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What happened in history on this day: November 18?
On November 18 in ...
- 1776 - Hessians capture Fort Lee, New Jersey.
- 1776 - The Second American Continental Congress sets up a lottery to aid in the war effort.
- 1805 - 30 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset, Maine, organizes Female Charitable Society, the first woman's club in America.
- 1820 - US Navy Captain Nathaniel B Palmer discovers Antarctica.
- 1872 - Susan B. Anthony is arrested for voting in the US presidential election.
- 1874 - National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 1883 - Standard time zones established by railroads in US and Canada.
- 1894 - First newspaper Sunday color comic section published (New York World).
- 1909 - US invades Nicaragua.
- 1913 - Lincoln Deachey performs first US airplane loop-the-loop (San Diego, California, USA).
- 1928 - The Colony Theater in New York debuts Disney's Mickey Mouse film Steamboat Willie. This is the sound debut of Mickey Mouse, with Minnie Mouse (unnamed) as co-star. The film is the first cartoon to feature synchronized sound.
- 1932 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Honorable Mention Oscar award to Walt Disney Productions for "Distinctive Achievement", the creation of Mickey Mouse.
- 1932 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Cartoons) to Walt Disney for the film Flowers and Trees. This is the first Academy Award for a cartoon.
- 1936 - Main span of Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, California) is joined.
- 1943 - First US ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated.
- 1952 - A briefing document is prepared for president-elect Dwight Eisenhower on Operation Majestic 12, top secret research and development and intelligence operation to deal with the UFO issue.
- 1955 - Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for first powered flight.
- 1960 - Copyright office issues its ten-millionth registration.
- 1961 - US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed.
- 1964 - J Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar".
- 1966 - US Roman Catholic bishops do away with rule against eating meat on Fridays.
- 1967 - British government devalues pound sterling from US equivalent of US$2.80 to US$2.40.
- 1978 - In Guyana, Jim Jones leads his People's Temple cult in a mass murder-suicide that claims 918 lives in all, including Jim Jones, 909 of them at Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. US Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four others are assassinated by gunfire by members of People's Temple shortly beforehand.
- 1985 - Space shuttle Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport, Washington, DC, is and turned over to the Smithsonian Institution.
- 1985 - Comic strip Calvin and Hobbes debuts in 35 newspapers.
- 1987 - U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President Ronald Reagan with 'ultimate responsibility' for the Iran-Contra affair.
- 1988 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill providing the death penalty for drug traffickers.
- 1991 - Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon set Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite free, after four years of captivity. American educator Thomas M. Sutherland is also released.
- 1999 - In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 28 injured at Texas A&M University when the annual Aggie Bonfire collapses while under construction.
- 2008 - Heads of automakers General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler appear before a Senate banking committee to ask for financial assistance.
- 2021 - Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam are exonorated in their conviction for the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965.
Births on November 18
- 1810 - Birth of Asa Gray in Sauquoit, New York, USA; botanist (Flora of North America).
- 1874 - Birth of Clarence Shepard Day in New York City, New York, USA; writer (Life with Father).
- 1897 - Birth of Jules Buffano in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; pianist (Jimmy Durante Show).
- 1901 - Birth of George Gallup in Jefferson, Iowa, USA; public opinion pollster (Gallup Poll).
- 1908 - Birth of Imogene Coca in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl).
- 1909 - Birth of Johnny Mercer in Savannah, Georgia, USA; lyricist ("Moon River", "That Old Black Magic").
- 1912 - Birth of Arthur Peterson in Mandan, North Dakota, USA; actor (Major - Soap, Crisis).
- 1919 - Birth of Jocelyn Brando in San Francisco, California, USA; actress (Ugly American).
- 1923 - Birth of Alan B Shepard Junior in East Derry, New Hampshire, USA; Rear Admiral US Navy, astronaut (Mercury 3, Apollo 14).
- 1936 - Birth of Hank Ballard in Detroit, Michigan, USA; rocker ("The Twist").
- 1939 - Birth of Brenda Vaccaro in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Cactus Flower, Sara, Paper Dolls).
- 1942 - Birth of Jeffrey Siegel in Chicago, Illinois, USA; pianist (Chicago Symphony).
- 1942 - Birth of Linda Evans in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actress (Dynasty, Big Valley, Beach Blanket Bingo).
- 1943 - Birth of Susan Sullivan in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Having Babies, Falcon Crest).
- 1945 - Birth of Glen Walken in Astoria, Queens, New York, USA; actor (Leave it to Larry).
- 1947 - Birth of Jameson Parker in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (American Justice, Simon and Simon).
- 1948 - Birth of Andrea Marcovicci in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Gloria - Berrengers, Fran - Trapper John).
- 1948 - Birth of Jack Tatum in Cherryville, North Carolina, USA; NFL defensive back (Oakland Raiders).
- 1949 - Birth of Ted Sator in Utica, New York, USA; NHL coach (New York Rangers, Buffalo Sabres).
- 1951 - Birth of Mark N Brown in Valparaiso, Indiana, USA; Major US Air Force/astronaut (STS 28, STS 48).
- 1957 - Birth of Jenny Burton in New York City, USA; rocker ("Nobody Loves Me Like You Do").
- 1961 - Birth of Janice Lynn Kuehnemund in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; rocker (Vixen - "Rev It Up").
- 1973 - Birth of Steve Christopher in Petree, Oklahoma, USA; rocker (PC Quest - "Can You See").
Deaths on November 18
- 1886 - Death of Chester Alan Arthur in New York, New York, USA at age 56; collector at the Port of New York (1871-1878), Vice President of the USA (1881), 21st President of the USA (1881-1885).
- 1969 - Joseph P Kennedy dies in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, at age 81.
- 1978 - In Guyana, Jim Jones leads his People's Temple cult in a mass murder-suicide that claims 918 lives in all, including Jim Jones, 909 of them at Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. US Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four others are assassinated by gunfire by members of People's Temple shortly beforehand.
- 1984 - Death of Mary Hamman, American writer and editor, modern living editor LIFE and editor-in-chief Bride & Home (born 1907).
- 1992 - Death of Dorothy Kirsten at age 75 after a stroke; lyric soprano (Metropolitan Opera, co-starred on the Lucky Strike Hit Parade, guest on Ed Sullivan Show, Colgate Comedy Hour, Dinah Shore Chevy Show).
- 2003 - Death of Michael Kamen, American composer (born 1948).
- 2015 - Death of Mal Whitfield, American Olympic athlete (born 1924).
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