Page 6: Historical Events In October - 18

1948  Operation 10 Plagues on October - 18.   

1948  On October - 18 [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies   

1950  On October - 18 connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years   

1951  USSR performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history "Buttrio Square" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 7 perfs   

1953  WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1953  Douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1954  Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US on October - 18.   

1955  On this day in history track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete   

1955  Track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete on October - 18.   

1955  Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history in Britain, the News Chronicle & Daily Mail merge,   

1960  On October - 18 the London Evening Star merges with the Evening News   

1960  Casey Stengel retired by NY Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years) on October - 18.   

1961  On this day in history the birth of Wynton Marsalis, Jazz trumpeter   

1961  Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack on October - 18.   

1962  Dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA on this day in history.   

1962  On October - 18 uS launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon   

1962  On October - 18 jFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko   

1963  On this day in history iOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics   

1963  Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1964  Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational on October - 18.   

1965  On this day in history frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73   

1966  On October - 18 "Apple Tree" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 463 performances   

1966  Bill Nestell, US actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73 on October - 18.   

1967  Soviet Venera 4 becomes the first probe to send data back from Venus on October - 18.   

1967  On this day in history walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released   

1967  On October - 18 nobel prize for physics awarded to Hans A Bethe   

1968  On this day in history circus Circus opens in Las Vegas   

1968  John Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession on October - 18.   

1968  Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70 on October - 18.   

1969  On October - 18 federal govt bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners   

1969  Soyuz 8 returns to Earth on October - 18.   

1972  Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies on this day in history.   

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1127  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)   

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 October - 18.   

1517  Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570) was born on October - 18.   

1547  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian was born on October - 18.   

1569  On October - 18 birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)   

1595  Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.   

1611  Valentin Strobel, composer was born on this day in history.   

0707  John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies on this day in history.   

1035  On this day in history death of sancho III of Navarre   

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  On October - 18 gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies