November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 43 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).
NATIONAL VICHYSSOISE DAY
326 – Construction of the old St. Peter's Basilica is initiated during the reign of Roman Emperor Constantine I.
401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy.
NATIONAL VICHYSSOISE DAY
326 – Construction of the old St. Peter's Basilica is initiated during the reign of Roman Emperor Constantine I.
401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy.
1307 – According to legend, William Tell shoots an apple off his son's head.
1626 – The new St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated. Catholic tradition holds that the Basilica is the burial site of St. Peter, one of Christ's Apostles and also the first Pope; supposedly, St. Peter's tomb is directly below the high altar of the Basilica. For this reason, many Popes have been interred at St. Peter's since the Early Christian period. There has been a church on this site since the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great (272AD - 337AD).
1878 – Soprano Marie Selika Williams became the first Black artist to perform at the White House, for Republican president Rutherford B. Hayes.
1883 – American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
1883 – American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
1943 – World War II: The Battle of Berlin — Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
1916 – World War I: First Battle of the Somme — In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916 (over five months).
1938 – Trade union members elect Mormon-born John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). Lewis was hand-selected by Samuel Gompers to act as a full-time union organizer for the United Mine Workers.
1943 – World War II: The Battle of Berlin — Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
1961 – United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
1963 – The first push-button telephone goes into service.
1963 – The first push-button telephone goes into service.
1991 – After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.
1993 – In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.
1996 – A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) of tunnel.
1993 – In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.
1996 – A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) of tunnel.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1774 – Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837)
1787 – Louis Daguerre, French physicist and photographer, developed the daguerreotype (d. 1851)
1899 – Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (d. 1985)
1901 – George Gallup, American statistician and academic (d. 1984)
1917 – Beebe Steven Lynk, African-American chemist and author (d. 1948)
1923 – Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1998)
1936 – Don Cherry, American trumpet player (Old and New Dreams, New York Contemporary Five, and Codona) (d. 1995)
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
1774 – Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837)
1787 – Louis Daguerre, French physicist and photographer, developed the daguerreotype (d. 1851)
1899 – Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (d. 1985)
1901 – George Gallup, American statistician and academic (d. 1984)
1917 – Beebe Steven Lynk, African-American chemist and author (d. 1948)
1923 – Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1998)
1936 – Don Cherry, American trumpet player (Old and New Dreams, New York Contemporary Five, and Codona) (d. 1995)
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
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