Page 6: Historical Events In October - 18

1948  On this day in history operation 10 Plagues   

1948  [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies on this day in history.   

1950  On October - 18 connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years   

1951  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test   

1952  "Buttrio Square" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 7 perfs on October - 18.   

1953  WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting on October - 18.   

1953  On October - 18 douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57   

1954  On October - 18 hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US   

1955  On this day in history track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete   

1955  On October - 18 track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete   

1955  On this day in history jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72   

1960  In Britain, the News Chronicle & Daily Mail merge, on this day in history.   

1960  On October - 18 the London Evening Star merges with the Evening News   

1960  On October - 18 casey Stengel retired by NY Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years)   

1961  On this day in history the birth of Wynton Marsalis, Jazz trumpeter   

1961  Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack on October - 18.   

1962  Dr Watson (US) & Drs Crick & Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA on October - 18.   

1962  On this day in history uS launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon   

1962  On October - 18 jFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko   

1963  On October - 18 iOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics   

1963  On October - 18 claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68   

1964  Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational on October - 18.   

1965  Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73 on October - 18.   

1966  On this day in history "Apple Tree" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 463 performances   

1966  On October - 18 bill Nestell, US actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73   

1967  Soviet Venera 4 becomes the first probe to send data back from Venus on this day in history.   

1967  Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released on October - 18.   

1967  On this day in history nobel prize for physics awarded to Hans A Bethe   

1968  Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas on October - 18.   

1968  John Lennon & Yoko Ono fined for marijuana possession on October - 18.   

1968  Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history federal govt bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners   

1969  Soyuz 8 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1972  Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies on October - 18.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1127  On October - 18 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 October - 18.   

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

1547  On October - 18 birth of justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist/historian   

1569  On October - 18 birth of giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)   

1595  Edward Winslow, Plymouth Colony founder (d. 1655) was born on October - 18.   

1611  On October - 18 birth of valentin Strobel, composer   

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

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

1101  On this day in history death of hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053)   

1141  Death of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria on this day in history.   

1216  On October - 18 john, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies   

1340  Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

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.