Page 6: Historical Events In October - 18

1948  Operation 10 Plagues on October - 18.   

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

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

1951  USSR performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

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

1953  On this day in history wLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting   

1953  On this day in history 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  Track & Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athlete on October - 18.   

1955  On this day in history 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  On October - 18 in Britain, the News Chronicle & Daily Mail merge,   

1960  The London Evening Star merges with the Evening News on this day in history.   

1960  Casey Stengel retired by NY Yankees (won 10 pennants in 12 years) on October - 18.   

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

1961  On October - 18 emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack   

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

1962  US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon on October - 18.   

1962  JFK meets Russian minister of Foreign affairs Andrei Gromyko on October - 18.   

1963  IOC votes Mexico City to host 1968 Olympics on October - 18.   

1963  On this day in history claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68   

1964  Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73   

1966  "Apple Tree" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 463 performances on October - 18.   

1966  Bill Nestell, US actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73 on October - 18.   

1967  On this day in history soviet Venera 4 becomes the first probe to send data back from Venus   

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

1967  Nobel prize for physics awarded to Hans A Bethe on October - 18.   

1968  Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas on this day in history.   

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 October - 18.   

1969  On October - 18 federal govt bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners   

1969  On October - 18 soyuz 8 returns to Earth   

1972  Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies on this day in history.   

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1127  Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192) was born on October - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On October - 18 birth of valentin Strobel, composer   

0707  On October - 18 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 October - 18 death of margrave Leopold IV of Austria   

1216  John, king of England (1199-1216, Magna Charta), dies on October - 18.   

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

1382  Death of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331) on October - 18.   

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