Page 5: Historical Events In October - 18

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

1921  On this day in history jesse Helms, (Sen-D/R-North Carolina, 1973- )   

1922  British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) established on October - 18.   

1922  On October - 18 the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is officially formed   

1922  British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) forms on October - 18.   

1922  Camillo Togni, composer on October - 18.   

1923  Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian/Dutch Antilian painter on this day in history.   

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

1924  On October - 18 allyn Ferguson, San Jose Calif, orch leader (Andy Williams Show)   

1925  On this day in history the birth of Melina Mercouri, Actress who became Greek Minister of Culture   

1925  On October - 18 -20] French Gen Sarrail bombs Damascus   

1926  On October - 18 frankfurter Zeitung publishes Lenins political testament   

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  Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day on this day in history.   

1931  Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84 on October - 18.   

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  On this day in history karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies   

1939  On this day in history the birth of Lee Harvey Oswald, Presumed assassin of President J F Kennedy   

1939  R Rodgers & Lorenz Harts "Too Many Girls," premieres in NYC on October - 18.   

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 October - 18.   

1940  On October - 18 kaufman & Harts "George Washington Slept Here," premieres in NYC   

1940  On October - 18 suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65   

1941  On this day in history spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo   

1941  Dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83 on October - 18.   

1942  Hitler orders allied commandos to be killed on this day in history.   

1943  US bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island on this day in history.   

1943  Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history 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.   

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

1944  On this day in history eisenhower, Bradley & Montgomery confer in Brussel   

1945  On this day in history nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg   

1946  Aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony, premieres on this day in history.   

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

1239  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1547  On this day in history birth of justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian   

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

1595  Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655) was born on October - 18.   

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  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on this day in history.   

1101  Death of Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053) on this day in history.   

1141  Death of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria on October - 18.   

1216  On October - 18 john, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies   

1340  On October - 18 henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies   

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.