November 18

Events

 * - The old is consecrated.
 * - The, called by to discuss sending the  to the , begins.
 * - issues the   (The One Holy).
 * - According to, shoots an apple off of his son's head.
 * - A seawall at the dike breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people in the.
 * - produces Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, the first book printed on a  in.
 * - first sights what is now.
 * - is consecrated.
 * - operates on King 's  after practicing the surgery on several peasants.
 * - The, the last major battle of the , is fought, leading to the establishment of the , the first black republic in the.
 * - dies in . She would be  canonized on,  by.
 * - King decided to sign, which declared  as part of , what was seen by the  as a violation of the  and lead to the.
 * - 's story ' is published in the '.
 * - American and Canadian s institute five standard continental s, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
 * - The is signed by the  and, giving the Americans exclusive rights over the.
 * - General steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a.
 * - Prince Carl of becomes King.
 * - Two United States are sent to  after 500  (including two Americans) are executed by order of.
 * - : ends - In,  commander  calls off the battle which started on ,.
 * -, a  , is founded in.
 * - declares its independence from.
 * - refuses to accept the  for his, saying, "I can forgive  for inventing , but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize."
 * - Release of the animated short , the first fully synchronized sound, directed by and , featuring the second appearances of cartoon stars  and . This is also considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
 * - : Off the south coast of in the, a  7.2 submarine , centered on , breaks 12 submarine s and triggers a  that destroys many south coast communities in the  area.
 * - members elect  as the first president of the.
 * - : German leader and Italian Foreign Minister  meet to discuss 's disastrous invasion of.
 * 1940  - 's  places his first  at a  office building used by.
 * - :  carry out selection of Jewish  in, western , arresting 5.000 "unproductive ". All get deported to the  death camp.
 * - :, 440 planes bomb  causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF lost nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
 * 1943  - : Aktion Emtefest: Nazis liquidate  in, western , murdering at least 6.000 surviving .  leader  declares  (Lemberg) to be Judenfrei (free from the ).
 * - announced his retirement from.
 * -  asks the  for $155 million  in supplemental aid for the n government.
 * - incident: In,  leads his  cult in a mass  that claims 918 lives in all, 909 of them at  itself, including over 270 children.   is assassinated by members of Peoples Temple shortly beforehand.
 * - dies unexpectedly from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against  in, prompting reforms in the sport of.
 * - The comic strip debuts.
 * - : The issues its final report on the.
 * 1987  - : In, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest  station at.
 * - :  signs a bill into law allowing the  for murder in regards to.
 * -  kidnappers in  set  envoys  and  free.
 * 1991  - After the, the n city of  capitulates to besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.
 * - In, 21 political parties approve a new.
 * - In, 12 are killed and 27 injured at when a massive  under construction collapses.
 * - : weapons inspectors led by  arrive in.
 * - In the, the , repealing controversial anti-gay amendment , becomes effective.
 * 2003  - The congress of the  decides to merge the party into 's.
 * - officially ratifies the.

Births

 * -, Flemish general and statesman (d. )
 * -, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. )
 * -, French philosopher (d. )
 * -, French naturalist (d. )
 * -, German prince (d. )
 * -, queen of the Netherlands (d. )
 * -, British artist (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )
 * -, French inventor and photographer (d. )
 * -, Italian general and statesman (d. )
 * -, Swedish explorer (d. )
 * -, British dramatist (d. )
 * 1836  -, Italian psychiatrist and founder of criminology (d. )
 * -, German physicist (d. )
 * -, Grand Duke of (d. )
 * -, pseudonym of US journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, Italian soprano (d. )
 * 1882  -, French philosopher (d. )
 * -, U.S. Congressman (d. )
 * -, British physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Dutch filmmaker (d. )
 * -, Hungarian-born conductor (d. )
 * -, American statistician and opinion pollster (d. )
 * -, Quebec painter (d. )
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * 1906  -, American scientist, recipient of the  (d. )
 * 1906  -, Greek-British car designer, developer of the  (d. )
 * -, Cuban musician (d. )
 * -, American actress and comedian (d. )
 * -, American lyricist (d. )
 * -, Italian poet and writer (d. )
 * -, American baseball player and umpire (d. )
 * -, Mexican actor and singer (d. )
 * -, Welsh World War II hero (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Nicaraguan president (d. )
 * -, American astronaut (d. )
 * 1923  -, American politician
 * -, president of the European Court of Justice (d. )
 * -, American baseball manager (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )


 * -, Georgian composer
 * -, Argentine racing driver {d. )
 * -, Greek writer, Greece's ambassador to
 * -, German dissident (d. )
 * -, American jazz trumpeter (d. )
 * -, Canadian writer
 * 1939  -, American actress
 * -, British actor (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * 1942  -, American actress
 * -, German artist, fashion designer and art collector
 * -, American author
 * -, American actor
 * -, American singer and actress
 * 1948  -, American football player
 * -, English singer
 * 1950  -, American actor
 * -, American author
 * -, British actor
 * 1952  -, 36th
 * -, British comic book writer and novelist
 * 1953  -, American comedian and actor
 * -, British pop singer
 * 1954  -, New Zealand cricketer
 * -, Northern Irish footballer (d. )
 * 1956  -, American football player
 * -, Irish-born poet
 * -, Argentine football manager
 * 1958  -, Cuban American actor
 * -, Northern Irish footballer and football manager
 * -, British singer
 * 1960  -, American actress
 * -, American guitarist
 * 1962  -, American baseball player
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1963  -, Danish footballer
 * 1963  -, American basketball player (d. )
 * -, Spanish poet
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Northern Irish footballer and manager
 * 1968  -, American actor and music producer
 * 1968  -, American baseball player
 * 1968  -, American actor
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1969  -, American Singer/Songwriter
 * 1969  -, Egyptian Actor
 * -, American actor
 * 1970  -, American television news anchor
 * 1970  -, Sweden vocalist
 * 1970  -, Australian actress
 * - - American politician/humorist
 * -, South African/English wicket-keeper
 * -, American actress
 * -, Dominican baseball player
 * 1975  -, American basketball player
 * 1975  -, British actor and television presenter
 * 1975  -, American baseball player
 * -, Norwegian singer
 * 1976  -, Egyptian Actress
 * -, Australian rugby league footballer
 * 1977  -, American rapper
 * -, Northern Irish footballer
 * -, American Actress
 * -, singer and actor (member of )
 * 1980  -, American Singer/Songwriter
 * 1980  -, Belgian rally driver
 * -, American actress
 * 1981  -, Filipino singer and actor
 * -, Norwegian software developer
 * 1983  -, American baseball player
 * -, American musician
 * 1984  -, member of Japanese boy band
 * -, son of
 * 1988  -, English actress
 * -, child actor
 * -, child actor

Deaths

 * -, wife of (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, English churchman (b. )
 * -, English statesman (b. )
 * -, Portuguese naturalist (b. )
 * -, French soldier and writer (b. )
 * -, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. )
 * -, British civil engineer (b. )
 * -, 21st (b. )
 * -, Irish author
 * -, French novelist (b. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate (b. )
 * 1941  -, third  (b. )
 * 1941  -, Quebec poet (b. )
 * -, French poet (b. )
 * -, Danish physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * 1969  -, British musician and bandleader (b. )
 * -, American musician and songwriter (b. )
 * -, American artist (b. )
 * -, Austrian politician (b. )
 * 1977  -, Belgian actor (b. )
 * -, American cult leader (b. )
 * 1978  -, U.S. Congressman (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, coach 1927-1931 (b. )
 * -, Korean boxer (b. )
 * -, American writer and editor (b. )
 * -, American model (b. )
 * -, French cyclist (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American bandleader (b. )
 * -, American novelist (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American composer (b. )
 * -, American composer, songwriter and pianist (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * United Nations World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.
 * - day 1 Dios dedicated to the sun god by emperor
 * - Feast of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá, also known as la Chinita, in the western state of
 * - Dedication of the of  and  ;  ; also, ,
 * - Feast of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá, also known as la Chinita, in the western state of
 * - Dedication of the of  and  ;  ; also, ,
 * - Dedication of the of  and  ;  ; also, ,