Today in History for 18th October 2022:
Historical Events
1386 – Opening of the University of Heidelberg
1969 – Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kanter arrested for marijuana possession
1977 – NY Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games
1992 – 6.6 earthquake hits Colombia with no fatalities
2001 – Crude Oil for November delivery falls to its lowest level since August 1999 on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)
2012 – Syrian military airstrikes kill 40 people in Maaret al-Numan
Famous Birthdays
1662 – Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (d. 1714)
1701 – Charles le Beau, French historian (d. 1778)
1859 – Paolo Orsi, Rovereto, Italian Archaeologist (Sicilian excavations)
1925 – Wim van Gennep, Dutch singer/keyboardist (Heikrekels)
1938 – Dawn Wells, American actress (Gilligan’s Island -“Mary Ann”), born in Reno, Nevada (d. 2020)
1966 – Alan Mills, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles), born in Lakeland, Florida
Famous Deaths
1876 – Francis Preston Blair, American journalist and newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85
1953 – Federico Gerdes, composer, dies at 80
1991 – Gunnar Sønstevold, Norwegian jazz pianist, and orchestral and film score composer (Litany In Atlanta; The Dorian Cage), dies at 78
2005 – John Hollis, British actor (b. 1931)
2010 – Marion Brown, American jazz alto saxophonist, (Marion Brown Quartet; John Coltrane -“Ascension”; Artie Schepp), avant garde composer, writer, and ethno-musicologist, dies at 79
2013 – Tom Foley, American politician (Rep-D-Washington 1965-1995) and speaker of the house (1989-95), dies from complications from a stroke at 84