| November 18 |
| 1477 |
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William Claxton publishes the first dated book printed in England. It is a translation from the French of The Dictes and Sayings of the Philosopers by Earl Rivers. |
| 1626 |
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St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome is officially dedicated. |
| 1861 |
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The first provisional meeting of the Confederate Congress is held in Richmond, Virginia. |
| 1865 |
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Mark Twain’s first story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press. |
| 1901 |
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The second Hay-Pauncefote Treaty is signed. The United States is given extensive rights by Britain for building and operating a canal through Central America. |
| 1905 |
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The Norwegian Parliament elects Prince Charles of Denmark to be the next King of Norway. Prince Charles takes the name Haakon VII. |
| 1906 |
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Anarchists bomb St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. |
| 1912 |
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Cholera breaks out in Constantinople, in the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1921 |
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New York City considers varying work hours to avoid long traffic jams. |
| 1928 |
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Mickey mouse makes his film debut in Steamboat Willie, the first animated talking picture. |
| 1936 |
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The main span of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is joined. |
| 1939 |
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The Irish Republican Army explodes three bombs in Piccadilly Circus. |
| 1949 |
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The U.S. Air Force grounds B-29s after two crashes and 23 deaths in three days. |
| 1950 |
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The Bureau of Mines discloses its first production of oil from coal in practical amounts. |
| 1968 |
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Soviets recover the Zond 6 spacecraft after a flight around the moon. |
| 1978 |
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Congressman Leo Ryan is announced missing on a visit to Jonestown, Guyana. |
| 1983 |
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Argentina announces its ability to produce enriched uranium for nuclear weapons. |
| 1984 |
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The Soviet Union helps deliver American wheat during the Ethiopian famine. |
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Born on November 18 |
| 1789 |
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Louis Jacques Daguerre, French painter, physicist and photography pioneer. |
| 1810 |
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Asa Gray, botanist (Gray’s Manual). |
| 1836 |
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William S. Gilbert, English playwright and humorist, one half of Gilbert & Sullivan. |
| 1870 |
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Dorthea Dix, pseudonym for Elizabeth Gilman, who wrote syndicated advice. |
| 1874 |
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Clarence Day, American writer (Life with Father). |
| 1899 |
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Eugene Ormandy, orchestra conductor. |
| 1900 |
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Dr. Howard Thurman, theologian and first African American to hold a full-time position at Boston University. |
| 1901 |
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George Horatio Gallup, American journalist and statistician. |
| 1909 |
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Johnny Mercer, songwriter. |
| 1923 |
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Alan Shepard, first American astronaut in space. |
| 1939 |
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Margaret Atwood, Canadian writer (The Edible Woman, The Handmaid’s Tale). |
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