Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
| November 18 | ||
| 1477 | 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 | St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome is officially dedicated. | |
| 1861 | The first provisional meeting of the Confederate Congress is held in Richmond, Virginia. | |
| 1865 | Mark Twain's first story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press. | |
| 1901 | 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 | The Norwegian Parliament elects Prince Charles of Denmark to be the next King of Norway. Prince Charles takes the name Haakon VII. | |
| 1906 | Anarchists bomb St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. | |
| 1912 | Cholera breaks out in Constantinople, in the Ottoman Empire. | |
| 1921 | New York City considers varying work hours to avoid long traffic jams. | |
| 1928 | Mickey mouse makes his film debut in Steamboat Willie, the first animated talking picture. | |
| 1936 | The main span of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is joined. | |
| 1939 | The Irish Republican Army explodes three bombs in Piccadilly Circus. | |
| 1949 | The U.S. Air Force grounds B-29s after two crashes and 23 deaths in three days. | |
| 1950 | The Bureau of Mines discloses its first production of oil from coal in practical amounts. | |
| 1968 | Soviets recover the Zond 6 spacecraft after a flight around the moon. | |
| 1978 | Congressman Leo Ryan is announced missing on a visit to Jonestown, Guyana. | |
| 1983 | Argentina announces its ability to produce enriched uranium for nuclear weapons. | |
| 1984 | The Soviet Union helps deliver American wheat during the Ethiopian famine. | |
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Born on November 18 |
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| 1789 | Louis Jacques Daguerre, French painter, physicist and photography pioneer. | |
| 1810 | Asa Gray, botanist (Gray's Manual). | |
| 1836 | William S. Gilbert, English playwright and humorist, one half of Gilbert & Sullivan. | |
| 1870 | Dorthea Dix, pseudonym for Elizabeth Gilman, who wrote syndicated advice. | |
| 1874 | Clarence Day, American writer (Life with Father). | |
| 1899 | Eugene Ormandy, orchestra conductor. | |
| 1900 | Dr. Howard Thurman, theologian and first African American to hold a full-time position at Boston University. | |
| 1901 | George Horatio Gallup, American journalist and statistician. | |
| 1909 | Johnny Mercer, songwriter. | |
| 1923 | Alan Shepard, first American astronaut in space. | |
| 1939 | Margaret Atwood, Canadian writer (The Edible Woman, The Handmaid's Tale). | |
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