Page 5: Historical Events In November - 18

1923  On November - 18 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 November - 18.   

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

1927  Lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer on November - 18.   

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

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

1928  Mickey Mouse, cartoon strip on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places   

1929  Dr Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope" on November - 18.   

1929  William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot (X-15) on November - 18.   

1929  On this day in history 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  On November - 18 "Flowers & Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon   

1932  Nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. 1973) on this day in history.   

1933  Jacques Charpentier, composer on November - 18.   

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

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

1938  Canadian author Margaret Atwood is born on November - 18.   

1938  On this day in history 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  On November - 18 george Matesky Mad Bomber's first time bomb   

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

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

1941  On this day in history walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77   

1942  Thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1943  1st US ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated on November - 18.   

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  On November - 18 nL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP   

1950  On this day in history south Korea Pres Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions   

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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 November - 18.   

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

1680  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)   

1590  On this day in history death of george Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)   

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

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