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| November 18th |
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| About November 18th is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 43 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1901 - George Gallup, founder of the Gallup poll 1923 - Alan Shepard, astronaut (first American in space) 1953 - Kevin Nealon, actor comedian (Saturday Night Live) 1956 - Warren Moon, Hall of Fame quarterback 1956 - Sinbad, comedian, actor (A Different World) 1962 - Kirk Lee Hammett, musician, guitarist (Metallica) 1968 - Owen Wilson, actor (Meet The Parents, Shanghai Noon) Deaths 1886 - Chester A. Arthur, 21st U.S. President 1965 - Henry A. Wallace, 33rd U.S. Vice President Events 1493 - Christopher Columbus first sights what will later become known as Puerto Rico. 1883 - At the urging of the railroads, America & Canada institute five standard time zones. 1928 - Mickey Mouse appears in the animated film Steamboat Willie, which marks the date used by Disney for his birthday. 1966 - Dodgers ace Sandy Koufax retires from baseball at the age of 30 due to arthritis. 1978 - Jim Jones leads his Peoples Temple cult in a mass murder-suicide that claims 918 lives, including over 270 children. 1985 - Joe Theismann's football career comes to an end as he suffers a gruesome compound fracture of his leg on Monday Night Football. 1999 - Twelve are killed and twenty-seven are injured at Texas A&M University when a massive bonfire under construction collapses. 2003 - Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in a 4-3 ruling, find that the state may not deny protections, benefits, or obligations of same-sex marriages. |
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