Page 6: Historical Events In October - 18

1948  Operation 10 Plagues on this day in history.   

1948  [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.   

1950  Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years on this day in history.   

1951  USSR performs nuclear test on October - 18.   

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

1953  On October - 18 wLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting   

1953  On this day in history douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57   

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

1955  Track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete on this day in history.   

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

1955  On this day in history jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72   

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

1960  The London Evening Star merges with the Evening News on this day in history.   

1960  Casey Stengel retired by NY Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years) on this day in history.   

1961  The birth of Wynton Marsalis, Jazz trumpeter on October - 18.   

1961  On October - 18 emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack   

1962  On October - 18 dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA   

1962  US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon on October - 18.   

1962  On this day in history jFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko   

1963  On October - 18 iOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics   

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

1964  On this day in history marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational   

1965  On October - 18 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 this day in history.   

1967  Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1969  Federal govt bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners on October - 18.   

1969  Soyuz 8 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1972  On October - 18 ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies   

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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 October - 18 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 this day in history.   

1611  Valentin Strobel, composer was born on October - 18.   

0707  On October - 18 john VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies   

1035  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on this day in history.   

1101  On this day in history death of hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053)   

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

1216  John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies on this day in history.   

1340  Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies on October - 18.   

1382  Death of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331) on October - 18.   

1417  On October - 18 gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies