Page 5: Historical Events In November - 18

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

1925  Alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight) on this day in history.   

1926  On November - 18 pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico   

1926  Dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade) on this day in history.   

1927  CBC boradcaster Knowlton Nash is born on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer   

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

1928  On this day in history walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in "Steamboat Willie"   

1928  On November - 18 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  William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot (X-15) on November - 18.   

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

1930  On November - 18 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  On November - 18 nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. 1973)   

1933  On this day in history jacques Charpentier, composer   

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

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

1936  On this day in history main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined   

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

1938  Canadian author Margaret Atwood is born on this day in history.   

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

1939  On this day in history neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die   

1940  George Matesky Mad Bomber's first time bomb on November - 18.   

1940  George Matesky, New York City's Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison on November - 18.   

1941  On this day in history british troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa   

1941  On November - 18 walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77   

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

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

1945  On this day in history arnold Schoenberg's Prelude for orch & mixed choir, premieres   

1946  On November - 18 donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86   

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

1950  On November - 18 south Korea Pres Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions   

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

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

1630  Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686) was born on November - 18.   

1680  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer   

1727  Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on November - 18.   

1736  On November - 18 birth of carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer   

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

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on November - 18.   

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

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 this day in history death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)   

1559  Death of Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474) on November - 18.   

1590  Death of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) on this day in history.   

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on November - 18.   

1630  On this day in history death of esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried