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  On this day in history alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight)   

1926  Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico on this day in history.   

1926  On November - 18 dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade)   

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

1927  Lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer on November - 18.   

1928  Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in"Steamboat Willie" on this day in history.   

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  On November - 18 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 this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history 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  Nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. 1973) on November - 18.   

1933  On this day in history jacques Charpentier, composer   

1934  On this day in history vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer and ambassador   

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

1936  Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined on November - 18.   

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

1938  On November - 18 canadian author Margaret Atwood is born   

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 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 November - 18 british troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa   

1941  Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1942  Thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in NYC on November - 18.   

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

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 November - 18.   

1949  On November - 18 nL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP   

1950  South Korea Pres Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions on this day in history.   

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1522  On November - 18 birth of lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)   

1527  On this day in history birth of luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor   

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

1680  On November - 18 birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer   

1727  Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.   

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on November - 18.   

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

1772  On November - 18 birth of louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer   

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 November - 18 death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)   

1559  Death of Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474) on this day in history.   

1590  Death of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) on November - 18.   

1603  On this day in history elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61   

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