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November 18 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 43 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
326 - The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.1095 - The Council of Clermont , called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land , begins.1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam 1307 - According to legend , William Tell shoots an apple off of his son's head.1421 - A seawall at the Zuiderzee dike breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people in the Netherlands .1477 - William Caxton produces Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres , the first book printed on a printing press in England .1493 - Christopher Columbus first sights what is now Puerto Rico .1626 - St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.1686 - Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France 's anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants.1803 - The Battle of Vertières , the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution , is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti , the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere .1852 - Rose Philippine Duchesne dies in St. Charles, Missouri . She would be canonized on July 3 , 1988 by Pope John Paul II .1863 - King Christian IX of Denmark decided to sign the november constitution , which declared Schleswig as part of Denmark , what was seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and lead to the German–Danish war of 1864 .1865 - Mark Twain 's story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County New York Saturday Press .1883 - American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones , ending the confusion of thousands of local times.1903 - The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama , giving the Americans exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone .1904 - General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup .1905 - Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway .1909 - Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya .1916 - World War I : First Battle of the Somme ends - In France , British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1 , 1916 .1917 - Sigma Alpha Rho , a Jewish high school fraternity , is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .1918 - Latvia declares its independence from Russia .1926 - George Bernard Shaw refuses to accept the money for his Nobel Prize , saying, "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite , but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize."1928 - Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie cartoon , directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks , featuring the second appearances of cartoon stars Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse . This is also considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.1929 - 1929 Grand Banks earthquake : Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean , a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake , centered on Grand Banks , breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula area.1930 - Sōka Kyōiku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Soka Gakkai , is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda .1938 - Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations .1940 - World War II : German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini 's disastrous invasion of Greece .1940 - New York City 's Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison .
1942 - Holocaust : German SS carry out selection of Jewish ghetto in Lviv , western Ukraine , arresting 5.000 "unproductive Jews ". All get deported to the Belzec death camp.1943 - World War II: Battle of Berlin (air) , 440 Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF lost nine aircraft and 53 air crew.1943 - Holocaust: Aktion Emtefest: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lviv , western Ukraine , murdering at least 6.000 surviving Jews .German SS leader Fritz Katzman declares Lviv (Lemberg) to be Judenfrei (free from the Jews ).
1947 - Ballantyne's Department Store fire, Christchurch , New Zealand , kills 41 (New Zealand's worst ever fire)1970 - U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the Congress of the United States for $155 million USD in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.1978 - Jonestown incident: In Guyana , Jim Jones leads his Peoples Temple cult in a mass murder-suicide that claims 918 lives in all, 909 of them at Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo J. Ryan is assassinated by members of Peoples Temple shortly beforehand.1982 - Duk Koo Kim dies unexpectedly from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, Nevada , prompting reforms in the sport of boxing .1985 - The comic strip Calvin and Hobbes , created by Bill Waterson , first appears in 30 newspapers across the U.S.1985 - Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann 's playing career comes to an end when a sack by the Giants ' Lawrence Taylor snaps Theismann's legs, this was seen by a national audience on Monday Night Football
1987 - Iran-Contra Affair : The U.S. Congress issues its final report on the Iran-Contras Affair .1987 - King's Cross fire : In London , 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station at King's Cross St Pancras .
1988 - War on Drugs : U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for murder in regards to drug traffickers .1991 - Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon set Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland free.1991 - After the siege of Vukovar , the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.
1993 - In South Africa , 21 political parties approve a new constitution .1999 - In College Station, Texas , 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when a massive bonfire under construction collapses.2002 - Iraq disarmament crisis : United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq .2003 - In the United Kingdom , the Local Government Act 2003 , repealing controversial anti-gay amendment Section 28 , becomes effective.2003 - The congress of the Communist Party of Indian Union (Marxist-Leninist) decides to merge the party into Kanu Sanyal 's CPI(ML) .
2004 - Russia officially ratifies the Kyoto Protocol .
Births
1522 - Lamoral, Count of Egmont , Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568 )1630 - Eleanor Gonzaga , Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686 )1647 - Pierre Bayle , French philosopher (d. 1706 )1727 - Philibert Commerçon , French naturalist (d. 1773 )1772 - Louis Ferdinand of Prussia , German prince (d. 1806 )1774 - Wilhelmine of Prussia , queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837 )1785 - David Wilkie , British artist (d. 1841 )1786 - Carl Maria von Weber , German composer (d. 1826 )1787 - Louis-Jacques Daguerre , French inventor and photographer (d. 1851 )1804 - Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora , Italian general and statesman (d. 1878 )1832 - Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld , Swedish explorer (d. 1901 )1836 - Sir William S. Gilbert , British dramatist (d. 1911 )1836 - Cesare Lombroso , Italian psychiatrist and founder of criminology (d. 1909 )
1839 - August Kundt , German physicist (d. 1894 )1856 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov , Grand Duke of Russia (d. 1929 )1861 - Dorothy Dix , pseudonym of US journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (d. 1951 )1874 - Clarence Day , American author (d. 1935 )1882 - Amelita Galli-Curci , Italian soprano (d. 1963 )1882 - Jacques Maritain , French philosopher (d. 1973 )
1883 - Carl Vinson , U.S. Congressman (d. 1981 )1897 - Patrick Blackett , British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974 )1898 - Joris Ivens , Dutch filmmaker (d. 1989 )1899 - Eugene Ormandy , Hungarian-born conductor (d. 1985 )1901 - George Gallup , American statistician and opinion pollster (d. 1984 )1904 - Jean Paul Lemieux , Quebec painter (d. 1990 )1906 - Klaus Mann , German writer (d. 1949 )1906 - George Wald , American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1997 )
1906 - Alec Issigonis , Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (d. 1988 )
1907 - Compay Segundo , Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club ) (d. 2003 )1908 - Imogene Coca , American actress and comedian (d. 2001 )1909 - Johnny Mercer , American lyricist (d. 1976 )1911 - Attilio Bertolucci , Italian poet and writer (d. 2000 )1915 - Ken Burkhart , American baseball player and umpire (d. 2004 )1917 - Pedro Infante , Mexican actor and singer (d. 1957 )1918 - Tasker Watkins , Welsh World War II hero (d. 2007 )1919 - Jocelyn Brando , American actress (d. 2005 )1922 - Luis Somoza Debayle , Nicaraguan president (d. 1967 )1923 - Alan Shepard , American astronaut (d. 1998 )1923 - Ted Stevens , American politician
1924 - Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart , president of the European Court of Justice (d. 2000 )1925 - Gene Mauch , American baseball manager (d. 2005 )1927 - Hank Ballard , American musician (d. 2003 )1928 - Otar Gordeli , Georgian composer1932 - Nasif Estéfano , Argentine racing driver {d. 1973 )1934 - Vassilis Vassilikos , Greek writer, Greece's ambassador to UNESCO 1935 - Rudolf Bahro , German dissident (d. 1997 )1936 - Don Cherry , American jazz trumpeter (d. 1995 )1939 - Margaret Atwood , Canadian writer1939 - Brenda Vaccaro , American actress
1940 - Qaboos ibn Sa’id , Sultan of Oman 1941 - David Hemmings , British actor (d. 2003 )1942 - Linda Evans , American actress1942 - Susan Sullivan , American actress
1944 - Wolfgang Joop , German artist, fashion designer and art collector1946 - Alan Dean Foster , American author1947 - Jameson Parker , American actor1948 - Andrea Marcovicci , American singer and actress1948 - Jack Tatum , American football player
1950 - Graham Parker , English singer1950 - Eric Pierpoint , American actor
1951 - Justin Raimondo , American author1952 - Delroy Lindo , British actor1952 - Peter Beattie , 36th Premier of Queensland
1953 - Alan Moore , British comic book writer and novelist1953 - Kevin Nealon , American comedian and actor
1954 - John Parr , British pop singer1954 - Evan Gray , New Zealand cricketer
1956 - Noel Brotherston , Northern Irish footballer (d. 1995 )1956 - Warren Moon , American football player
1957 - Seán Mac Falls , Irish-born poet1958 - Daniel Brailovsky , Argentine football manager1958 - Oscar Nunez , Cuban American actor
1959 - Jimmy Quinn , Northern Irish footballer and football manager1960 - Kim Wilde , British singer1960 - Elizabeth Perkins , American actress
1962 - Kirk Hammett , American guitarist (Metallica )1962 - Jamie Moyer , American baseball player
1963 - Dante Bichette , American baseball player1963 - Peter Schmeichel , Danish footballer
1963 - Len Bias , American basketball player (d. 1986 )
1966 - Jorge Camacho , Spanish poet1967 - Jocelyn Lemieux , Canadian ice hockey player1968 - Barry Hunter , Northern Irish footballer and manager1968 - Romany Malco , American actor and music producer
1968 - Gary Sheffield , American baseball player
1968 - Owen Wilson , American actor
1969 - Sam Cassell , American basketball player1969 - Duncan Sheik , American Singer/Songwriter
1969 - Ahmed Helmi , Egyptian Actor
1970 - Elizabeth Anne Allen , American Actress1970 - Mike Epps , American actor
1970 - Megyn Kelly , American television news anchor
1970 - Johan Liiva , Sweden vocalist (Arch Enemy )
1970 - Peta Wilson , Australian actress
1972 - Jessi Alexander , American country music singer/songwriter1972 - Robert Shapiro , American politician/humorist
1973 - Nic Pothas , South African/English wicket-keeper1974 - Chloë Sevigny , American actress1975 - David Ortiz , Dominican baseball player1975 - Jason Williams , American basketball player
1975 - Anthony McPartlin , British actor and television presenter
1975 - Shawn Camp , American baseball player
1976 - Shagrath , Norwegian singer (Dimmu Borgir )1976 - Mona Zaki , Egyptian Actress
1977 - Trent Barrett , Australian rugby league footballer1977 - Fabolous , American rapper
1978 - Damien Johnson , Northern Irish footballer1980 - Okada Junichi , singer and actor (member of V6 )1980 - Dustin Kensrue , American Singer/Songwriter (Thrice )
1980 - François Duval , Belgian rally driver
1980 - Luke Chadwick , English footballer
1981 - Christina Vidal , American actress1981 - Gian Magdangal , Filipino singer and actor
1983 - Jon Johansen , Norwegian software developer1983 - Travis Buck , American baseball player
1984 - Johnny Christ , American musician (Avenged Sevenfold )1984 - Ryohei Chiba , member of Japanese boy band w-inds.
1985 - Christian Siriano , Winner of Project Runway , Season 41986 - Nic Sampson , New Zealand actor1988 - Jeffrey Jordan , son of Michael Jordan 1988 - Montanna Thompson , English actress
1992 - Nathan Kress , child actor
Deaths
1154 - Adélaide de Maurienne , wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092 )1305 - John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239 )1559 - Cuthbert Tunstall , English churchman (b. 1474 )1590 - George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury , English statesman (b. 1528 )1724 - Bartolomeu de Gusmão , Portuguese naturalist (b. 1685 )1785 - Louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans , French soldier and writer (b. 1725 )1797 - Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat , French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719 )1814 - William Jessop , British civil engineer (b. 1745 )1886 - Chester A. Arthur , 21st President of the United States (b. 1829 )1889 - William Allingham , Irish author1922 - Marcel Proust , French novelist (b. 1871 )1941 - Walther Nernst , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864 )1941 - Chris Watson , third Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867 )
1941 - Émile Nelligan , Quebec poet (b. 1879 )
1952 - Paul Eluard , French poet (b. 1895 )1962 - Niels Bohr , Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885 )1965 - Henry A. Wallace , Vice President of the United States (b. 1888 )1969 - Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. , American politician (b. 1888 )1969 - Ted Heath , British musician and bandleader (b. 1902 )
1972 - Danny Whitten , American musician and songwriter (b. 1943 )1976 - Man Ray , American artist (b. 1890 )1977 - Kurt Schuschnigg , Austrian politician (b. 1897 )1977 - Victor Francen , Belgian actor (b. 1888 )
1978 - Jim Jones , American cult leader (suicide ) (b. 1931 )1978 - Leo Ryan , U.S. Congressman (b. 1925 )
1979 - Freddie Fitzsimmons , baseball player (b. 1901 )1980 - Conn Smythe , NHL coach 1927-1931 (b. 1895 )1982 - Duk Koo Kim , Korean boxer (b. 1959 )1984 - Mary Hamman , American writer and editor (b. 1907 )1986 - Gia Carangi , American model (AIDS ) (b. 1960 )1987 - Jacques Anquetil , French cyclist (cancer ) (b. 1934 )1991 - Gustáv Husák , President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1913 )1994 - Cab Calloway , American bandleader (b. 1907 )1999 - Paul Bowles , American novelist (b. 1910 )1999 - Doug Sahm , American musician (b. 1941 )
2002 - James Coburn , American actor (b. 1928 )2003 - Michael Kamen , American composer (b. 1948 )2004 - Cy Coleman , American composer, songwriter and pianist (b. 1929 )2005 - Harold J. Stone , American actor (b. 1911 )
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