Historical Events In November - 18

1950  On this day in history gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60   

1951  On November - 18 "See it Now" premieres on TV   

1951  On this day in history john H Van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57   

1952  On November - 18 the feasibility of using a helicopter as an aerial minesweeper was demonstrated in the first of a series of tests conducted by VX-1 pilots flying an HRP-1 helicopter off~ Panama City, Fla.   

1952  Paul Eluard, French communist/poet, dies at 56 on November - 18.   

1953  Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage on this day in history.   

1954  On November - 18 yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada & Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen & Hunter as part of an 18 player deal   

1955  On this day in history bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for first powered flight   

1955  On this day in history bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight   

1956  On this day in history morocco gains independence   

1957  Tunisia refuses Russian weapons on this day in history.   

1958  1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens on November - 18.   

1958  On November - 18 sivert Samuelson, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1910), dies   

1959  Wash Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year on November - 18.   

1960  On this day in history copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration   

1960  On this day in history charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels   

1961  US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed on this day in history.   

1961  On November - 18 "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 113 performances   

1962  On November - 18 luc Haesaerts, Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63   

1963  On November - 18 the Bell telephone company introduce the first push button telephones in the United States.   

1964  On November - 18 j Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"   

1965  On this day in history henry A Wallace, VP (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77   

1966  On November - 18 bela Tardos, composer, dies at 56   

1967  On this day in history british government devalues œ from US equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40   

1968  Walter Wanger, US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74 on November - 18.   

1969  On November - 18 joseph P Kennedy, JFK/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Mass, at 81   

1970  On November - 18 russia lands self propelled rover on the Moon   

1970  Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1971  Junior Parker, rocker, dies during brain operation at 44 on November - 18.   

1972  On November - 18 danny Whitten, rocker, dies of a drug overdose   

1975  On this day in history the province of Ontario pass a manditory seatbelt law and lowers the speed limit on highways to conserve energy   

1976  Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history man Ray, US artist (Dada), dies at 86   

1977  Victor Francen, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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1522  On this day in history birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)   

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on this day in history.   

1630  On November - 18 birth of eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)   

1680  On November - 18 birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer   

1727  On November - 18 birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)   

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on November - 18.   

1742  On this day in history birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer   

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

0942  On this day in history odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies   

1154  On this day in history 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  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on November - 18.   

1559  On November - 18 death of cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)   

1590  Death of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) on November - 18.   

1603  On November - 18 elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61   

1630  Death of Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on November - 18.