Page 5: Historical Events In November - 18

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

1925  On November - 18 alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight)   

1926  Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico on November - 18.   

1926  On this day in history dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade)   

1927  On this day in history cBC boradcaster Knowlton Nash is born   

1927  On November - 18 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 this day in history mickey Mouse, cartoon strip   

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

1929  On this day in history dr Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope"   

1929  On this day in history william Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot (X-15)   

1929  Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78 on November - 18.   

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 November - 18.   

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

1933  Jacques Charpentier, composer on this day in history.   

1934  Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer and ambassador on this day in history.   

1936  Germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco on November - 18.   

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

1936  On November - 18 germany & Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco   

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

1938  Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations on this day in history.   

1939  On November - 18 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  British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa on this day in history.   

1941  On November - 18 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 this day in history.   

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

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 November - 18 birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)   

1527  On November - 18 birth of luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor   

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

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

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer was born on November - 18.   

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on this day in history.   

0942  Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on November - 18.   

1154  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on November - 18.   

1170  On this day in history albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70   

1305  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on November - 18.   

1559  On this day in history 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  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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