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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Oct 18 1517

    Manoel da Nbrega Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (d. 1570)

    Oct 18 1854

    Salomon August Andre Swedish engineer balloonist and polar explorer born in Grnna Sweden (d. 1897)

    Oct 18 1882

    Lucien Petit-Breton French road cyclist (Tour de France 1907-8) born in Pless France (d. 1917)

    Oct 18 1891

    Vclav Klik Czech composer born in Opava (d. 1951)

    Oct 18 1918

    Constantine Mitsotakis [Konstantinos Mitsotakis] Prime Minister of Greece (1990 1993) born in Halepa Crete (d. 2017)

    Oct 18 1933

    Forrest Gregg American Pro Football Hall of Fame tackle coach (9-time Pro Bowl Green Bay Packers Dallas Cowboys) born in Birthright TX (d. 2019)

    Oct 18 1935

    John B. Coleman American hotel magnate (Ritz Carlton) born in Boston Massachusetts

    Oct 18 1943

    Elena Ferrante pseudonymous Italian novelist (Neapolitan Novels) born in Naples Italy (claimed)

    Oct 18 1945

    Yldo Turkish famous showman and football player

    Oct 18 1955

    Denis Watson South African golfer (US Open 1985 runner-up Senior PGA Cship 2007) born in Harare Zimbabwe

    Oct 18 1958

    Thomas Hearns American boxer (first boxer to win world titles in 5 weight divisions) born in Memphis Tennessee

    Oct 18 1959

    Milo Manevski Macedonian film director and screenwriter

    Oct 18 1968

    Rhod Gilbert Welsh comedian (Never Mind the Buzzcocks) born in Carmarthen Wales

    Oct 18 1969

    Anthony Avent NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)

    Oct 18 1405

    Pius II [Aenea S Piccolomini] Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)

    Oct 18 1547

    Justus Lipsius [Joost Lips] Dutch classic philologisthistorian

    Oct 18 1804

    Rama IV [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua] king of Thailand (1851-68)

    Oct 18 1837

    Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg German-Dutch sculptor and architect of church interiors born in Cologne (d. 1919)

    Oct 18 1844

    Harvey W. Wiley American chemist known for leadership in the passage of the landmark Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 born in Kent Indiana (d. 1930)

    Oct 18 1850

    Francis Thome French composer born in Port Louis Mauritius (d. 1909)

    Oct 18 1901

    Vladimir Grigoryevich Zakharov Soviet-Russian composer born in Bogodukhov Ukraine Russian Empire (d. 1956)

    Oct 18 1903

    Emile Enthoven Dutch composer and lawyer born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1950)

    Oct 18 1919

    Anita ODay (born Anita Belle Colton) American jazz singer born in Kansas City Missouri (d. 2006)

    Oct 18 1924

    Egil Hovland Norwegian composer born in Rde Norway (d. 2013)

    Oct 18 1924

    Frank Liedel [Leo van Assche] Flemish writer (Kaperbrief)

    Oct 18 1926

    Chuck Berry [Charles Andersen] American rock n roll guitarist and singer-songwriter (Roll over Beethoven) born in St Louis Missouri (d. 2017)

    Oct 18 1926

    Thomas Millar Australian historian and political scientist born in Kalamunda Western Australia (d. 1994)

    Oct 18 1926

    John Morris American film and Broadway composer who commonly worked alongside Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder born in Elizabeth New Jersey (d. 2018)

    Oct 18 1931

    Ed Biles American football coach (College Xavier 1962-68 NFL Houston Oilers 1981-83) born in Reading Ohio (d. 2020)

    Oct 18 1940

    Cynthia Weil American songwriter (We Got Get Out Of This Place Youve Lost That Lovin Feelin) born in NYC New York

    Oct 18 1946

    Howard Shore Canadian film composer (Lord of the Rings Trilogy) born in Toronto Canada

    Oct 18 1947

    Laura Nyro American singer-songwriter (Elis Coming Stoney End) born in The Bronx New York (d. 1997)

    Oct 18 1949

    Ed Farmer American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1980 Chicago WS) and broadcaster (Chicago WS radio 1991-2005) born in Evergreen Park Illinois (d. 2020)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Oct 18 1776 In a bar decorated with bird tail in Elmsford New York a customer requests a glassful of those cock tails from bartender Betsy Flanagan

    Oct 18 1955 Buganda Agreement between Andrew Cohen Governor of Uganda Protectorate and Mutesa II Kabaka of Buganda

    Oct 18 1968 American long jumper Bob Beamon sets an incredible world record (8.90m 29 2) in high altitude at the Mexico City Olympics 0.55m (22) improvement over previous world record

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