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November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common November 2007 is the eleventh month of that year It began on a Thursday and 30 days later ended on a Friday PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. November 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September November 18, 2003 November 2003 - please do not remove or delink the the date header November 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 43 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 326 - The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated. Events By Place Roman Empire Constantine I founds Constantinople and incorporates Byzantium into the new city The Basilica of Saint Peter (Basilica Sancti Petri officially known in Italian as the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as St
• 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land, begins. The Council of Clermont was a mixed Synod of ecclesiastics and laymen of the Catholic Church, which was held on November 27 1095 at Clermont France Pope The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the dual goals of conquering the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and freeing The Holy Land ( Arabic: الأرض المقدسة al-Arḍ ul-Muqaddasah;Ancient Aramaic: ארעא קדישא Ar'a Qaddisha; Hebrew: ארץ_הקודש
• 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam (The Holy One). Pope Boniface VIII (c 1235 &ndash October 11, 1303) born Benedetto Caetani, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1294 A Papal bull is a particular type of Letters patent or charter issued by a Pope. On November 18, 1302, Pope Boniface VIII issued the Papal bull Unam sanctam which historians consider one of the most extreme statements
• 1307 - According to legend, William Tell shoots an apple off of his son's head. A legend ( Latin, legenda, "things to be read" is a Narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to William Tell (;)
• 1421 - A seawall at the Zuiderzee dike breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people in the Netherlands. The Zuiderzee (ˌzaɪdɚ ˈzeɪ] Dutch: Zuiderzee, ˈzœydərzeː was a shallow Inlet of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands
• 1477 - William Caxton produces Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, the first book printed on a printing press in England. A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a medium (such as paper or cloth thereby transferring an image England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• 1493 - Christopher Columbus first sights what is now Puerto Rico. Christopher Columbus (1451 &ndash May 20 1506 was an Italian Navigator, colonizer Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}}
• 1626 - St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated. The Basilica of Saint Peter (Basilica Sancti Petri officially known in Italian as the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as St
• 1686 - Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants. Early years Birth and ancestry Louis XIV was born in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on September 5 1638 and bore the Heir apparent An Anal Fistula is an abnormal connection between the Epithelialised surface of the Anal canal and (usually the Perianal skin
• 1803 - The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Second War of Haitian Independence, the final part of the Haitian Revolution. The Revolution (1791–1804 was the most successful of African Slave rebellions in the Western Hemisphere Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: The Western Hemisphere, also Western hemisphere or western hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies West
• 1852 - Rose Philippine Duchesne dies in St. Charles, Missouri. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne ( August 29, 1769 - November 18, 1852) was a Catholic Nun and French St Charles ( French: "Saint-Charles" Spanish: "San Carlos" is a city in and the county seat of St She would be canonized on July 3, 1988 by Pope John Paul II. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Pope
• 1863 - King Christian IX of Denmark decided to sign the november constitution, which declared Schleswig as part of Denmark, what was seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and lead to the German–Danish war of 1864. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Christian IX ( April 8, 1818 - January 29, 1906) was King of Denmark from November 16, 1863 to January 29 The Jutland Peninsula is a long peninsula in Northern Europe, and the current Schleswig-Holstein is its southern part The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe The German Confederation (Deutscher Bund was the association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to serve as the successor to London Protocol is a name used to describe several different documents The First Schleswig War occurred in 1848–1851. The Second Schleswig War (2
• 1865 - Mark Twain's story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is published in the New York Saturday Press. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 – April 21 1910 better known by the Pen name Mark Twain, was an American Humorist, satirist "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 Short story by Mark Twain.
• 1883 - American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
• 1903 - The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the Americans exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting The Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty was signed on November 18, 1903 (two weeks after Panama 's independence from Colombia) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. The Panama Canal Zone (Zona del Canal de Panamá was a 553 square mile (1432 km² territory inside of Panama, consisting of the Panama Canal and an area generally
• 1904 - General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Esteban Huertas López (1876-1943 was a Colombian and later Panamanian Military commander.
• 1905 - Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Haakon VII (Prince Carl of Denmark born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel) (3 August 1872 in Charlottenlund 21 September 1957 in Oslo)
• 1909 - Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting A warship is a Ship that is built and primarily intended for Combat. Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America A revolutionary when used as a noun is a person who either actively engages in some kind of Revolution, or advocates the revolution with recognition from some government or José Santos Zelaya López ( November 1, 1853 - May 17, 1919) was President of Nicaragua from 1893 to 1909
• 1916 - World War I: First Battle of the Somme ends - In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, fought from July to November 1916 was among the largest battles of the First World War This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The British Expeditionary Force ( BEF) was the British army sent to the Western Front in France and Belgium on the outbreak of Field Marshal Douglas Haig 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
• 1917 - Sigma Alpha Rho, a Jewish high school fraternity, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sigma Alpha Rho ( ΣAP) is the oldest continuously run independent Jewish high school fraternity, founded on November 18, 1917 by PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə
• 1918 - Latvia declares its independence from Russia. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
• 1926 - George Bernard Shaw refuses to accept the money for his Nobel Prize, saying, "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Bernard Shaw ( (26 July 1856 &ndash 2 November 1950 was an Irish Playwright. Money is anything that is generally accepted as Payment for Goods and services and repayment of Debts. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature (21 October 1833 Stockholm, Sweden – 10 December 1896 Sanremo, Italy) was a Swedish chemist engineer innovator armaments manufacturer Dynamite is an explosive based on the explosive potential of Nitroglycerin, initially using Diatomaceous earth (kieselgur US Spelling kieselguhr "
• 1928 - Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the second appearances of cartoon stars Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Steamboat Willie ( 1928) is an Animated cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse released on November 18, 1928. The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration. Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter Ub Iwerks, ASC ( Ubbe Ert Iwwerks) ( 24 March 1901 &ndash 7 July 1971) was a two-time Academy Award winning Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. Minnie Mouse is an Animated cartoon of the Mickey Mouse universe featured in Animated cartoons Comic strips and Comic book by This is also considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
• 1929 - 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 1929 Grand Banks earthquake, also called the Laurentian Slope earthquake and the South Shore Disaster, was a magnitude 7 Newfoundland — ˈn(jufənˌlænd (Terre-Neuve Talamh an Éisc — is a large island 15 km off the east coast of The Richter magnitude scale, or more correctly local magnitude M L scale assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released 2 submarine earthquake, centered on Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula area. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer The first transatlantic Telegraph Cable crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Foilhommerum Valentia Island, in western Ireland to A tsunami ((tsuːˈnɑːmi is a series of waves created when The Burin Peninsula is a Canadian Peninsula located on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador
• 1930 - Sōka Kyōiku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Soka Gakkai, is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tsunesaburō Makiguchi (牧口 常三郎 Sōka Gakkai 's first president was born in Kashiwazaki a small village in Niigata Prefecture, Japan Second Sōka Gakkai president Jōsei Toda (戸田 城聖 was born on February 11,1900
• 1938 - Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming John Llewellyn Lewis ( February 12, 1880 &ndash June 11, 1969) was an American leader of organized labor who served as president of The Congress of Industrial Organizations, or CIO, proposed by John L
• 1940 - World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous invasion of Greece. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Gian Galeazzo Ciano Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari ( March 18, 1903 – January 11, 1944) was Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
• 1940 - New York City's Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison. The City of New York George P Metesky ( November 2 1903 &ndash May 23 1994) better known as the Mad Bomber, terrorized New York City for 16 years in A bomb is any of a range of devices that typically rely on the Exothermic Chemical reaction of an Explosive material to produce an extremely Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York Consolidated Edison Inc is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States with approximately $13 billion in annual revenues and $30 billion in assets
• 1942 - Holocaust: German SS carry out selection of Jewish ghetto in Lviv, western Ukraine, arresting 5. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the A ghetto is described as a "portion of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social legal or economic pressure Lviv ( Ukrainian: Львів, L’viv, Lwów Lemberg Львов L'vov; see also other names) is a major city in western Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. 000 "unproductive Jews". PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ All get deported to the Belzec death camp. Belzec (Bełżec approximate Polish pronunciation bew-zhets) was the first of the Nazi German Extermination camps created for implementing
• 1943 - World War II: Battle of Berlin (air), 440 Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Battle of Berlin was a British bombing campaign on Berlin from November 1943 to March 1944 as well as other German cities to prevent concentration Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. The RAF lost nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
• 1943 - Holocaust: Aktion Emtefest: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lviv, western Ukraine, murdering at least 6. Janowska was a Nazi labor transit and Concentration camp established in September 1941 on the outskirts of Lvov, Poland (today Ukraine Lviv ( Ukrainian: Львів, L’viv, Lwów Lemberg Львов L'vov; see also other names) is a major city in western Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. 000 surviving Jews. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ German SS leader Fritz Katzman declares Lviv (Lemberg) to be Judenfrei (free from the Jews). Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Lviv ( Ukrainian: Львів, L’viv, Lwów Lemberg Львов L'vov; see also other names) is a major city in western PLEASE TAKE NOTE************
• 1947 - Ballantyne's Department Store fire, Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41 (New Zealand's worst ever fire)
• 1970 - U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the Congress of the United States for $155 million USD in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Ballantyne's Department Store Fire on November 18 1947, remains the worst fire disaster in New Zealand history Christchurch (Ōtautahi The largest City in the South Island, it is also the second largest city and third largest urban area of New Zealand New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East
• 1978 - Jonestown incident: In Guyana, Jim Jones leads his Peoples Temple cult in a mass murder-suicide that claims 918 lives in all, 909 of them at Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Guyana (ɡaɪˈænə or /ɡiːˈɑːnə/ officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana, is the only Nation state James Warren "Jim" Jones (May 13 1931 &ndash November 18 1978 was the American founder of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18 1978 Peoples Temple was an organization founded in 1955 by Jim Jones that by the mid-1970s possessed over a dozen locations in California including its headquarters in San A murder-suicide is an act in which an individual kills one or more other persons immediately before or at the same time as killing him or herself Congressman Leo J. Ryan is assassinated by members of Peoples Temple shortly beforehand. Leo Joseph Ryan Jr (May 5 1925&ndashNovember 18 1978 was an American politician of the Democratic Party.
• 1982 - Duk Koo Kim dies unexpectedly from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, Nevada, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Kim Duk-Koo ( January 8, 1959 &ndash November 17, 1982) was a South Korean boxer who is most famous for his death resulting Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini (born Raymond Michael Mancino; March 4, 1961) is an Italian-American former boxer. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight,
• 1985 - The comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, created by Bill Waterson, first appears in 30 newspapers across the U. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Calvin and Hobbes is a Comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Watterson, following the humorous antics of Calvin, an imaginative William B "Bill" Watterson II (born July 5, 1958) an American Cartoonist, is the author of the Comic strip Calvin and Hobbes S.
• 1985 - Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann's playing career comes to an end when a sack by the Giants' Lawrence Taylor snaps Theismann's legs, this was seen by a national audience on Monday Night Football. The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington D Joseph Robert Theismann (born September 9 1949 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA is a former American football Quarterback The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York City suburb of East Rutherford New Jersey. Lawrence Julius Taylor (born February 4 1959 nicknamed LT, is a retired Hall of Fame American football player Monday Night Football ( MNF) is a Live television broadcast of the National Football League.
• 1987 - Iran-Contra Affair: The U.S. Congress issues its final report on the Iran-Contras Affair. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Iran-Contra affair was a political scandal which was revealed in November 1986 as a result of earlier events during the Reagan administration. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The Iran-Contra affair was a political scandal which was revealed in November 1986 as a result of earlier events during the Reagan administration.
• 1987 - King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station at King's Cross St Pancras. The King's Cross fire was a fatal underground Fire in London which broke out at approximately 1930 on 18 November 1987, and which killed 31 London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The London Underground is a Metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire King's Cross St Pancras is a tube station in the London Borough of Camden, on the London Underground network serving both King's Cross and St
• 1988 - War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for murder in regards to drug traffickers. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The War on Drugs is a prohibition campaign undertaken by the United States government with the assistance of participating countries intended to reduce the Illegal The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs
• 1991 - Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon set Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland free. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية See also Anglicanism The Anglican Communion is an international association of national Anglican churches Terry Waite CBE (born May 31 1939 in Styal, Cheshire, England) is a British humanitarian and author See also Thomas Sutherland (banker. Thomas Sutherland, former Dean of Agriculture at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon was kidnapped
• 1991 - After the siege of Vukovar, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces. The Battle of Vukovar was an 87-day Siege of the Croatian city of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA supported by various Serbian Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Vukovar is a city and municipality in eastern Croatia, and the biggest River Port in Croatia located at the confluence of the Vuka
• 1993 - In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa A constitution is a system for government often Codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity
• 1999 - In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when a massive bonfire under construction collapses. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in Central Texas. Texas A&M University, often called A&M or TAMU, is a Coeducational public Research University located in College Station Aggie Bonfire was a long-standing tradition at Texas A&M University as part of the College rivalry with the University of Texas at Austin.
• 2002 - Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The issue of Iraq's disarmament reached a crisis in 2002-2003 when U The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security (born 28 June, 1928 in Uppsala, Sweden) is a Swedish Diplomat and Politician. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics.
• 2003 - In the United Kingdom, the Local Government Act 2003, repealing controversial anti-gay amendment Section 28, becomes effective. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Local Government Act 2003 (2003 c 26 is an Act of Parliament that made various changes to the administration of local government in the United Kingdom Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 was a controversial amendment to the United Kingdom 's Local Government Act 1986 enacted on 24 May
• 2003 - The congress of the Communist Party of Indian Union (Marxist-Leninist) decides to merge the party into Kanu Sanyal's CPI(ML). Communist Party of Indian Union (Marxist-Leninist was an Indian political party Kanu Sanyal, born in 1932 is an Indian communist politician He was one of the founding leaders of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist formed in 1969 Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist is a communist party in India.
• 2004 - Russia officially ratifies the Kyoto Protocol. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the international Framework Convention on Climate Change with the objective of reducing Greenhouse gases in an effort

Births

• 1522 - Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. Lamoral Count of Egmont Prince of Gavre ( November 18, 1522, La Hamaide near Ellezelles &ndash June 5 1568, Brussels) 1568)
• 1630 - Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)
• 1647 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (d. Pierre Bayle ( November 18, 1647 December 28, 1706) was a French Philosopher and writer 1706)
• 1727 - Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. Year 1706 ( MDCCVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1727 ( MDCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Dr Philibert Commerçon (also sometimes spelled Commerson) ( November 18, 1727 &ndash March 13, 1773) was a French 1773)
• 1772 - Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, German prince (d. Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1806)
• 1774 - Wilhelmine of Prussia, queen of the Netherlands (d. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Wilhelmine of Prussia may refer to Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Bayreuth eldest daughter of Frederick William I of Prussia and the important 1837)
• 1785 - David Wilkie, British artist (d. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir David Wilkie may refer to Sir David Wilkie (artist (1785-1841 Scottish painter Sir David Wilkie (surgeon (1882-1938 British 1841)
• 1786 - Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (d. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber ( 18 December 1786 in Eutin, Holstein, Germany - 5 June 1826 in London 1826)
• 1787 - Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (d. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1851)
• 1804 - Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora, Italian general and statesman (d. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora ( November 18, 1804 &ndash January 5 1878) was an Italian general and Statesman 1878)
• 1832 - Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Swedish explorer (d. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Baron (Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, also known as A E Nordenskioeld (November 18 1832 Helsinki, Finland &mdash August 12 1901 Dalby Skåne 1901)
• 1836 - Sir William S. Gilbert, British dramatist (d. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 &ndash 29 May 1911 was an English Dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his fourteen 1911)
• 1836 - Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist and founder of criminology (d. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Cesare Lombroso, born Ezechia Marco Lombroso ( November 6, 1835 – October 19, 1909) was a Jewish Italian 1909)
• 1839 - August Kundt, German physicist (d. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common August Adolf Eduard Eberhard Kundt (18 November 1839 – 21 May 1894 was a German Physicist. 1894)
• 1856 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (d. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending 1929)
• 1861 - Dorothy Dix, pseudonym of US journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the journalist For the 19th-century activist see Dorothea Dix. 1951)
• 1874 - Clarence Day, American author (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Clarence Shepard Day Jr ( November 18, 1874 &ndash December 28, 1935) was an American author 1935)
• 1882 - Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Amelita Galli-Curci ( 18 November, 1882 &ndash 26 November, 1963) was an Italian Operatic Coloratura Soprano 1963)
• 1882 - Jacques Maritain, French philosopher (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jacques Maritain ( November 18, 1882 &ndash April 28, 1973) was a French Catholic Philosopher. 1973)
• 1883 - Carl Vinson, U. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Carl Vinson ( November 18, 1883 – June 1, 1981) was a United States Representative from Georgia. S. Congressman (d. 1981)
• 1897 - Patrick Blackett, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett Baron Blackett OM CH FRS ( 18 November 1897 &ndash 13 July 1974) was an The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature 1974)
• 1898 - Joris Ivens, Dutch filmmaker (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Joris Ivens ( November 18 1898, Nijmegen &ndash June 28 1989, Paris) was a Dutch Documentary filmmaker and devout 1989)
• 1899 - Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-born conductor (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Eugene Ormandy ( November 18, 1899 &ndash March 1985)
• 1901 - George Gallup, American statistician and opinion pollster (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting George Horace Gallup ( November 18, 1901 – July 26, 1984) was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup 1984)
• 1904 - Jean Paul Lemieux, Quebec painter (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Jean Paul Lemieux, CC, GOQ ( 18 November, 1904 &ndash 7 December, 1990) is one of the foremost painters of twentieth 1990)
• 1906 - Klaus Mann, German writer (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Klaus Mann ( November 18, 1906 &ndash May 21, 1949) was a German Writer. 1949)
• 1906 - George Wald, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Wald ( November 18, 1906 &ndash April 12, 1997) was an American Scientist who is best known for his work with pigments The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1997)
• 1906 - Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Sir Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis, CBE, FRS (November 18 1906&ndashOctober 2 1988 was a Greek - British designer The Mini is a small car that was produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC and its successors from 1959 until 2000 1988)
• 1907 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Compay Segundo, born, deceased, was a Cuban Musician and Songwriter. The Buena Vista Social Club was a members club in Havana, Cuba that held dances and musical activities becoming a popular location for musicians to meet 2003)
• 1908 - Imogene Coca, American actress and comedian (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Imogene Fernandez de Coca ( November 18[[ 908]] – June 2[[ 001]] was an American Emmy -winning comic actress best known for her role opposite 2001)
• 1909 - Johnny Mercer, American lyricist (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer ( November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American Songwriter and Singer 1976)
• 1911 - Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Attilio Bertolucci ( November 18, 1911 - June 14, 2000) was an Italian poet and writer 2000)
• 1915 - Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Kenneth William Burkhart, born Burkhardt ( November 18 1915 - December 29 2004) was an American right-handed 2004)
• 1917 - Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year José Pedro Infante Cruz ( November 18, 1917 - April 15, 1957) better known as Pedro Infante, is perhaps the most famous actor 1957)
• 1918 - Tasker Watkins, Welsh World War II hero (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Tasker Watkins VC GBE ( 18 November 1918 &ndash 9 September 2007) was a Lord Justice of Appeal and deputy 2007)
• 1919 - Jocelyn Brando, American actress (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jocelyn Brando ( November 18, 1919 – November 27, 2005) was an American film stage and television actress 2005)
• 1920 - Mustafa Khalil, Prime Minister of Egypt (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Mustafa Khalil (مصطفى خليل ( November 18, 1920 &ndash June 7, 2008) was an Egyptian politician The Prime Minister of Egypt ( Arabic: رئيس الوزراء المصرى, رئيس الحكومة is the head of the Egyptian government 2008)
• 1922 - Luis Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan president (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Luis Somoza Debayle ( November 18, 1922 &ndash April 13, 1967) was the fortieth president of Nicaragua from 1956&ndash1963 but was 1967)
• 1923 - Alan Shepard, American astronaut (d. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr (November 18 1923 &ndash July 21 1998 ( Rear Admiral, USN Ret 1998)
• 1923 - Ted Stevens, American politician
• 1924 - Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, president of the European Court of Justice (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Theodore Fulton Stevens (born November 18 1923 is the senior United States Senator from Alaska, serving since December 24 1968 Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alexander John Mackenzie Stuart Baron Mackenzie-Stuart ( 18 November 1924 &ndash 1 April 2000) was an Advocate and Judge 2000)
• 1925 - Gene Mauch, American baseball manager (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gene William Mauch ( November 18 1925 – August 8 2005; surname was a homonym of "mock" was an American 2005)
• 1927 - Hank Ballard, American musician (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hank Ballard (born John Henry Kendricks) ( November 18, 1927 - March 2, 2003) was an African American R&B / 2003)
• 1928 - Otar Gordeli, Georgian composer
• 1932 - Nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Otar Gordeli (born 1928-11-18) is a Composer in the country of Georgia. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Nasif Moisés Estéfano (born in Concépcion, Tucumán November 18, 1932 - died Aimogasta, La Rioja October 21 1973)
• 1934 - Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer, Greece's ambassador to UNESCO
• 1935 - Rudolf Bahro, German dissident (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vassilis Vassilikos ( Greek: Βασίλης Βασιλικός born November 18, 1934) is a prolific Greek Writer and Diplomat United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rudolf Bahro ( 18 November 1935 &ndash 5 December 1997) was a German Philosopher and Politician. 1997)
• 1936 - Don Cherry, American jazz trumpeter (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Don (Donald Eugene Cherry ( November 18 1936 &ndash October 19 1995) was an innovative African-American Jazz Trumpeter 1995)
• 1939 - Margaret Atwood, Canadian writer
• 1939 - Brenda Vaccaro, American actress
• 1940 - Qaboos ibn Sa’id, Sultan of Oman
• 1941 - David Hemmings, British actor (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian Writer. Brenda Buell Vaccaro (born November 18 1939) is an Academy Award - and Tony Award-nominated as well as Emmy - and Golden Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. List of Sultans of Oman (1406-Present Nabhan Dynasty (1406-1624 Ya'ariba Dynasty (first reign 1624-1724 Banu Ghafir Dynasty (1724-1728 Ya'ariba Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Hemmings ( November 18, 1941 &ndash December 3, 2003) was an English Film Actor and director 2003)
• 1942 - Linda Evans, American actress
• 1942 - Susan Sullivan, American actress
• 1944 - Wolfgang Joop, German artist, fashion designer and art collector
• 1946 - Alan Dean Foster, American author
• 1947 - Jameson Parker, American actor
• 1948 - Andrea Marcovicci, American singer and actress
• 1948 - Jack Tatum, American football player
• 1950 - Graham Parker, English singer
• 1950 - Eric Pierpoint, American actor
• 1951 - Justin Raimondo, American author
• 1952 - Delroy Lindo, British actor
• 1952 - Peter Beattie, 36th Premier of Queensland
• 1953 - Alan Moore, British comic book writer and novelist
• 1953 - Kevin Nealon, American comedian and actor
• 1954 - John Parr, British pop singer
• 1954 - Evan Gray, New Zealand cricketer
• 1956 - Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Linda Evans (born Linda Evenstad on November 18 1942 in Hartford Connecticut) is a Golden Globe -winning and Emmy nominated American Actress Susan Michaela Sullivan (born November 18, 1942 in New York New York) is an American character actress. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alan Dean Foster (born November 18 1946) is a prolific American writer of Science fiction and Fantasy Novels and movie Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Francis Jameson Parker Jr (b November 18, 1947, Baltimore Maryland) is an American Actor, best known as the co-star of the Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrea Louisa Marcovicci (born November 18, 1948) is a Golden Globe -nominated American Actress and Singer. John David Tatum (born November 18 1948 is a former American football Defensive back who played ten seasons from 1971 to 1980 for the Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Graham Parker (born 18 November 1950 in London, England is a British rock Singer and Songwriter. Eric Pierpoint (born November 18, 1950) is an American actor He is perhaps best known for his role as George Francisco on Fox Network 's Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Justin Raimondo (born Dennis Raimondo on November 18, 1951) is a Paleoconservative / libertarian American Author Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Delroy Lindo (born November 18, 1952) is a British-born American actor Peter Douglas Beattie (born 18 November 1952) Australian politician was the 36th Premier of the Australian state of Queensland See Premiers of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Premier Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alan Moore (born November 18 1953 in Northampton) is an English Writer most famous for his influential work in Comics, including the acclaimed Kevin Nealon (born November 18, 1953) is an American Comedian and Actor best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) John Parr (born 18 November 1954, in Worksop Nottinghamshire) is a British Musician. Evan John Gray (born 18 November, 1954 in Wellington) is a former New Zealand Cricketer who played 10 Tests and 10 Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Noel Brotherston ( 18 November 1956 &ndash 6 May 1995) was a footballer. 1995)
• 1956 - Warren Moon, American football player
• 1957 - Seán Mac Falls, Irish-born poet
• 1958 - Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine football manager
• 1958 - Oscar Nunez, Cuban American actor
• 1959 - Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and football manager
• 1960 - Kim Wilde, British singer
• 1960 - Elizabeth Perkins, American actress
• 1962 - Kirk Hammett, American guitarist (Metallica)
• 1962 - Jamie Moyer, American baseball player
• 1963 - Dante Bichette, American baseball player
• 1963 - Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer
• 1963 - Len Bias, American basketball player (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Harold Warren Moon (born November 18, 1956 in Los Angeles California) is a former American and Canadian football Quarterback Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Seán Mac Falls (born 18 November 1957) is an Irish poet.Belonging to no group or movement and operating outside of literary fashions his brand of Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alberto Daniel Brailovsky ( Hebrew: דניאל בריילובסקי sometimes spelled Brailovski, born November 18, 1958 in Buenos Aires Oscar Nunez (sometimes credited as Óscar Núñez) is a Cuban American Actor and Comedian. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Martin "Jimmy" Quinn (born 18 November 1959, in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a former Northern Ireland international Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, November 18, 1960 in Chiswick, West London) is an English Pop singer, professional Elizabeth Perkins (born November 18 1960 is an Emmy - and Golden Globe award-nominated American Film, television and Theater actress Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is the Lead guitarist and a songwriter in the band Metallica and has been a member of the band Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. Jamie Moyer (born November 18, 1962 in Sellersville, Pennsylvania) is a Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball, Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alphonse Dante Bichette (ˈdɑnteɪbɪˈʃɛt born November 18, 1963 in West Palm Beach Florida) is a former American Major League Baseball Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE (born 18 November 1963 in Gladsaxe, Denmark) is a retired Danish professional footballer Leonard Kevin Bias ( November 18, 1963 &ndash June 19, 1986) was an American College basketball player who suffered a fatal 1986)
• 1966 - Jorge Camacho, Spanish poet
• 1967 - Jocelyn Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 - Barry Hunter, Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1968 - Romany Malco, American actor and music producer
• 1968 - Gary Sheffield, American baseball player
• 1968 - Owen Wilson, American actor
• 1969 - Sam Cassell, American basketball player
• 1969 - Duncan Sheik, American Singer/Songwriter
• 1969 - Ahmed Helmi, Egyptian Actor
• 1970 - Elizabeth Anne Allen, American Actress
• 1970 - Mike Epps, American actor
• 1970 - Megyn Kelly, American television news anchor
• 1970 - Johan Liiva, Sweden vocalist (Arch Enemy)
• 1970 - Peta Wilson, Australian actress
• 1972 - Jessi Alexander, American country music singer/songwriter
• 1972 - Robert Shapiro, American politician/humorist
• 1973 - Nic Pothas, South African/English wicket-keeper
• 1974 - Chloë Sevigny, American actress
• 1975 - David Ortiz, Dominican baseball player
• 1975 - Jason Williams, American basketball player
• 1975 - Anthony McPartlin, British actor and television presenter
• 1975 - Shawn Camp, American baseball player
• 1976 - Shagrath, Norwegian singer (Dimmu Borgir)
• 1976 - Mona Zaki, Egyptian Actress
• 1977 - Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1977 - Fabolous, American rapper
• 1978 - Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer
• 1980 - Okada Junichi, singer and actor (member of V6)
• 1980 - Dustin Kensrue, American Singer/Songwriter (Thrice)
• 1980 - François Duval, Belgian rally driver
• 1980 - Luke Chadwick, English footballer
• 1981 - Christina Vidal, American actress
• 1981 - Gian Magdangal, Filipino singer and actor
• 1983 - Jon Johansen, Norwegian software developer
• 1983 - Travis Buck, American baseball player
• 1984 - Johnny Christ, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
• 1984 - Ryohei Chiba, member of Japanese boy band w-inds.
• 1985 - Christian Siriano, Winner of Project Runway, Season 4
• 1986 - Nic Sampson, New Zealand actor
• 1988 - Jeffrey Jordan, son of Michael Jordan
• 1988 - Montanna Thompson, English actress
• 1992 - Nathan Kress, child actor

Deaths

• 1154 - Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Jorge Camacho ( Armado) (born 1966 is a writer in Esperanto and Spanish. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Jocelyn Lemieux (born November 18, 1967 in Mont-Laurier Quebec) is a retired former professional Ice hockey player who played for the St Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barry Hunter (born 18 November 1968, Coleraine, Northern Ireland) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer Romany Malco (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor and music producer Gary Antonian Sheffield (born November 18, 1968 in Tampa Florida) is a Major League Baseball Designated hitter and Outfielder Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor and Writer. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Samuel James Cassell (born November 18, 1969 in Baltimore, Maryland) commonly referred to as Sam Cassell, is an American Early life Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Sheik's upbringing was split between his grandparents' home in South Carolina and that of his parents Ahmed Helmi ( Arabic: أحمد حلمي (born Ahmed Mohamed Helmi Awad) ( Arabic: أحمد محمد حلمي عواد on November 18, Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elizabeth Anne Allen (born November 18, 1970) is an American Actress. Mike Epps (born November 18, 1970) is an American Comedian and Actor. Megyn Marie Kelly ( 18 November 1970) is an American Television news Anchor for the Fox News Channel. Johan 'Liiva' Axelsson (born November 18, 1970 in Helsingborg) is a Swedish Extreme metal vocalist most widely recognized as Arch Enemy is a Swedish Melodic death metal band formed in 1996 by Carcass guitarist Michael Amott along with Johan Liiva, Peta Gia Wilson (born November 18 1970 is an Australian actress and model Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jessi Alexander (born November 18, 1972 in Jackson Tennessee) is an American Country music Singer-songwriter. See also Robert Shapiro (film producer Robert Leslie Shapiro (born 2 September 1942) is a high-profile attorney Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Nic Pothas (born 18 November 1973 in Johannesburg) is a South African Cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Chloë Stevens Sevigny (born November 18, 1974) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe -nominated American Actress and Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Américo Ortiz Arias (born November 18, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball Designated Jason Chandler Williams (born November 18 1975 is a former American professional Basketball player Anthony David McPartlin also known as Ant and PJ (born 18 November 1975 is one half of the English Acting and television presenting Shawn Anthony Camp (born 18 November 1975 in Fairfax Virginia) is a right-handed Major League Baseball Relief pitcher for the Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shagrath (born Stian Tomt Thoresen on November 18, 1976) is a Norwegian musician most well-known as the vocalist of Dimmu Borgir Dimmu Borgir (ˌdɪmuːˈbɔːrɡɪr is a Symphonic black metal band from Norway. Mona Zaki ( Arabic: منى زكى (born November 18 1976) is an Egyptian actress. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Trent Barrett (born November 18, 1977 in Temora New South Wales) is an Australian professional Rugby league footballer John Jackson (born November 18 1977 better known by his Stage name Fabolous, is an American rapper. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Damien Michael Johnson (born November 18, 1978 in Lisburn) is a Northern Irish international football Midfielder Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) is a member of V6, a Japanese Boy band formed in 1995 under the management of Johnny & Associates. A V6 engine is a V engine with six cylinders mounted on the Crankcase in two banks of three cylinders Dustin Michael Kensrue (KENZ-roo (born November 18, 1980) is a vocalist lyricist and rhythm guitarist in the Orange County California post-hardcore Thrice is an American band from Irvine California. The group was founded in 1998 by guitarist/vocalist Dustin Kensrue and guitarist Teppei Teranishi while For the 18th century French dancer see François Duval (dancer. Luke Harry Chadwick (born 18 November 1980 in Cambridge, England) is an English footballer He currently plays for Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Christina Abbi Vidal (born November 18, 1981) is an American Film and Television actress and Singer. Giancarlo "Gian" Alzate Magdangal Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Jon Lech Johansen (born November 18, 1983 in Harstad, Norway) also known as DVD Jon, is a Norwegian (his father is Travis George Buck (born November 18, 1983 in Richland Washington) is a Major League Baseball Outfielder for the Oakland Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Avenged Sevenfold is an American Hard rock band formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach California. (born November 18, 1984) is a Japanese Singer and Dancer from the band w-inds, with Ryuichi Ogata, and is a Japanese pop vocal/dance group. They are popular in Japan and have performed in shows such as the annual, a Japanese TV program that invites only Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Christian Siriano (born November 18, 1985) is an American Fashion designer and the winner of the fourth season of American Reality Project Runway is a Peabody Award -winning American Reality television series on the Bravo network which focuses on Fashion design. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Nic Sampson (born November 18, 1986) is a New Zealand actor mostly known for playing Chip Thorn in Power Rangers Mystic Force Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Jeffrey Michael Jordan (born November 18, 1988) is an American college basketball player for the University of Illinois. Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963 is a retired American professional Basketball player and active businessman Montanna Shakira Thompson (born November 18, 1988) is an English Actress best known for her role as Justine Littlewood, Tracy's Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Nathan Karl Kress (born November 18 1992 in Glendale California) is an American Teen actor and Voice actor. Adelaide of Savoy or Adelaide of Maurienne ( Italian: Adelaide di Savoia or Adelasia di Moriana, French: Adélaïde or Louis VI ( 1 December 1081 – 1 August 1137) called the Fat (le Gros was King of France from 1108 until his death (1137 1092)
• 1305 - John II, Duke of Brittany (b. John II (in Breton Yann II, in French Jean II de Dreux) (1239 &ndash November 18 1305) was Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond 1239)
• 1559 - Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. Cuthbert Tunstall (or Tonstall) (1474&ndash November 18, 1559) was an English church leader twice Bishop of Durham during the reigns 1474)
• 1590 - George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford KG, (1528 &ndash 18 November 1590) was an English statesman during the 16th century 1528)
• 1724 - Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese naturalist (b. Year 1724 ( MDCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Bartolomeu de Gusmão, born Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão (1685 Santos São Paulo Brazil – November 18, 1724, Toledo 1685)
• 1785 - Louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer (b. Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Louis Philippe I Duke of Orléans, known as le Gros ( the Fat) ( May 12, 1725 &ndash November 18, 1785) was a member of 1725)
• 1797 - Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat ( 2 January 1719 &ndash 18 November 1797) was one of the most important shipbuilders and merchants of the 1719)
• 1814 - William Jessop, British civil engineer (b. Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Jessop ( 23 January 1745 - 18 November 1814) was a noted English Civil engineer, particularly famed for his work 1745)
• 1886 - Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (b. Year 1745 ( MDCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Chester Alan Arthur (October 5 1829 &ndash November 18 1886 was an American politician who served as the twenty-first President of the United States. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1829)
• 1889 - William Allingham, Irish author
• 1922 - Marcel Proust, French novelist (b. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Allingham (March 19 1824 or 1828 - November 18 1889 was an Irish man of letters and poet Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (maʁsɛl pʁust (10 July 1871 &ndash 18 November 1922 was a French Novelist Essayist and Critic 1871)
• 1941 - Walther Nernst, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Walther Hermann Nernst ( June 25, 1864 &ndash November 18, 1941) was a German Physicist who is known for his theories The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1864)
• 1941 - Chris Watson, third Prime Minister of Australia (b. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year John Christian Watson (9 April 1867 – 18 November 1941 commonly known as Chris Watson, Australian politician was the third Prime Minister of Australia The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. 1867)
• 1941 - Émile Nelligan, Quebec poet (b. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Émile Nelligan ( December 24, 1879 - November 18, 1941) was a Francophone poet from Quebec, Canada 1879)
• 1952 - Paul Eluard, French poet (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Éluard was the Pen name of Eugène Émile Paul Grindel ( 14 December 1895 – 18 November 1952) a French 1895)
• 1962 - Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Niels Henrik David Bohr (nels ˈb̥oɐ̯ˀ in Danish 7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962 was a Danish Physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature 1885)
• 1965 - Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States (b. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Henry Agard Wallace (October 7 1888 &ndash November 18 1965 was the thirty-third Vice President of the United States (1941&ndash45 the eleventh Secretary of The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death 1888)
• 1969 - Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., American politician (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy Sr (September 6 1888 &ndash November 18 1969 was a prominent American businessman and political figure and the father of U 1888)
• 1969 - Ted Heath, British musician and bandleader (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a George Edward 'Ted' Heath ( 30 March, 1902 &ndash 18 November, 1969) was the most famous English Bandleader of the 40s 1902)
• 1972 - Danny Whitten, American musician and songwriter (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Danny Ray Whitten ( May 8, 1943 - November 18, 1972) was an American musician and Songwriter best known for his work with 1943)
• 1976 - Man Ray, American artist (b. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Man Ray, born Emmanuel Radnitzky ( August 27 1890 &ndash November 18 1976) in Philadelphia PA and raised 1890)
• 1977 - Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian politician (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Kurt Alois Josef Johann Schuschnigg ( December 14, 1897 - November 18, 1977) was an Austrian Politician who in 1934 succeeded the assassinated 1897)
• 1977 - Victor Francen, Belgian actor (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Victor Francen, born Victor Franssen, ( 5 August 1888 – 18 November 1977) was a Belgian -born actor with a long career 1888)
• 1978 - Jim Jones, American cult leader (suicide) (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) James Warren "Jim" Jones (May 13 1931 &ndash November 18 1978 was the American founder of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18 1978 1931)
• 1978 - Leo Ryan, U. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leo Joseph Ryan Jr (May 5 1925&ndashNovember 18 1978 was an American politician of the Democratic Party. S. Congressman (b. 1925)
• 1979 - Freddie Fitzsimmons, baseball player (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Frederick Landis Fitzsimmons ( July 28 1901 - November 18 1979) nicknamed "Fat Freddie" was an American right-handed 1901)
• 1980 - Conn Smythe, NHL coach 1927-1931 (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe MC (1 February 1895 – 18 November 1980 was a Canadian builder in the National Hockey League. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America 1895)
• 1982 - Duk Koo Kim, Korean boxer (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Kim Duk-Koo ( January 8, 1959 &ndash November 17, 1982) was a South Korean boxer who is most famous for his death resulting 1959)
• 1984 - Mary Hamman, American writer and editor (b. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Mary Hamman ( 2 August 1907 &ndash 18 November 1984) was an American Writer and editor. 1907)
• 1986 - Gia Carangi, American model (AIDS) (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Gia Marie Carangi ( January 29, 1960 – November 18, 1986) was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s 1960)
• 1987 - Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (cancer) (b. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Jacques Anquetil ( 8 January 1934 &ndash 18 November 1987) was a French Road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled 1934)
• 1991 - Gustáv Husák, President of Czechoslovakia (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Gustáv Husák ( January 10, 1913 - November 18, 1991) was a Slovak politician president of Czechoslovakia and a long-term This is a list of Presidents of Czechoslovakia, both elected and acting 1913)
• 1994 - Cab Calloway, American bandleader (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Cabell "Cab" Calloway III ( December 25, 1907 &ndash November 18, 1994) was a famous American Jazz Singer 1907)
• 1999 - Paul Bowles, American novelist (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Paul Frederic Bowles ( December 30, 1910 – November 18, 1999) was an American Expatriate Composer, Author, 1910)
• 1999 - Doug Sahm, American musician (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Douglas Wayne Sahm ( November 6, 1941 – November 18, 1999) was a Musician from Texas. 1941)
• 2002 - James Coburn, American actor (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. James Harrison Coburn Jr ( 31 August &ndash 18 November) was an American film and television actor known for his charisma and natural charm 1928)
• 2003 - Michael Kamen, American composer (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Kamen ( April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American Composer (especially of Film scores 1948)
• 2004 - Cy Coleman, American composer, songwriter and pianist (b. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " For the fictional principal Seymour Kaufman see Room 222. Cy Coleman ( June 14, 1929 - November 18, 2004) was an American 1929)
• 2005 - Harold J. Stone, American actor (b. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harold J Stone ( March 13 1913 – November 18 2005) was an American film and television Character 1911)

Holidays and observances

• United Nations World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year
• Roman festivals - day 1 Dios dedicated to the sun god by emperor Licinius
• Latvia - Independence Day (1918)
• Oman - National holiday
• Venezuela - Feast of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá, also known as la Chinita, in the western state of Zulia
• Abhai of Hach
• Roman Catholic Saints - Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul ; Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne ; also St Mawes, St Odo of Cluny, St Romanus of Antioch

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Roman holidays generally were celebrated to worship and celebrate a certain god or mythological occurrence and consisted of religious observances various festival traditions and usually For other Romans of this name see Licinius (gens. Valerius Licinianus Licinius (c Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the Anniversary of a Nation 's assumption of independent Statehood, usually after ceasing Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman ( Arabic: سلطنة عُمان) is an Arab Country in Southwest Asia on the southeast The National Day is a designated date on which celebrations mark the Nationhood of a Nation or non-sovereign Country. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Estado Zulia is one of Venezuela 's 23 states ''(estados''. The state capital is Maracaibo. Abhai of Hach was an Abbot of the Monastery of Kartamin in Syria. The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints The Latin word basilica (derived from Greek, Basiliké Stoà, Royal Stoa) was originally used to describe a Roman The Basilica of Saint Peter (Basilica Sancti Petri officially known in Italian as the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as St The Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls or St Paul-without-the-Walls (Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura is one of four churches considered to be the great Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne ( August 29, 1769 - November 18, 1852) was a Catholic Nun and French St Mawes is a small town opposite Falmouth, on the south coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. Saint Odo of Cluny (c 878 – 18 November 942) a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church, was the second Abbot of Cluny. Saint Romanus of Caesarea (also known as Romanus of Antioch) is venerated as a Martyr.

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