Tukuk-OS📅 November 18
16 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on November 18? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2017 — Cyclone Numa, a rare "medicane", made landfall in Greece to become the worst weather event that the country had experienced since 1977.
- 2014 — Two Palestinian men attacked the praying congregants of a synagogue in Jerusalem with axes, knives, and a gun, resulting in eight deaths, including the attackers themselves.
- 2011 — The sandbox video game Minecraft exited beta with the official release of version 1.0.
- 2003 — With its ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court made the state the first in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage.
Goodridge v. Department of Public HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial CourtSame-sex marriage
- 1999 — Texas A&M University's Aggie Bonfire collapsed (aftermath pictured), killing 12 people and injuring 27 others, and causing the university to officially declare a hiatus on the 90-year-old annual event.
Texas A&M UniversityAggie Bonfire1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse
- 1991 — The current flag of Uzbekistan was adopted, making the country the first newly independent republic in Central Asia to choose a new flag.
- 1991 — Croatian War of Independence: The Yugoslav People's Army captured the Croatian city of Vukovar, ending an 87-day siege.
- 1987 — An underground fire killed 31 people at King's Cross St Pancras tube station in London.
- 1978 — Jim Jones led more than 900 members of the Peoples Temple to mass murder/suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, hours after some of its members assassinated U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan.
- 1977 — Solomon Islands ratified the adoption of a new flag (pictured).
- 1956 — At the Polish embassy in Moscow, a phrase in an address by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was translated into English as "We will bury you", prompting Western envoys to leave the room.
- 1872 — American suffragist Susan B. Anthony (pictured) was arrested and later fined $100 for having voted in the presidential election two weeks earlier.
Women's suffrage in the United StatesSusan B. Anthony1872 United States presidential election
- 1865 — "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was published, becoming the first great success of American author Mark Twain.
- 1809 — Napoleonic Wars: In the Bay of Bengal, a French frigate squadron captured three ships carrying recruits for the armies of the East India Company.
- 1583 — The Siege of Godesberg, the first major siege of the Cologne War, began.
- 1210 — Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, was excommunicated by Pope Innocent III after Otto commanded him to annul the Concordat of Worms.
Otto IV, Holy Roman EmperorHoly Roman EmperorExcommunication
Births
- 2004 — Luka Romero, Mexican-Argentine footballer
- 2002 — Patrick Baldwin Jr., American basketball player
- 2001 — Caleb Williams, American football player
- 1997 — Jacob Bryson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1997 — Shea Langeliers, American baseball player
- 1997 — Robert Sánchez, Spanish footballer
- 1996 — Akram Afif, Qatari footballer
- 1996 — Christian Kirk, American football player
- 1994 — Akiyuki Hashimoto, Japanese sprinter
- 1994 — Danka Kovinić, Montenegrin tennis player
- 1994 — Bernhard Luxbacher, Austrian footballer
- 1992 — Nathan Kress, American actor and director
Deaths
- 2024 — Charles Dumont, French singer and composer (born 1929)
- 2024 — Arthur Frommer, American travel writer (born 1929)
- 2024 — Bob Love, American basketball player (born 1942)
- 2024 — Colin Petersen, Australian drummer, record producer and actor (born 1946)
- 2022 — Tabassum, Indian actress and talk show host (born 1944)
- 2020 — Kirby Morrow, Canadian actor, comedian, and writer (born 1973)
- 2017 — Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian hard rock guitarist (born 1953)
- 2016 — Sharon Jones, American soul and funk singer (born 1956)
- 2016 — Denton Cooley, American surgeon and scientist (born 1920)
- 2015 — Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Belgian-Moroccan terrorist (born 1987)
- 2015 — Dan Halldorson, Canadian-American golfer (born 1952)
- 2015 — Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (born 1975)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Abhai of Hach (Syriac Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Alphaeus and Zacchaeus
- Christian feast day: Barulas
- Christian feast day: Constant
- Christian feast day: Dedication of Saints Peter and Paul
- Christian feast day: Elizabeth of Hungary (Church of England)
- Christian feast day: Juthwara
- Christian feast day: Mabyn (Roman Catholic Church and Anglicanism)
- Christian feast day: The main day of the Feast of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá or Chinita's Fair (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
- Christian feast day: Maudez (Mawes)
- Christian feast day: Nazarius (Nazaire)
- Christian feast day: Odo of Cluny
- Christian feast day: Romanus of Caesarea
- Christian feast day: Rose Philippine Duchesne
- Christian feast day: November 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of Army and Victory (Haiti)
- Independence Day (Morocco), celebrates the independence of Morocco from France and Spain in 1956.
- National Day (Oman)
- Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia celebrates the independence of Latvia from Russia in 1918.
- Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 (Croatia)
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