56   

1967  British government devalues œ from US equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40 on this day in history.   

1968  On November - 18 walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74   

1969  On November - 18 joseph P Kennedy, JFK/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Mass, at 81   

1970  On this day in history russia lands self propelled rover on the Moon   

1970  Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1971  Junior Parker, rocker, dies during brain operation at 44 on November - 18.   

1972  Danny Whitten, rocker, dies of a drug overdose on this day in history.   

1975  On November - 18 the province of Ontario pass a manditory seatbelt law and lowers the speed limit on highways to conserve energy   

1976  On this day in history spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship   

1976  On November - 18 man Ray, US artist (Dada), dies at 86   

1977  Victor Francen, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio), dies at 89 on November - 18.   

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1522  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on November - 18.   

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  On November - 18 birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer   

1727  On November - 18 birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)   

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on November - 18.   

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

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on November - 18.   

0942  On this day in history odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies   

1154  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on November - 18.   

1170  Albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70 on November - 18.   

1305  On November - 18 death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)   

1559  Death of Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474) on November - 18.   

1590  Death of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) on November - 18.   

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on November - 18.   

1630  Death of Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on November - 18.