Historical Events In October - 18

1920  Anita O'Day, vocalist/actress (Outfit, Zigzag, Jazz on a Summer Day) on October - 18.   

1921  Jesse Helms, (Sen-D/R-North Carolina, 1973- ) on October - 18.   

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  On October - 18 camillo Togni, composer   

1923  On October - 18 suzanne Perlman, Hungarian/Dutch Antilian painter   

1924  Harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs) on October - 18.   

1924  Allyn Ferguson, San Jose Calif, orch leader (Andy Williams Show) on this day in history.   

1925  The birth of Melina Mercouri, Actress who became Greek Minister of Culture on October - 18.   

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

1926  Frankfurter Zeitung publishes Lenins political testament on this day in history.   

1927  The birth of George C Scott, American actor and director on October - 18.   

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

1930  On this day in history joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day   

1931  Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84 on this day in history.   

1932  On October - 18 belgium govt of Renkin falls   

1934  Chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March on this day in history.   

1938  Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies on October - 18.   

1939  The birth of Lee Harvey Oswald, Presumed assassin of President J F Kennedy on October - 18.   

1939  On this day in history r Rodgers & Lorenz Harts "Too Many Girls," premieres in NYC   

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 this day in history.   

1940  Kaufman & Harts "George Washington Slept Here," premieres in NYC on October - 18.   

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

1941  On October - 18 spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo   

1941  On October - 18 dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83   

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

1943  US bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island on October - 18.   

1943  On October - 18 adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55   

1944  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 on this day in history.   

1944  Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II on October - 18.   

1944  On October - 18 eisenhower, Bradley & Montgomery confer in Brussel   

1945  Nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg on this day in history.   

1946  On October - 18 aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony, premieres   

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on October - 18.   

1239  On this day in history 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 October - 18.   

1517  On October - 18 birth of manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)   

1547  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian was born on this day in history.   

1569  Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1595  On this day in history birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)   

1611  On October - 18 birth of valentin Strobel, composer   

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

1035  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on October - 18.   

1101  On October - 18 death of hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053)   

1141  On October - 18 death of margrave Leopold IV of Austria   

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

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

1382  On October - 18 death of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331)   

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