Page 5: Historical Events In October - 18

1920  On this day in history anita O'Day, vocalist/actress (Outfit, Zigzag, Jazz on a Summer Day)   

1921  On this day in history jesse Helms, (Sen-D/R-North Carolina, 1973- )   

1922  British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) established on this day in history.   

1922  On October - 18 the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is officially formed   

1922  On October - 18 british Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) forms   

1922  Camillo Togni, composer on October - 18.   

1923  Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian/Dutch Antilian painter on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs)   

1924  Allyn Ferguson, San Jose Calif, orch leader (Andy Williams Show) on October - 18.   

1925  On October - 18 the birth of Melina Mercouri, Actress who became Greek Minister of Culture   

1925  On this day in history -20] French Gen Sarrail bombs Damascus   

1926  Frankfurter Zeitung publishes Lenins political testament on October - 18.   

1927  On October - 18 the birth of George C Scott, American actor and director   

1929  Women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law on this day in history.   

1930  Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84   

1932  On October - 18 belgium govt of Renkin falls   

1934  On this day in history chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March   

1938  On October - 18 karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies   

1939  On October - 18 the birth of Lee Harvey Oswald, Presumed assassin of President J F Kennedy   

1939  R Rodgers & Lorenz Harts "Too Many Girls," premieres in NYC on October - 18.   

1940  HMS H.49,sunk off Texel island, Holland in North Sea by depth charges from German anti-submarine trawlers UJ.116 and UJ.118. On patrol off Dutch coast at time of threatened German invasion of Britain on October - 18.   

1940  On October - 18 kaufman & Harts "George Washington Slept Here," premieres in NYC   

1940  On this day in history suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65   

1941  On this day in history spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo   

1941  Dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83 on October - 18.   

1942  On this day in history hitler orders allied commandos to be killed   

1943  US bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55   

1944  On October - 18 hitler orders the establishment of "Volkssturm." Boys between fifteen and eighteen and men between fifty and sixty are drafted into service. The Nazis have to mobilize replacements for 500,000 men.   

1944  On October - 18 soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II   

1944  Eisenhower, Bradley & Montgomery confer in Brussel on October - 18.   

1945  On October - 18 nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg   

1946  Aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony, premieres 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 October - 18 birth of stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72)   

1405  Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia) was born on this day in history.   

1517  On October - 18 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 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  On this day in history john VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies   

1035  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on this day in history.   

1101  On this day in history death of hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053)   

1141  On this day in history death of margrave Leopold IV of Austria   

1216  John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies on this day in history.   

1340  On October - 18 henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies   

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

1417  Gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies on this day in history.