Historical Events In November - 18

1923  Alan B Shepard Jr, East Derry NH, Rear Adm USN/astro (Merc 3, Ap 14) on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight)   

1926  Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico on November - 18.   

1926  Dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade) on November - 18.   

1927  On November - 18 cBC boradcaster Knowlton Nash is born   

1927  On November - 18 lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer   

1928  Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in"Steamboat Willie" on November - 18.   

1928  On November - 18 walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in "Steamboat Willie"   

1928  On this day in history mickey Mouse, cartoon strip   

1929  Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places on November - 18.   

1929  On this day in history dr Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope"   

1929  On this day in history william Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot (X-15)   

1929  On November - 18 henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78   

1930  On this day in history musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope/Fred Astaire premieres in NYC   

1932  "Flowers & Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon on this day in history.   

1932  Nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. 1973) on November - 18.   

1933  Jacques Charpentier, composer on this day in history.   

1934  Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer and ambassador on November - 18.   

1936  On this day in history germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco   

1936  Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined on this day in history.   

1936  Germany & Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco on this day in history.   

1938  On November - 18 canadian author Margaret Atwood is born   

1938  On November - 18 trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.   

1939  On November - 18 neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die   

1940  On November - 18 george Matesky Mad Bomber's first time bomb   

1940  On this day in history george Matesky, New York City's Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.   

1941  On November - 18 british troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa   

1941  Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in NYC   

1943  On this day in history 1st US ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated   

1945  Arnold Schoenberg's Prelude for orch & mixed choir, premieres on this day in history.   

1946  Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1949  NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP on this day in history.   

1950  South Korea Pres Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions on November - 18.   

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

1527  On this day in history birth of luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor   

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  Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.   

1736  On this day in history birth of carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer   

1742  On November - 18 birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer   

1772  On November - 18 birth of louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

0942  Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on November - 18.   

1154  On November - 18 death of adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092)   

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 this day in history.   

1590  On November - 18 death of george Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)   

1603  On this day in history elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61   

1630  On November - 18 death of esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried