Page 5: Historical Events In October - 18

1920  Anita O'Day, vocalist/actress (Outfit, Zigzag, Jazz on a Summer Day) on October - 18.   

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

1922  On this day in history british Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) established   

1922  On October - 18 the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is officially formed   

1922  British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) forms on October - 18.   

1922  On this day in history camillo Togni, composer   

1923  Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian/Dutch Antilian painter on October - 18.   

1924  Harold "Red" Grange, finest collegiate football game (4 long TD runs) on this day in history.   

1924  Allyn Ferguson, San Jose Calif, orch leader (Andy Williams Show) on October - 18.   

1925  On October - 18 the birth of Melina Mercouri, Actress who became Greek Minister of Culture   

1925  -20] French Gen Sarrail bombs Damascus on this day in history.   

1926  Frankfurter Zeitung publishes Lenins political testament on this day in history.   

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

1929  On October - 18 women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.   

1930  Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day on October - 18.   

1931  On October - 18 thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84   

1932  On this day in history belgium govt of Renkin falls   

1934  On this day in history chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March   

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

1939  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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   

1940  On this day in history kaufman & Harts "George Washington Slept Here," premieres in NYC   

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

1941  Spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo on October - 18.   

1941  Dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83 on October - 18.   

1942  On October - 18 hitler orders allied commandos to be killed   

1943  US bombing of Bougainville, Solomon Island on October - 18.   

1943  Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55 on October - 18.   

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  On October - 18 soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II   

1944  Eisenhower, Bradley & Montgomery confer in Brussel on this day in history.   

1945  Nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony, premieres   

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1127  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)   

1239  On October - 18 birth of stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72)   

1405  Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia) was born on October - 18.   

1517  Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570) was born on October - 18.   

1547  On this day in history birth of justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian   

1569  Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.   

1595  Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655) was born on this day in history.   

1611  On this day in history birth of valentin Strobel, composer   

0707  John VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies on October - 18.   

1035  Death of Sancho III of Navarre on this day in history.   

1101  On this day in history 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 October - 18 john, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies   

1340  On this day in history henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies   

1382  On this day in history death of james Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331)   

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