Page 5: Historical Events In October - 18

1920  Anita O'Day, vocalist/actress (Outfit, Zigzag, Jazz on a Summer Day) on this day in history.   

1921  On October - 18 jesse Helms, (Sen-D/R-North Carolina, 1973- )   

1922  On October - 18 british Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) established   

1922  The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is officially formed on this day in history.   

1922  British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) forms on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history camillo Togni, composer   

1923  On October - 18 suzanne Perlman, Hungarian/Dutch Antilian painter   

1924  On this day in history harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs)   

1924  On this day in history allyn Ferguson, San Jose Calif, orch leader (Andy Williams Show)   

1925  On this day in history the birth of Melina Mercouri, Actress who became Greek Minister of Culture   

1925  -20] French Gen Sarrail bombs Damascus on October - 18.   

1926  On this day in history frankfurter Zeitung publishes Lenins political testament   

1927  On this day in history the birth of George C Scott, American actor and director   

1929  Women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law on this day in history.   

1930  Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day on this day in history.   

1931  Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84 on October - 18.   

1932  On October - 18 belgium govt of Renkin falls   

1934  On October - 18 chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March   

1938  Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies on October - 18.   

1939  On October - 18 the birth of Lee Harvey Oswald, Presumed assassin of President J F Kennedy   

1939  R Rodgers & Lorenz Harts "Too Many Girls," premieres in NYC on October - 18.   

1940  HMS H.49,sunk off Texel island, Holland in North Sea by depth charges from German anti-submarine trawlers UJ.116 and UJ.118. On patrol off Dutch coast at time of threatened German invasion of Britain on this day in history.   

1940  On October - 18 kaufman & Harts "George Washington Slept Here," premieres in NYC   

1940  Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65 on October - 18.   

1941  Spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83   

1942  On this day in history hitler orders allied commandos to be killed   

1943  On this day in history uS bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island   

1943  On October - 18 adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55   

1944  On this day in history hitler orders the establishment of "Volkssturm." Boys between fifteen and eighteen and men between fifty and sixty are drafted into service. The Nazis have to mobilize replacements for 500,000 men.   

1944  Soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II on October - 18.   

1944  On October - 18 eisenhower, Bradley & Montgomery confer in Brussel   

1945  Nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg on October - 18.   

1946  Aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony, premieres on October - 18.   

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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  On October - 18 birth of pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)   

1517  On October - 18 birth of manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)   

1547  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian was born on this day in history.   

1569  On this day in history 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 this day in history john VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies   

1035  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on October - 18.   

1101  On October - 18 death of hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053)   

1141  On this day in history death of margrave Leopold IV of Austria   

1216  On this day in history john, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies   

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

1382  Death of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331) on this day in history.   

1417  Gregorius XII, [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies on this day in history.