Birthdates Which Occur on November 18:
1527 Luca Cambiaso Italian painter/sculptor
1680 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet composer
1736 Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch composer
1742 Felix Maximo Lopez composer
1776 Karl Maria FE von Weber German composer (Der Freischtz, Oberon)
1781 Felice Blangini composer
1786 Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber German composer (Der Freischtz)
and Henry Rowley Bishop British composer/conductor
1787 Louis-Jacques-Mand‚ Daguerre French painter (daguerreotype)
and Sojourner Truth abolitionist/feminist
1803 Cornelius Broere Catholic clergyman/poet
1808 Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart composer
1810 Asa Gray Sauquoit NY, botanist (Flora of North America)
and Benjamin Stone Roberts Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1875
1812 Jesse Johnson Finley Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904
1824 Franz Sigel Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902
and Isham Nicholas Hayne Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1832 Adolf E Nordenskj”ld Swedish explorer
and Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskj”ld Sweden, Artic explorer
1835 Americus Vespucius Rice Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904
and Cesare Lombroso Italian psychiatrist/criminologist
1836 M ximo G¢mez BanŒ, general (Cuba)
and William Schwenck Gilbert London, composer (Gilbert & Sullivan)
1839 August A Kundt German physicist (sound vibration, test of Kundt)
1845 John F Mellaerts Flemish social employer (1st Belgian farm gilde)
1846 Aloys Liechtenstein nobleman/politician
1860 Ignaz Jan Paderewski composer/pianist/1st premier of Poland (1919-20)
1869 James E Sullivan founder (Amateur Athletic Union)
1871 Amadeo Vives composer
1874 Carrie White oldest US woman (dies Nov 1990 at 116)
and Clarence Shepard Day NYC, author (Life with Father)
and Riccardo Martin composer
1877 Arthur C Pigou English economist (Wealth & welfare)
1881 Percy Lesueur hockey player/inventor (large goalie glove)
1882 Amelita Galli-Curci Italy, operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds)
and Jacques Maritain France, Catholic philosopher (exponent of St Thomas)
and Wyndham Lewis English author/painter (Tarr, Apes of God)
1888 Frances Marion SF CA, screenwriter/actress (Pollyanna)
1889 Maria Realino [Frederikus Janssen], teacher (Botany of Cura‡ao)
1895 Ernst Levy composer
1897 Jules Buffano St Louis Mo, pianist (Jimmy Durante Show)
and Patrick M S Blackett British physicist (nuclear reaction, Nobel 1948)
1898 Joris Ivens N˜megen Netherlands, director (Rain)
and Oswald Erich Sehlbach composer
1899 Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Budapest, Hungary, conductor (Phila Orch)
19-- Herman Rarebell rock drummer (Scorpions-Wind of Change)
1900 Constantin Alajalov Russia, artist (Ditters & Jitters)
and Howard Thurman theologian/author (Deep River, Deep in the Hunger)
1901 George Gallup Jefferson Iowa, public opinion pollster (Gallup Poll)
1902 Barbara Giuranna composer
and Jírgen Nielsen Danish author (regional novels)
1903 Lillian Fuchs composer
1904 Guido Santorsola composer
and Theodore DN Besterman British bibliographer
1906 George Wald US, physiologist/biologist (eye, Nobel 1967)
and Klaus Mann German/US author (Mephisto)/son of Thomas Mann
1907 Halldis Vesaas-Moren Norwegian author/poetess
1908 Imogene Coca Phila, comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl)
1909 Johnny Mercer Savannah Ga, lyricist (Moon River, Old Black Magic)
1910 Friedrich Weinreb Polish/Neth theologist/economist
1912 Arthur Peterson Mandan ND, actor (Major-Soap, Crisis)
and Cut Me˜er [Saul van Messel], historian/rabbi to Paramaribo
and Jaap Me˜er [Saul van Messel], Dutch historian/rabbi in Paramaribo
1919 Jocelyn Brando San Francisco, actress (Ugly American)
1920 Louis Alfred Mennini composer
1921 Peter Pocklington NHL team owner (Edmonton Oiler)
1922 Luis Somoza Debayle president of Nicaragua (1956-63)
and Marjorie Gestring US, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1936)
1923 Alan B Shepard Jr East Derry NH, Rear Adm USN/astro (Merc 3, Ap 14)
1925 William Robert Mayer composer
1926 Dorothy Collins Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade)
1927 Lawrence Kenneth Moss composer
1928 Mickey Mouse cartoon strip
1929 William "Pete" Knight X-15 pilot
1930 Sonja Ruthstr”m Swed, cross country relay skier (Olympic-gold-1960)
1933 Jacques Charpentier composer
1936 Don Cherry US jazz trumpeter
and Hank Ballard Detroit, rocker (The Twist (pre Chubby Checker)
1938 Karl Schranz Austria, slalom (Olympic-1968)
1939 Brenda Vaccaro Bkln NY, actress (Cactus Flower, Sara, Paper Dolls)
and Tom Johnson composer
1941 David Hemmings England, actor (Blow-up, Barbarella)
1942 Jeffrey Siegel Chicago Ill, pianist (Chicago Symph)
and Linda Evans Hartford, actr (Dynasty, Big Valley, Beach Blanket Bingo)
and Qabus bin Said sultan of Oman (1970- )
1943 Susan Sullivan NYC, actress (Having Babies, Falcon Crest)
1945 Glen Walken Astoria Queens, actor (Leave it to Larry)
1946 Alan Dean Foster US, sci-fi author (Midworld, Flinx in Flux)
and Amanda Lear French singer
and Donald Meek Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach)
1947 Jameson Parker Balt Md, actor (American Justice, Simon & Simon)
1948 Andrea Marcovicci NYC, actress (Gloria-Berrengers, Fran-Trapper John)
and Jack Tatum Cherryville NC, NFL defensive back (Raiders)
and Ural Nazibovich Sultanov Russian cosmonaut
1949 Bonnie St Claire [Cornelia Swart], Dutch singer (Tame me Tiger)
and Ted Sator Utica NY, NHL coach (NY Rangers, Buffalo Sabres)
1950 Graham Parker musician (Live Sparks, Mercury Poisoning)
1951 Mark N Brown Valparaiso In, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 28, 48, 66)
1953 John McFee rock guitarist (Doobie Brothers, Clover)
and Kevin Nealon Bridgeport Conn, actor (SNL, Hot Shot, Coneheads)
1954 Guy Innes-Ker duke of Roxburghe English large landowner
1956 David Sinbad Benton Harbor MI, actor
and Tony Franklin NFL kicker (Phila Eagles, New England Patriots)
1957 Jenny Burton NYC, rocker (Nobody Loves Me Like You Do)
1960 Elizabeth Perkins Queens NY, actress (About Last Night, Big)
and Kim Wilde [Smith], England, rock vocalist (You Keep Me Hanging On)
1961 Janice Lynn Kuehnemund St Paul Minn, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up)
1962 Kirk Hammett US heavy-metal guitarist (Metallica-Master of Puppets)
and Vladimir Vladimirovich Karashtin Russian cosmonaut
1966 Gwendolyn Hajek Shreveport La, playmate (September, 1987)
1969 Cheryl Bachman Jacksonville Fla, playmate (October, 1991)
1970 Phil Buckman Queens NY, actor (Slash-Drexell's Class)
1973 Steve Christopher Petree Okla, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See)
1974 Christian Schmidt actor (Mllers Bro)
Deaths Which Occured November 18:
942 Odo van Cluny 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies
1170 Albrecht I de Beer 1st markgraaf of Brandenburg (1130-70), dies at 70
1603 Elisabeth van Nassau daughter of Juliana, dies at 61
1630 Esaias de Velde Dutch painter, buried
1664 Mikl¢s Zr¡nyi Hungarian general, dies at 44
1678 Giovanni Maria Bononcini composer, dies at 36
1771 Giuseppe de Majo composer, dies at 73
1796 Catharina II "The Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67
1822 Anton Teyber composer, dies at 66
George Knowil Jackson composer, dies at 65
1841 Georg Chistoph Grosheim composer, dies at 77
1851 Ernst August duke of Cumberland/king of Hanover (1837-51), dies at 80
1852 Anton Bernhard Furstenau composer, dies at 60
1883 Wilhelm Siemens German/British physicist (steam engine), dies
1886 Chester A Arthur 21st pres (1881-85), dies in NY at 56
1887 Eduard Marxsen composer, dies at 81
Gustav T Fechner German psychologist/physicist, dies at 86
Heinrich Panofka composer, dies at 80
1889 William Allingham Irish poet (Day & Night Songs), dies at 68
1904 Justus van Maurik cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies
1911 Alfred Binet French child psychologist, dies
1917 Henry Spiekman social-democratic politician, dies at 43
1918 J¢n Trausti [Gudmundur Magn£sson], Iceland author (G¢dir), dies
1919 Ferdinand Domela Newenhouse anarchist (free socialist), dies
1922 Marcel Proust French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51
1929 Henricus Van de Wetering archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78
1941 Walter H Nernst German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77
1946 Donald Meek Glasgow Scotland, actor (Stagecoach), dies at 68
1950 Gerardus van de Lion Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60
1951 John H Van Maarseveen Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57
Vaclav Kalik composer, dies at 60
William Henry Bennett Vodery composer, dies at 66
1952 Paul Eluard French communist/poet, dies at 56
1962 Luc Haesaerts Flemish art critic (Flandre), dies at 63
Niels Bohr Danish physicist (atom, Nobel 1922), dies at 77
1965 Henry A Wallace VP (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77
1966 Bela Tardos composer, dies at 56
Jean Peugeot French auto manufacturer, dies
1968 Walter Wanger US producer (Cleopatria), dies at 74
1969 Joseph P Kennedy JFK/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Mass, at 81
Leon Jongen composer, dies at 85
1970 Hal Dickinson singer (Modernaires), dies at 56
1971 Junior Parker rocker, dies during brain operation at 44
1972 Danny Whitten rocker, dies of a drug overdose
Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade composer, dies at 90
1973 Alois H ba Czech (opera)composer (Neuland), dies at 80
1976 Man Ray US artist (dada), dies at 86
1977 Victor Francen actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio), dies at 89
1978 Leo J Ryan (Rep-Cal) & 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of
Peoples Temple followed by ritual mass suicide of 912 member
1982 Donald Dillaway actor (Min & Bill, Platinum Blonde), dies at 78
1987 Jacques Anquetil French cyclist (5x Tour de France), dies at 53
1989 Henry de Vries painter/poet (Toovertuin), dies
1990 Peter Schilperoort saxophonist/clarinetist, dies
1991 Gustav Husak president Czechoslovakia (1975-89), dies at 78
1992 Dorothy Kirsten US soprano, dies
Herman Musaph psychiatrist/sexologist/co-founder (NVSH), dies
Superman killed by Doomsday in the comics
1993 Fritz Feld actor (Errand Boy, Promises Promises), dies at 93
1994 Cab[ell] Calloway US band leader/actor (Missourians), dies at 86
Holidays Which Occur November 18:
Albania Independence Day [1912]
Haiti Army Day
Oman National Day
YWCA World Fellowship Day
1119 Morocco Independence Day
Oman National Day
Religious Observances on November 18:
RC Mem of Dedication of Basilicas of Peter & Paul, Rome (opt)
RC Odo, 2nd abbot of Cluny
680 Ang Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby
Things to Remember for November 18:
Flower-chrysanthemum Gem-topaz
International Creative Child & Adult Month
National Raisin Bread & Television Sweeps Month
[NY] Puerto Rican Heritage Month
3 Days Astrological sign: Scorpio
Last Day Leonid meteor shower, radiant in Leo [5-20 per hour]
[YWCA] World Fellowship Day
Highlights in History Which Occur November 18:
794 Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto
1105 Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I
1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV
1307 William Tell shoots apple off his son's head
1421 Holland/Zealand dike breaks in storm, 1000s killed
and Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing est 10,000 in Netherlands
1424 Storm flood ravages Dutch coast
1494 French king Charles VIII occupies Florence
1497 Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope
1626 St-Petruskerk in Rome, initiated
1667 Treaty of Bongaja: King Hassan-Udin of Makasar & VOC
1718 Voltaires "Oedip‚," premieres in Paris
1738 France & Austria sign peace
1742 Prussia & England sign anti-French military covenant
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Carlisle
1755 Worst quake in Mass Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths report
1776 Hessians capture Ft Lee, NJ
1787 1st Unitarian minister in US ordained, Boston
1793 Louvre officially opens in Paris
1803 Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French
1804 Palver Purim 1st celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape
1805 30 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes
Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in America
1820 US Navy Captain Nathaniel B Palmer discovers Antarctica
1833 Netherlands & Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven
1835 -20] Charles Darwin travels to Tahiti
1852 London: state funeral of duke of Wellington
1865 Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
1874 National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland
1883 Antonin Dvor k's "Husitska," premieres
and Standard time zones forms by railroads in US & Canada
1889 Oahu Railway begins public service in Hawaii
1893 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Providentissimus Deus
1894 1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published (NY World)
1897 W Villiger discovers asteroid #428 Monachia
19-- Klu Klux Klan member convicted of 1963 church bombing in Birmingham
1903 Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives US exclusive canal rights in Panama
1905 George Bernard Shaws "Major Barbara," premieres in London
and Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
1906 Langdon Mitchells "New York Idea," premieres in NYC
1909 US invades Nicaragua, later overthrows Pres Zelaya
1911 Britain's 1st seaplane flies
and Opera "Lobetanz" 1st American performance
1912 Albania declares independence from Turkey
1913 Lincoln Deachey performs 1st airplane loop-the-loop (San Diego)
1918 Brussels free Stofnar
and Latvia declares independence from Russia
1919 H Tierney & J McCarthy's musical "Irene," premieres in NYC
1922 A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #989 Schwassmannia
and Turkish National Assembly nominates Abdl Medjid kalief
1926 Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico
1928 Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in "Steamboat Willie"
1929 Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places
and Stalin routes troops to Manchuria
1930 18/1? Leningrad: premier of Sjostakovitsj' opera "The nose"
and Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope/Fred Astaire premieres in NYC
1932 "Flowers & Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon
1935 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1364 Safara
1936 Germany & Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco
and Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined
1938 L Oterma discovers asteroid #1522 Kokkola
1939 Neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die
1940 George Matesky Mad Bomber's 1st time-bomb
1941 British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa
and Jerome Chodorov/Joseph Fields' "Junior Miss," premieres in NYC
and Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia
1942 Thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in NYC
1943 1st US ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated
and 444 British bombers attack Berlin
and U-211 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1945 Arnold Sch”nberg's Prelude for orch & mixed choir, premieres
1949 Jackie Robinson, Bkln Dodgers, named NL's MVP
1950 South Korea Pres Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions
1951 "See it Now" premieres on TV
and British troops occupies Ismailiya Egypt
1953 Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage
1954 Yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada & Smith to
Orioles for Turley, Larsen & Hunter as part of an 18 player deal
1955 Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight
1956 Morocco gains independence
1957 Tunisia refuses Russian weapons
1958 1st true reservoir in Jurusalem opens
1960 Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration
1961 JFK sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam
and US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed
1963 Bell Telephone introduces push button telephone
and England's Dartford-Purfleet tunnel under Thames opens
and King Hassan II opens 1st parliament in Morocco)
1964 J Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"
1966 US RC bishops ends rules against eating meat on Fridays
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 British govt devalues œ from US equivalent of $2.80 to $2.40
1968 Milt coup in Mali, pres Keita ousted
1970 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Bob Foster in Detroit
and Netherlands & Albania form diplomatic relations
and Russia lands self propelled rover on Moon
1971 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1973 Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests
1975 Black-Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver returns to US
and Calvin Murphy (Houston) ends NBA free throw streak of 58 games
1976 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2507 Bobone
and Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 yrs of dictatorship
and Yanks sign free agent Don Gullett
1978 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979 Ayatollah Khomeini charges US ambassador/embassy espionage
1980 "Heaven's Gate" premieres
and Honduras & El Salvador signs peace (after "soccer war" 1969)
1981 Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3136
and T Furuta discovers asteroid #2908 Shimoyama
1984 72nd CFL Grey Cup: Win Blue Bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 47-17
and Browns set team records for most sacks (11)
and Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders
and NJ Devils shutout NY Rangers 6-0
1985 Enterprise (OV-101) flies from Kennedy Space Center to Dulles Airport
and Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WXRK (NYC)
and Paul McCartney releases "Spies Like Us"
Washington, DC, & turned over to Smithsonian Institution
1987 31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station
1990 NFL NY Giants beat Det Lions 20-0, to run 1990 record to 10-0
and Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait
1991 France deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti
and Moslem Shites release hostages Terry Waite & Thomas Sutherland
1992 "Malcolm X" with Denzel Washington premieres in US
1993 27 killed at prison in Morazan, El Salvador
and NAFTA passes House
and North-Siberia record cold for November (-55øC)
1994 Star Trek VII - Generations premieres
1421 The sea breaks through the Zuider Zee flooding 72 villages, killing
an estimated 10,000 in The Netherlands.
1755 Worst quake Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston. No deaths report
1929 One of the largest quakes recorded in the Atlantic breaks the
Transatlantic cable in 28 places.
Your Special Reminders for November 18:
1928 73øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1936 18øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 322nd day of year with 43 days left (Numerology = 2)
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