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| November 18th, 2005 (November 18 2005) | Death | Harold J. Stone, American actor (born in 1911) | |
| November 18th, 2004 (November 18 2004) | Event | Russia officially ratifies the Kyoto Protocol. | |
| November 18th, 2004 (November 18 2004) | Death | Cy Coleman, American composer, songwriter and pianist (born in 1929) | |
| November 18th, 2003 (November 18 2003) | Event | In the United Kingdom, the Local Government Act 2003, repealing controversial anti-gay amendment Section 28, becomes effective. | |
| November 18th, 2003 (November 18 2003) | Event | The congress of the Communist Party of Indian Union (Marxist-Leninist) decides to merge the party into Kanu Sanyal s CPI(ML). | |
| November 18th, 2003 (November 18 2003) | Death | Michael Kamen, American composer (born in 1948) | |
| November 18th, 2002 (November 18 2002) | Event | Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq. | Hans Blix Quotes |
| November 18th, 2002 (November 18 2002) | Death | James Coburn, American actor (born in 1928) | |
| November 18th, 1999 (November 18 1999) | Event | In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when a massive bonfire under construction collapses. | |
| November 18th, 1999 (November 18 1999) | Death | Paul Bowles, American novelist (born in 1910) | Paul Bowles Quotes |
| November 18th, 1999 (November 18 1999) | Death | Doug Sahm, American musician (born in 1941) | |
| November 18th, 1994 (November 18 1994) | Death | Cab Calloway, American bandleader (born in 1907) | |
| November 18th, 1993 (November 18 1993) | Event | In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution. | |
| November 18th, 1992 (November 18 1992) | Birth | Nathan Kress, child actor | |
| November 18th, 1991 (November 18 1991) | Event | Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon set Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland free. | |
| November 18th, 1991 (November 18 1991) | Event | After the siege of Vukovar, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to besieging Yugoslav People s Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces. | |
| November 18th, 1991 (November 18 1991) | Death | Gustav Husak, President of Czechoslovakia (born in 1913) | |
| November 18th, 1988 (November 18 1988) | Event | War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for murder in regards to drug traffickers. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| November 18th, 1988 (November 18 1988) | Birth | Jeffrey Jordan, son of Michael Jordan | |
| November 18th, 1988 (November 18 1988) | Birth | Montanna Thompson, English actress | |
| November 18th, 1987 (November 18 1987) | Event | Iran-Contra Affair: The U.S. Congress issues its final report on the Iran-Contras Affair. | |
| November 18th, 1987 (November 18 1987) | Event | 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. | |
| November 18th, 1987 (November 18 1987) | Death | Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (cancer) (born in 1934) | |
| November 18th, 1986 (November 18 1986) | Birth | Nic Sampson, New Zealand actor | |
| November 18th, 1986 (November 18 1986) | Death | Gia Carangi, American model (AIDS) (born in 1960) | |
| November 18th, 1985 (November 18 1985) | Event | The comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, created by Bill Waterson, first appears in 30 newspapers across the U.S. | |
| November 18th, 1985 (November 18 1985) | Event | 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. | Ann Taylor Quotes |
| November 18th, 1985 (November 18 1985) | Birth | Christian Siriano, Winner of Project Runway, Season 4 | |
| November 18th, 1984 (November 18 1984) | Birth | Johnny Christ, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold) | |
| November 18th, 1984 (November 18 1984) | Birth | Ryohei Chiba, member of Japanese boy band w-inds. | |
| November 18th, 1984 (November 18 1984) | Death | Mary Hamman, American writer and editor (born in 1907) | |
| November 18th, 1983 (November 18 1983) | Birth | Jon Johansen, Norwegian software developer | |
| November 18th, 1983 (November 18 1983) | Birth | Travis Buck, American baseball player | |
| November 18th, 1982 (November 18 1982) | Event | 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. | |
| November 18th, 1982 (November 18 1982) | Death | Duk Koo Kim, Korean boxer (born in 1959) | |
| November 18th, 1981 (November 18 1981) | Birth | Christina Vidal, American actress | |
| November 18th, 1981 (November 18 1981) | Birth | Gian Magdangal, Filipino singer and actor | |
| November 18th, 1980 (November 18 1980) | Birth | Okada Junichi, singer and actor (member of V6) | |
| November 18th, 1980 (November 18 1980) | Birth | Dustin Kensrue, American Singer/Songwriter (Thrice) | |
| November 18th, 1980 (November 18 1980) | Birth | Francois Duval, Belgian rally driver | |
| November 18th, 1980 (November 18 1980) | Birth | Luke Chadwick, English footballer | |
| November 18th, 1980 (November 18 1980) | Death | Conn Smythe, NHL coach 1927-1931 (born in 1895) | |
| November 18th, 1979 (November 18 1979) | Death | Freddie Fitzsimmons, baseball player (born in 1901) | |
| November 18th, 1978 (November 18 1978) | Event | 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. Congressman Leo J. Ryan is assassinated by members of Peoples Temple shortly beforehand. | Leo J. Ryan Quotes |
| November 18th, 1978 (November 18 1978) | Birth | Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer | |
| November 18th, 1978 (November 18 1978) | Death | Jim Jones, American cult leader (suicide) (born in 1931) | Jim Jones Quotes |
| November 18th, 1978 (November 18 1978) | Death | Leo Ryan, U.S. Congressman (born in 1925) | |
| November 18th, 1977 (November 18 1977) | Birth | Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league footballer | |
| November 18th, 1977 (November 18 1977) | Birth | Fabolous, American rapper | |
| November 18th, 1977 (November 18 1977) | Death | Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian politician (born in 1897) | |
| November 18th, 1977 (November 18 1977) | Death | Victor Francen, Belgian actor (born in 1888) | |
| November 18th, 1976 (November 18 1976) | Birth | Shagrath, Norwegian singer (Dimmu Borgir) | |
| November 18th, 1976 (November 18 1976) | Birth | Mona Zaki, Egyptian Actress | |
| November 18th, 1976 (November 18 1976) | Death | Man Ray, American artist (born in 1890) | |
| November 18th, 1975 (November 18 1975) | Birth | David Ortiz, Dominican baseball player | David Ortiz Quotes |
| November 18th, 1975 (November 18 1975) | Birth | Jason Williams, American basketball player | |
| November 18th, 1975 (November 18 1975) | Birth | Anthony McPartlin, British actor and television presenter | |
| November 18th, 1975 (November 18 1975) | Birth | Shawn Camp, American baseball player | |
| November 18th, 1974 (November 18 1974) | Birth | Chloe Sevigny, American actress | |
| November 18th, 1973 (November 18 1973) | Birth | Nic Pothas, South African/English wicket-keeper | |
| November 18th, 1972 (November 18 1972) | Birth | Jessi Alexander, American country music singer/songwriter | |
| November 18th, 1972 (November 18 1972) | Birth | Robert Shapiro, American politician/humorist | |
| November 18th, 1972 (November 18 1972) | Death | Danny Whitten, American musician and songwriter (born in 1943) | |
| November 18th, 1970 (November 18 1970) | Event | U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the Congress of the United States for $155 million USD in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government. | |
| November 18th, 1970 (November 18 1970) | Birth | Elizabeth Anne Allen, American Actress | |
| November 18th, 1970 (November 18 1970) | Birth | Mike Epps, American actor | |
| November 18th, 1970 (November 18 1970) | Birth | Megyn Kelly, American television news anchor | |
| November 18th, 1970 (November 18 1970) | Birth | Johan Liiva, Sweden vocalist (Arch Enemy) | |
| November 18th, 1970 (November 18 1970) | Birth | Peta Wilson, Australian actress | |
| November 18th, 1969 (November 18 1969) | Birth | Sam Cassell, American basketball player | |
| November 18th, 1969 (November 18 1969) | Birth | Duncan Sheik, American Singer/Songwriter | |
| November 18th, 1969 (November 18 1969) | Birth | Ahmed Helmi, Egyptian Actor | |
| November 18th, 1969 (November 18 1969) | Death | Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., American politician (born in 1888) | |
| November 18th, 1969 (November 18 1969) | Death | Ted Heath, British musician and bandleader (born in 1902) | |
| November 18th, 1968 (November 18 1968) | Birth | Barry Hunter, Northern Irish footballer and manager | |
| November 18th, 1968 (November 18 1968) | Birth | Romany Malco, American actor and music producer | |
| November 18th, 1968 (November 18 1968) | Birth | Gary Sheffield, American baseball player | |
| November 18th, 1968 (November 18 1968) | Birth | Owen Wilson, American actor | |
| November 18th, 1967 (November 18 1967) | Birth | Jocelyn Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| November 18th, 1966 (November 18 1966) | Birth | Jorge Camacho, Spanish poet | |
| November 18th, 1965 (November 18 1965) | Death | Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States (born in 1888) | |
| November 18th, 1963 (November 18 1963) | Birth | Dante Bichette, American baseball player | |
| November 18th, 1963 (November 18 1963) | Birth | Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer | |
| November 18th, 1963 (November 18 1963) | Birth | Len Bias, American basketball player (died in 1986) | |
| November 18th, 1962 (November 18 1962) | Birth | Kirk Hammett, American guitarist (Metallica) | |
| November 18th, 1962 (November 18 1962) | Birth | Jamie Moyer, American baseball player | |
| November 18th, 1962 (November 18 1962) | Death | Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1885) | Niels Bohr Quotes |
| November 18th, 1960 (November 18 1960) | Birth | Kim Wilde, British singer | |
| November 18th, 1960 (November 18 1960) | Birth | Elizabeth Perkins, American actress | |
| November 18th, 1959 (November 18 1959) | Birth | Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and football manager | |
| November 18th, 1958 (November 18 1958) | Birth | Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine football manager | |
| November 18th, 1958 (November 18 1958) | Birth | Oscar Nunez, Cuban American actor | |
| November 18th, 1957 (November 18 1957) | Birth | Sean Mac Falls, Irish-born poet | |
| November 18th, 1956 (November 18 1956) | Birth | Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (died in 1995) | |
| November 18th, 1956 (November 18 1956) | Birth | Warren Moon, American football player | |
| November 18th, 1955 (November 18 1955) | Birth | Carter Burwell, American composer | |
| November 18th, 1954 (November 18 1954) | Birth | John Parr, British pop singer | |
| November 18th, 1954 (November 18 1954) | Birth | Evan Gray, New Zealand cricketer | |
| November 18th, 1953 (November 18 1953) | Birth | Alan Moore, British comic book writer and novelist | Alan Moore Quotes |
| November 18th, 1953 (November 18 1953) | Birth | Kevin Nealon, American comedian and actor | |
| November 18th, 1952 (November 18 1952) | Birth | Delroy Lindo, British actor | |
| November 18th, 1952 (November 18 1952) | Birth | Peter Beattie, 36th Premier of Queensland | |
| November 18th, 1952 (November 18 1952) | Death | Paul Eluard, French poet (born in 1895) | Paul Eluard Quotes |
| November 18th, 1951 (November 18 1951) | Birth | Justin Raimondo, American author | |
| November 18th, 1950 (November 18 1950) | Birth | Graham Parker, English singer | |
| November 18th, 1950 (November 18 1950) | Birth | Eric Pierpoint, American actor | |
| November 18th, 1948 (November 18 1948) | Birth | Andrea Marcovicci, American singer and actress | |
| November 18th, 1948 (November 18 1948) | Birth | Jack Tatum, American football player | |
| November 18th, 1947 (November 18 1947) | Event | Ballantyne s Department Store fire, Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41 (New Zealand s worst ever fire) | |
| November 18th, 1947 (November 18 1947) | Birth | Jameson Parker, American actor | |
| November 18th, 1946 (November 18 1946) | Birth | Alan Dean Foster, American author | |
| November 18th, 1944 (November 18 1944) | Birth | Wolfgang Joop, German artist, fashion designer and art collector | |
| November 18th, 1943 (November 18 1943) | Event | World War II: Battle of Berlin (air), 440 Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF lost nine aircraft and 53 air crew. | |
| November 18th, 1943 (November 18 1943) | Event | Holocaust: Aktion Emtefest: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lviv, western Ukraine, murdering at least 6.000 surviving Jews.German SS leader Fritz Katzman declares Lviv (Lemberg) to be Judenfrei (free from the Jews). | |
| November 18th, 1942 (November 18 1942) | Event | Holocaust: German SS carry out selection of Jewish ghetto in Lviv, western Ukraine, arresting 5.000 "unproductive Jews". All get deported to the Belzec death camp. | |
| November 18th, 1942 (November 18 1942) | Birth | Linda Evans, American actress | Evans Quotes |
| November 18th, 1942 (November 18 1942) | Birth | Susan Sullivan, American actress | |
| November 18th, 1941 (November 18 1941) | Birth | David Hemmings, British actor (died in 2003) | |
| November 18th, 1941 (November 18 1941) | Death | Walther Nernst, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1864) | |
| November 18th, 1941 (November 18 1941) | Death | Chris Watson, third Prime Minister of Australia (born in 1867) | |
| November 18th, 1941 (November 18 1941) | Death | Emile Nelligan, Quebec poet (born in 1879) | |
| November 18th, 1940 (November 18 1940) | Event | World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini s disastrous invasion of Greece. | Benito Mussolini Quotes |
| November 18th, 1940 (November 18 1940) | Event | New York City s Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison. | |
| November 18th, 1940 (November 18 1940) | Birth | Qaboos ibn Sa id, Sultan of Oman | |
| November 18th, 1939 (November 18 1939) | Birth | Margaret Atwood, Canadian writer | Margaret Atwood Quotes |
| November 18th, 1939 (November 18 1939) | Birth | Brenda Vaccaro, American actress | |
| November 18th, 1938 (November 18 1938) | Event | Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. | |
| November 18th, 1936 (November 18 1936) | Birth | Don Cherry, American jazz trumpeter (died in 1995) | |
| November 18th, 1935 (November 18 1935) | Birth | Rudolf Bahro, German dissident (died in 1997) | |
| November 18th, 1934 (November 18 1934) | Birth | Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer, Greece s ambassador to UNESCO | |
| November 18th, 1932 (November 18 1932) | Birth | Nasif Estefano, Argentine racing driver {died in 1973) | |
| November 18th, 1930 (November 18 1930) | Event | Soka Kyoiku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Soka Gakkai, is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda. | |
| November 18th, 1929 (November 18 1929) | Event | 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 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. | |
| November 18th, 1928 (November 18 1928) | Event | 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. This is also considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey s birthday. | Walt Disney Quotes |
| November 18th, 1928 (November 18 1928) | Birth | Otar Gordeli, Georgian composer | |
| November 18th, 1927 (November 18 1927) | Birth | Hank Ballard, American musician (died in 2003) | |
| November 18th, 1926 (November 18 1926) | Event | 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." | George Bernard Shaw Quotes |
| November 18th, 1925 (November 18 1925) | Birth | Gene Mauch, American baseball manager (died in 2005) | |
| November 18th, 1924 (November 18 1924) | Birth | Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, president of the European Court of Justice (died in 2000) | |
| November 18th, 1923 (November 18 1923) | Birth | Alan Shepard, American astronaut (died in 1998) | |
| November 18th, 1923 (November 18 1923) | Birth | Ted Stevens, American politician | |
| November 18th, 1922 (November 18 1922) | Birth | Luis Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan president (died in 1967) | |
| November 18th, 1922 (November 18 1922) | Death | Marcel Proust, French novelist (born in 1871) | |
| November 18th, 1920 (November 18 1920) | Birth | Mustafa Khalil, Prime Minister of Egypt (died in 2008) | |
| November 18th, 1919 (November 18 1919) | Birth | Jocelyn Brando, American actress (died in 2005) | |
| November 18th, 1918 (November 18 1918) | Event | Latvia declares its independence from Russia. | |
| November 18th, 1918 (November 18 1918) | Birth | Tasker Watkins, Welsh World War II hero (died in 2007) | |
| November 18th, 1917 (November 18 1917) | Event | Sigma Alpha Rho, a Jewish high school fraternity, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | |
| November 18th, 1917 (November 18 1917) | Birth | Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (died in 1957) | |
| November 18th, 1916 (November 18 1916) | Event | World War I: First Battle of the Somme endsIn France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916. | |
| November 18th, 1915 (November 18 1915) | Birth | Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (died in 2004) | |
| November 18th, 1911 (November 18 1911) | Birth | Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (died in 2000) | |
| November 18th, 1909 (November 18 1909) | Event | Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of Jose Santos Zelaya. | |
| November 18th, 1909 (November 18 1909) | Birth | Johnny Mercer, American lyricist (died in 1976) | |
| November 18th, 1908 (November 18 1908) | Birth | Imogene Coca, American actress and comedian (died in 2001) | |
| November 18th, 1907 (November 18 1907) | Birth | Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (died in 2003) | |
| November 18th, 1906 (November 18 1906) | Birth | Klaus Mann, German writer (died in 1949) | |
| November 18th, 1906 (November 18 1906) | Birth | George Wald, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died in 1997) | |
| November 18th, 1906 (November 18 1906) | Birth | Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (died in 1988) | |
| November 18th, 1905 (November 18 1905) | Event | Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway. | |
| November 18th, 1904 (November 18 1904) | Event | General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup. | |
| November 18th, 1904 (November 18 1904) | Birth | Jean Paul Lemieux, Quebec painter (died in 1990) | |
| November 18th, 1903 (November 18 1903) | Event | The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the Americans exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone. | |
| November 18th, 1901 (November 18 1901) | Birth | George Gallup, American statistician and opinion pollster (died in 1984) | George Gallup Quotes |
| November 18th, 1899 (November 18 1899) | Birth | Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-born conductor (died in 1985) | |
| November 18th, 1898 (November 18 1898) | Birth | Joris Ivens, Dutch filmmaker (died in 1989) | |
| November 18th, 1897 (November 18 1897) | Birth | Patrick Blackett, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1974) | |
| November 18th, 1889 (November 18 1889) | Death | William Allingham, Irish author | William Allingham Quotes |
| November 18th, 1886 (November 18 1886) | Death | Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (born in 1829) | Chester A. Arthur Quotes |
| November 18th, 1883 (November 18 1883) | Event | American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times. | |
| November 18th, 1883 (November 18 1883) | Birth | Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (died in 1981) | |
| November 18th, 1882 (November 18 1882) | Birth | Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (died in 1963) | |
| November 18th, 1882 (November 18 1882) | Birth | Jacques Maritain, French philosopher (died in 1973) | Philo Quotes |
| November 18th, 1874 (November 18 1874) | Birth | Clarence Day, American author (died in 1935) | |
| November 18th, 1865 (November 18 1865) | Event | Mark Twain s story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is published in the New York Saturday Press. | Mark Twain Quotes |
| November 18th, 1863 (November 18 1863) | Event | 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. | |
| November 18th, 1861 (November 18 1861) | Birth | Dorothy Dix, pseudonym of US journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (died in 1951) | |
| November 18th, 1856 (November 18 1856) | Birth | Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (died in 1929) | |
| November 18th, 1852 (November 18 1852) | Event | Rose Philippine Duchesne dies in St. Charles, Missouri. She would be canonized on July 3, 1988 by Pope John Paul II. | |
| November 18th, 1839 (November 18 1839) | Birth | August Kundt, German physicist (died in 1894) | |
| November 18th, 1836 (November 18 1836) | Birth | Sir William S. Gilbert, British dramatist (died in 1911) | |
| November 18th, 1836 (November 18 1836) | Birth | Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist and founder of criminology (died in 1909) | Cesare Lombroso Quotes |
| November 18th, 1832 (November 18 1832) | Birth | Adolf Erik Nordenskiold, Swedish explorer (died in 1901) | |
| November 18th, 1814 (November 18 1814) | Death | William Jessop, British civil engineer (born in 1745) | |
| November 18th, 1804 (November 18 1804) | Birth | Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora, Italian general and statesman (died in 1878) | |
| November 18th, 1803 (November 18 1803) | Event | The Battle of Vertieres, 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. | |
| November 18th, 1797 (November 18 1797) | Death | Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (born in 1719) | |
| November 18th, 1787 (November 18 1787) | Birth | Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (died in 1851) | |
| November 18th, 1786 (November 18 1786) | Birth | Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (died in 1826) | |
| November 18th, 1785 (November 18 1785) | Birth | David Wilkie, British artist (died in 1841) | |
| November 18th, 1785 (November 18 1785) | Death | Louis Philip I, Duke of Orleans, French soldier and writer (born in 1725) | |
| November 18th, 1774 (November 18 1774) | Birth | Wilhelmine of Prussia, queen of the Netherlands (died in 1837) | |
| November 18th, 1772 (November 18 1772) | Birth | Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, German prince (died in 1806) | |
| November 18th, 1727 (November 18 1727) | Birth | Philibert Commercon, French naturalist (died in 1773) | |
| November 18th, 1724 (November 18 1724) | Death | Bartolomeu de Gusmao, Portuguese naturalist (born in 1685) | |
| November 18th, 1686 (November 18 1686) | Event | Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France s anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants. | Louis XIV of France Quotes |
| November 18th, 1647 (November 18 1647) | Birth | Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (died in 1706) | Philo Quotes |
| November 18th, 1630 (November 18 1630) | Birth | Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (died in 1686) | |
| November 18th, 1626 (November 18 1626) | Event | St. Peter s Basilica is consecrated. | |
| November 18th, 1590 (November 18 1590) | Death | George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (born in 1528) | |
| November 18th, 1559 (November 18 1559) | Death | Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (born in 1474) | |
| November 18th, 1522 (November 18 1522) | Birth | Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (died in 1568) | |
| November 18th, 1493 (November 18 1493) | Event | Christopher Columbus first sights what is now Puerto Rico. | Christopher Columbus Quotes |
| November 18th, 1477 (November 18 1477) | Event | William Caxton produces Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, the first book printed on a printing press in England. | Philo Quotes |
| November 18th, 1421 (November 18 1421) | Event | A seawall at the Zuiderzee dike breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people in the Netherlands. | |
| November 18th, 1307 (November 18 1307) | Event | According to legend, William Tell shoots an apple off of his son s head. | |
| November 18th, 1305 (November 18 1305) | Death | John II, Duke of Brittany (born in 1239) | |
| November 18th, 1302 (November 18 1302) | Event | Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam (The Holy One). | |
| November 18th, 1154 (November 18 1154) | Death | Adelaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (born in 1092) | |
| November 18th, 1095 (November 18 1095) | Event | The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land, begins. | |
| November 18th, 0326 (November 18 0326) | Event | The old St. Peter s Basilica is consecrated. | |
