18 November
Notable Births
Luka Romero
b. 2004
Argentine footballer (born 2004)
Caleb Williams
b. 2001
American football player (born 2001)
Jacob Bryson
b. 1997
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1997)
Shea Langeliers
b. 1997
American baseball player (born 1997)
Robert Sánchez
b. 1997
Spanish footballer (born 1997)
Akram Afif
b. 1996
Qatari footballer (born 1996)
Christian Kirk
b. 1996
American football player (born 1996)
Danka Kovinić
b. 1994
Montenegrin tennis player (born 1994)
Bernhard Luxbacher
b. 1994
Austrian footballer (born 1994)
Nathan Kress
b. 1992
American actor (born 1992)
Henry Martín
b. 1992
Mexican footballer (born 1992)
Quincy Miller
b. 1992
American basketball player
Steven Skrzybski
b. 1992
German footballer
Joe Thuney
b. 1992
American football player (born 1992)
Ahmed Kelly
b. 1991
Australian Paralympic swimmer
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
b. 1991
Thai tennis player
Jameson Taillon
b. 1991
American-Canadian baseball player (born 1991)
Arnett Moultrie
b. 1990
American basketball player (born 1990)
Marc Albrighton
b. 1989
English footballer (born 1989)
Lu Jiajing
b. 1989
Chinese tennis player
Notable Deaths
Charles Dumont (singer)
d. 2024
French singer and composer (1929–2024)
Arthur Frommer
d. 2024
American travel writer (1929–2024)
Bob Love
d. 2024
American basketball player (1942–2024)
Colin Petersen
d. 2024
Australian musician (1946–2024)
Tabassum
d. 2022
Indian film actress (1944–2022)
Kirby Morrow
d. 2020
Canadian actor (1973–2020)
Malcolm Young
d. 2017
Australian guitarist (1953–2017)
Sharon Jones
d. 2016
American soul and funk singer (1956–2016)
Denton Cooley
d. 2016
American heart and cardiothoracic surgeon (1920–2016)
Abdelhamid Abaaoud
d. 2015
Belgian-born terrorist (1987–2015)
Jonah Lomu
d. 2015
New Zealand rugby union player (1975–2015)
Pepe Eliaschev
d. 2014
Journalist and writer
Ahmad Lozi
d. 2014
Prime minister of Jordan
C. Rudraiah
d. 2014
Indian film director (1947–2014)
Thomas Howard (American football)
d. 2013
American football player (1983–2013)
S. R. D. Vaidyanathan
d. 2013
Musical artist
Freddy Beras-Goico
d. 2010
Dominican Republic actor
Red Robbins
d. 2009
American basketball player
Harold J. Stone
d. 2005
American actor (1913-2005)
Renée Vivien
d. 1909
British poet who wrote in the French language
On This Day in History
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2020
The Utah monolith, built sometime in 2016 is discovered by state biologists of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
Utah monolith
2013
NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.
NASA
2012
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria becomes the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria
2003
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4–3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
2002
Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
Iraq disarmament crisis
1999
At Texas A&M University, the Aggie Bonfire collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others.
Texas A&M University
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.
1996 Channel Tunnel fire
1993
In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.
North American Free Trade Agreement
1993
In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.
South Africa
1991
Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.
Shia Islam
1991
After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.
Battle of Vukovar
1991
The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia, which would in 1993 become a republic, was established in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
1987
King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
King's Cross fire
1985
The first comic of Calvin and Hobbes is published in ten newspapers.
Calvin and Hobbes
1983
Aeroflot Flight 6833 is hijacked en route from Tbilisi to Leningrad. After returning to Tbilisi, the aircraft is subsequently raided on the ground, resulting in seven deaths.
Aeroflot Flight 6833
1978
The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet makes its first flight, at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland, United States.
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet
1978
In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones leads his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children.
Jonestown
1971
Oman declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
Oman
1970
U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
Richard Nixon
1963
The Bell Telephone Company introduces the first push-button telephone.
Bell Telephone Company