Historical Events In October - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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