A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on November 18 throughout history.
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"Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers," the first dated printed book in England, is printed by William Caxton at his press in Westminster
St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated in Rome, replacing an earlier basilica on the same site and becoming the world's largest Christian church
British General Douglas Haig finally calls off the First Battle of the Somme in World War I after more than 1 million soldiers are killed or wounded
In Jonestown, Guyana, 918 members of the Peoples Temple are murdered or commit suicide under the leadership of cult leader Jim Jones
The Constitution of South Africa is the supreme law of the Republic of South Africa.
Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
The Up All Night Tour was the first headlining concert tour by English-Irish boy band One Direction, in support of their debut studio album, Up All Night (2011).
1st Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Lake Nona G & CC: US beats Europe 11½-4½ in the inaugural event; Kathy Whitworth and Mickey Walker are the US and European captains
2nd Earl Grey Charles Grey (30) weds only daughter of 1st Baron Ponsonby Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby
KFC founder Colonel Sanders (58) weds his long-time employee Claudia Price
American "Rock Around The Clock" rock 'n' roll pioneer Bill Haley (27) weds second wife Barbara Cupchak
American actress-singer Janet Jackson (19) and American R&B singer James DeBarge (22) have marriage annulled after less than a year
Old St. Peter's Basilica consecrated in Rome (stood 4th - 16th century), later replaced by current Basilica
Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto
Sylvester IV, born Maginulf, was a claimant to the Papacy from 1105 to 1111 in opposition to Paschal II. A priest before his election, he was probably a native of Rome.
Otto IV (1175 – 19 May 1218) was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 until his death in 1218. Otto spent most of his early life in England and France.
Pope Boniface VIII issues papal bull (decree) "Unam sanctam" emphasizing the higher position of the spiritual in comparison with the secular order
William Tell reputedly shoots an apple off his son's head
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
Storm flood ravages Dutch coast
Seventh Council of Toledo of bishops convened by Visigothic King of Hispania Chindasuinth, extends treason laws to the clergy
Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC
Charles François Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practising the surgery on several peasants.
The Treaty of Vienna or Peace of Vienna of 1738 ended the War of the Polish Succession.
Prussia and Great Britain sign an anti-French military covenant
Worst quake in Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths reported
First Unitarian minister in US ordained, Boston
Battle of Vertieres; Haitian population inflict final defeat on French force attempting to quell slave rebellion on colony of Saint-Dominque
Pulver Purim is first celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape of Rabbi Abraham Danzig from a gunpowder explosion in Vilna
Antarctica ( ) is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean),...
The Treaty of Zonhoven was signed in Zonhoven on November 18, 1833, between representatives of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and Belgium.
Rose Philippine Duchesne, RSCJ, was a French religious sister and educator whom Pope John Paul II canonized in 1988.
The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, fully the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America, was a unicameral congress of deputies and delegates called together from the...
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) is an international temperance organization.
Antonín Dvořák's "Husitska" (Hussite Overture) premieres at the gala opening of the Prague National Theater
Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii
Richard Outcault's early comic strip "Origin of a New Species" published in World
Trumper scores 208 in 185 mins (1 five 25 fours) NSW v Qld
In 1513 the Spanish conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa first crossed the Isthmus of Panama.
Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michtom names his stuffed teddy bear after US President "Teddy" Roosevelt [1]
The Panama Canal Zone (Spanish: Zona del Canal de Panamá), also known as just the Canal Zone, was a concession of the United States located in the Isthmus of Panama that existed from 1903 to 1979.
General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup
Anarchists bomb St. Peter's Basilica in Rome
US invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya
First American performance of Ludwig Thuille's opera "Lobetanz", Metropolitan Opera in New York City
Cholera breaks out in Constantinople, in the Ottoman Empire
Lincoln Beachey becomes the first American pilot to perform an aircraft loop-the-loop in his Curtiss aeroplane near San Diego
Sigma Alpha Rho, a Jewish high school fraternity, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Belgian troops re-enter Brussels, lost to the German invaders on 20 August 1914
H. Tierney & J. McCarthy's musical "Irene" premieres in NYC
The Apollo Theater (formerly the Hurtig & Seamon's New Theatre; also Apollo Theatre or 125th Street Apollo Theatre) is a multi-use theater at 253 West 125th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Upper...
Turkish National Assembly nominates Abdülmecid II as caliph - the last Ottoman caliph
George Bernard Shaw accepts the Nobel Prize for Literature but refuses the prize money, saying "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize"
Foundation stone for Umaid Bhawan Palace laid in Jodhpur, India. Originally built to provide employment for drought-stricken farmers, now one of world's largest private residences
Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope and Fred Astaire premieres in NYC
John Llewellyn Lewis (February 12, 1880 – June 11, 1969) was an American leader of organized labor who served as the ninth president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960 and...
Dutch KNSM passenger ship Simón Bolívar hits German mine, 86 die
Berlin, the capital of Germany, was subject to 363 air raids during the Second World War.
Arnold Schoenberg's Prelude for orchestra and mixed choir premieres
The U.S. Air Force grounds B-29s after two crashes and 23 deaths in three days
"See it Now" premieres on TV
Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage
The Bell X-2 rocket plane has its first powered flight, reaching Mach 0.992 at Edwards Air Force Base
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens
Charles Oscar Finley (February 22, 1918 – February 19, 1996), nicknamed "Charlie O" or "Charley O", was an American businessman who owned Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics.
A push-button telephone is a telephone that has buttons or keys for dialing a telephone number, in contrast to a rotary dial used in earlier telephones. Western Electric experimented as early as 1941...
Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Sandy Koufax announces his retirement due to an arthritic left elbow
The pound (symbol £, £N.Z. for distinction) was the currency of New Zealand from 1933 until 1967, when it was replaced by the New Zealand dollar.
Zond 5 was a spacecraft of the Soviet Zond program. In September 1968 Zond 5 travelled to the Moon in a circumlunar trajectory and became the first Moon mission to include animals and the first to...
Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi assigned to the Tate and LaBianca murders, will eventually convict Charles Mason for orchestrating the killings
A British soldier is shot dead by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Belfast
Arab oil ministers cancel the scheduled 5 percent cut in production for EEC
Donald Edward Gullett (January 6, 1951 – February 14, 2024) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from 1970 through 1978.
The McDonnell Douglas F A designation). Designed by McDonnell Douglas and Northrop, the F A-18; the United States Marine Corps would also adopt the aircraft.
Enriched uranium is a type of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 (written 235U) has been increased through the process of isotope separation.
Browns set team records for most sacks (11)
Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport
"Spies Like Us" is the title song to the 1985 Warner Bros. motion picture of the same name, starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, and Donna Dixon.
31 people die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest tube station
Pennsylvania is first to restrict abortions after US Supreme Court gave states the right to do so
Auburn men's basketball team placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations and not eligible for post-season play 1991-92
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America.
Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness
Star Trek: First Contact is a 1996 American science fiction film directed by Jonathan Frakes in his feature film debut.
Eappen family hire Louise Woodward as their nanny, later charged with murder and convicted of involuntary manslaughter
Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the film of the same name composed, orchestrated, and conducted by James Horner and performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony.
70s glam-rock star Gary Glitter (real name Paul Gadd) arrested by British police in child porn probe
Warner Bros. releases "Songs from The Capeman", ninth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; it contains Simon's own performances of songs from his Broadway musical flop
In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when a massive bonfire under construction collapses.
Home crowd favourite Leyton Hewitt wins his first of 2 season-ending Tennis Masters Cup titles with a 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 victory over Frenchman Sébastien Grosjean in Sydney, Australia
The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the United Kingdom have developed significantly over time.
The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,...
In November 2012, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched Operation Pillar of Defense, which was an eight-day campaign in the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip, beginning on 14 November 2012 with the...
The 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2012) was a Formula One motor race that took place at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo,...
20 people are killed after a train collides with a minibus in Cairo, Egypt
The Jamaica women's national football team, nicknamed the "Reggae Girlz", represents Jamaica in international women's football.
American missionary John Allen Chau killed on forbidden North Sentinel Island, Bay of Bengal by one of world's most isolated tribe
US judge exonerates Muhammad Abdul Aziz and Khalil Islam for the killing of Malcolm X in 1965, saying they were "wrongly convicted", after 55 years [1]
International Bureau of Weights and Measures votes to abandon the leap second, to take effect in 2035, originally inserted in 1972 to reconcile atomic and astronomical time scales [1]
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II.
Sojourner Truth, American african-american activist, known for african-american activist, was born on 1797-11-18.
Alec Issigonis, British car designer, known for british car designer, was born on 1906-11-18.
Margaret Atwood, Canadian writer, known for canadian writer, was born on 1940-11-18. Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor.
Imogene Coca, American comic actress, known for american comic actress, was born on 1908-11-18.
Linda Evans is born
Owen Wilson, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1969-11-18. Owen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor and screenwriter.
Carl Maria von Weber, German musician, known for german composer, was born on 1786-11-18.
Eugene Ormandy, American musician, known for hungarian-american conductor and violinist, was born on 1899-11-18.
Kirk Hammett, American musician, known for american guitarist, was born on 1963-11-18. Kirk Lee Hammett is an American musician.
Thomas Huber, German athlete, known for german climber and mountaineer, was born on 1967-11-18.
David Ortiz, American athlete, known for dominican-american baseball player, was born on 1976-11-18.
George Gallup, American statistician, known for american statistician, was born on 1901-11-18.
George Wald is born
Old St. Peter's Basilica consecrated in Rome (stood 4th - 16th century), later replaced by current Basilica
Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto
Sylvester IV, born Maginulf, was a claimant to the Papacy from 1105 to 1111 in opposition to Paschal II. A priest before his election, he was probably a native of Rome.
Otto IV (1175 – 19 May 1218) was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 until his death in 1218. Otto spent most of his early life in England and France.
Pope Boniface VIII issues papal bull (decree) "Unam sanctam" emphasizing the higher position of the spiritual in comparison with the secular order
William Tell reputedly shoots an apple off his son's head
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
Storm flood ravages Dutch coast
"Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers," the first dated printed book in England, is printed by William Caxton at his press in Westminster
St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated in Rome, replacing an earlier basilica on the same site and becoming the world's largest Christian church
Seventh Council of Toledo of bishops convened by Visigothic King of Hispania Chindasuinth, extends treason laws to the clergy
Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC
Charles François Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practising the surgery on several peasants.
The Treaty of Vienna or Peace of Vienna of 1738 ended the War of the Polish Succession.
Prussia and Great Britain sign an anti-French military covenant
Worst quake in Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths reported
Carl Maria von Weber, German musician, known for german composer, was born on 1786-11-18.
First Unitarian minister in US ordained, Boston
2nd Earl Grey Charles Grey (30) weds only daughter of 1st Baron Ponsonby Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby
Sojourner Truth, American african-american activist, known for african-american activist, was born on 1797-11-18.
Battle of Vertieres; Haitian population inflict final defeat on French force attempting to quell slave rebellion on colony of Saint-Dominque
Pulver Purim is first celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape of Rabbi Abraham Danzig from a gunpowder explosion in Vilna
Antarctica ( ) is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean),...
The Treaty of Zonhoven was signed in Zonhoven on November 18, 1833, between representatives of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and Belgium.
Rose Philippine Duchesne, RSCJ, was a French religious sister and educator whom Pope John Paul II canonized in 1988.
The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, fully the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America, was a unicameral congress of deputies and delegates called together from the...
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) is an international temperance organization.
Antonín Dvořák's "Husitska" (Hussite Overture) premieres at the gala opening of the Prague National Theater
Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii
Richard Outcault's early comic strip "Origin of a New Species" published in World
Trumper scores 208 in 185 mins (1 five 25 fours) NSW v Qld
Eugene Ormandy, American musician, known for hungarian-american conductor and violinist, was born on 1899-11-18.
In 1513 the Spanish conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa first crossed the Isthmus of Panama.
George Gallup, American statistician, known for american statistician, was born on 1901-11-18.
Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michtom names his stuffed teddy bear after US President "Teddy" Roosevelt [1]
The Panama Canal Zone (Spanish: Zona del Canal de Panamá), also known as just the Canal Zone, was a concession of the United States located in the Isthmus of Panama that existed from 1903 to 1979.
General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup
Anarchists bomb St. Peter's Basilica in Rome
Alec Issigonis, British car designer, known for british car designer, was born on 1906-11-18.
George Wald is born
Imogene Coca, American comic actress, known for american comic actress, was born on 1908-11-18.
US invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya
First American performance of Ludwig Thuille's opera "Lobetanz", Metropolitan Opera in New York City
Cholera breaks out in Constantinople, in the Ottoman Empire
Lincoln Beachey becomes the first American pilot to perform an aircraft loop-the-loop in his Curtiss aeroplane near San Diego
British General Douglas Haig finally calls off the First Battle of the Somme in World War I after more than 1 million soldiers are killed or wounded
Sigma Alpha Rho, a Jewish high school fraternity, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Belgian troops re-enter Brussels, lost to the German invaders on 20 August 1914
H. Tierney & J. McCarthy's musical "Irene" premieres in NYC
The Apollo Theater (formerly the Hurtig & Seamon's New Theatre; also Apollo Theatre or 125th Street Apollo Theatre) is a multi-use theater at 253 West 125th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Upper...
Turkish National Assembly nominates Abdülmecid II as caliph - the last Ottoman caliph
George Bernard Shaw accepts the Nobel Prize for Literature but refuses the prize money, saying "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize"
Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
Foundation stone for Umaid Bhawan Palace laid in Jodhpur, India. Originally built to provide employment for drought-stricken farmers, now one of world's largest private residences
Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope and Fred Astaire premieres in NYC
John Llewellyn Lewis (February 12, 1880 – June 11, 1969) was an American leader of organized labor who served as the ninth president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960 and...
Dutch KNSM passenger ship Simón Bolívar hits German mine, 86 die
Margaret Atwood, Canadian writer, known for canadian writer, was born on 1940-11-18. Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor.
Berlin, the capital of Germany, was subject to 363 air raids during the Second World War.
Linda Evans is born
Arnold Schoenberg's Prelude for orchestra and mixed choir premieres
KFC founder Colonel Sanders (58) weds his long-time employee Claudia Price
The U.S. Air Force grounds B-29s after two crashes and 23 deaths in three days
"See it Now" premieres on TV
American "Rock Around The Clock" rock 'n' roll pioneer Bill Haley (27) weds second wife Barbara Cupchak
Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage
The Bell X-2 rocket plane has its first powered flight, reaching Mach 0.992 at Edwards Air Force Base
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens
Charles Oscar Finley (February 22, 1918 – February 19, 1996), nicknamed "Charlie O" or "Charley O", was an American businessman who owned Major League Baseball's Oakland Athletics.
A push-button telephone is a telephone that has buttons or keys for dialing a telephone number, in contrast to a rotary dial used in earlier telephones. Western Electric experimented as early as 1941...
Kirk Hammett, American musician, known for american guitarist, was born on 1963-11-18. Kirk Lee Hammett is an American musician.
Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Sandy Koufax announces his retirement due to an arthritic left elbow
The pound (symbol £, £N.Z. for distinction) was the currency of New Zealand from 1933 until 1967, when it was replaced by the New Zealand dollar.
Thomas Huber, German athlete, known for german climber and mountaineer, was born on 1967-11-18.
Zond 5 was a spacecraft of the Soviet Zond program. In September 1968 Zond 5 travelled to the Moon in a circumlunar trajectory and became the first Moon mission to include animals and the first to...
Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi assigned to the Tate and LaBianca murders, will eventually convict Charles Mason for orchestrating the killings
Owen Wilson, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1969-11-18. Owen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor and screenwriter.
A British soldier is shot dead by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Belfast
Arab oil ministers cancel the scheduled 5 percent cut in production for EEC
Donald Edward Gullett (January 6, 1951 – February 14, 2024) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from 1970 through 1978.
David Ortiz, American athlete, known for dominican-american baseball player, was born on 1976-11-18.
In Jonestown, Guyana, 918 members of the Peoples Temple are murdered or commit suicide under the leadership of cult leader Jim Jones
The McDonnell Douglas F A designation). Designed by McDonnell Douglas and Northrop, the F A-18; the United States Marine Corps would also adopt the aircraft.
Enriched uranium is a type of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 (written 235U) has been increased through the process of isotope separation.
Browns set team records for most sacks (11)
American actress-singer Janet Jackson (19) and American R&B singer James DeBarge (22) have marriage annulled after less than a year
Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport
"Spies Like Us" is the title song to the 1985 Warner Bros. motion picture of the same name, starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, and Donna Dixon.
31 people die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest tube station
Pennsylvania is first to restrict abortions after US Supreme Court gave states the right to do so
1st Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Lake Nona G & CC: US beats Europe 11½-4½ in the inaugural event; Kathy Whitworth and Mickey Walker are the US and European captains
Auburn men's basketball team placed on 2 yr probation for recruiting violations and not eligible for post-season play 1991-92
The Constitution of South Africa is the supreme law of the Republic of South Africa.
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America.
Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness
Star Trek: First Contact is a 1996 American science fiction film directed by Jonathan Frakes in his feature film debut.
Eappen family hire Louise Woodward as their nanny, later charged with murder and convicted of involuntary manslaughter
Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the film of the same name composed, orchestrated, and conducted by James Horner and performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony.
70s glam-rock star Gary Glitter (real name Paul Gadd) arrested by British police in child porn probe
Warner Bros. releases "Songs from The Capeman", ninth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Paul Simon; it contains Simon's own performances of songs from his Broadway musical flop
In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when a massive bonfire under construction collapses.
Home crowd favourite Leyton Hewitt wins his first of 2 season-ending Tennis Masters Cup titles with a 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 victory over Frenchman Sébastien Grosjean in Sydney, Australia
The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the United Kingdom have developed significantly over time.
The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,...
The Up All Night Tour was the first headlining concert tour by English-Irish boy band One Direction, in support of their debut studio album, Up All Night (2011).
In November 2012, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched Operation Pillar of Defense, which was an eight-day campaign in the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip, beginning on 14 November 2012 with the...
The 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2012) was a Formula One motor race that took place at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo,...
20 people are killed after a train collides with a minibus in Cairo, Egypt
The Jamaica women's national football team, nicknamed the "Reggae Girlz", represents Jamaica in international women's football.
American missionary John Allen Chau killed on forbidden North Sentinel Island, Bay of Bengal by one of world's most isolated tribe
US judge exonerates Muhammad Abdul Aziz and Khalil Islam for the killing of Malcolm X in 1965, saying they were "wrongly convicted", after 55 years [1]
International Bureau of Weights and Measures votes to abandon the leap second, to take effect in 2035, originally inserted in 1972 to reconcile atomic and astronomical time scales [1]
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II.