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

1922  The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is officially formed on October - 18.   

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

1922  On October - 18 camillo Togni, composer   

1923  Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian/Dutch Antilian painter on this day in history.   

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

1924  Allyn Ferguson, San Jose Calif, orch leader (Andy Williams Show) on this day in history.   

1925  The birth of Melina Mercouri, Actress who became Greek Minister of Culture on this day in history.   

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

1926  Frankfurter Zeitung publishes Lenins political testament on October - 18.   

1927  The birth of George C Scott, American actor and director on October - 18.   

1929  Women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law on October - 18.   

1930  On October - 18 joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day   

1931  On this day in history thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84   

1932  On this day in history belgium govt of Renkin falls   

1934  Chinese Red leader under Mao Tse Tung begins Long March on this day in history.   

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

1939  The birth of Lee Harvey Oswald, Presumed assassin of President J F Kennedy on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history r Rodgers & Lorenz Harts "Too Many Girls," premieres in NYC   

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  On this day in history spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo   

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

1942  Hitler orders allied commandos to be killed on October - 18.   

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

1943  Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1944  On October - 18 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 this day in history soviet troops invade Czechoslovakia during WW II   

1944  On this day in history eisenhower, Bradley & Montgomery confer in Brussel   

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

1946  On October - 18 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  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72) was born on October - 18.   

1405  Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia) was born on this day in history.   

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

1547  Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian was born on October - 18.   

1569  On this day in history birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)   

1595  On this day in history birth of edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655)   

1611  Valentin Strobel, composer was born on this day in history.   

0707  On October - 18 john VII, Greek Pope (705-07), dies   

1035  On this day in history death of sancho III of Navarre   

1101  Death of Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053) on October - 18.   

1141  Death of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria on October - 18.   

1216  John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies on this day in history.   

1340  On October - 18 henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies   

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.