What are the important events that happened on November 18? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 18: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 18 is the 323^rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 43 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 5, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,731,888,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaicosatrigon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 72 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,350 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 18 Historical Events

• 1105 –
  Maginulfo is elected the Antipope as Sylvester IV.
• 1493 –
  Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.
• 1686 –
  Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France’s anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants.
• 1883 –
  American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
• 1918 –
  Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
• 1928 –
  Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is also considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey’s birthday.
• 1949 –
  The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.
• 1993 –
  In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is ratified by the House of Representatives.
• 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.

Who were born on November 18?

• 1522 –
  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)
• 1804 –
  Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora, Italian general and statesman (d. 1878)
• 1901 –
  George Gallup, American statistician and pollster (d. 1984)
• 1914 –
  Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (d. 1969)
• 1936 –
  Don Cherry, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1995)
• 1945 –
  Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka
• 1953 –
  Alan Moore, British comic book writer and novelist
• 1955 –
  Carter Burwell, American composer
• 1975 –
  Pastor Troy, American rapper
• 1980 –
  Denny Hamlin, American race car driver

Who died on November 18?

• 1154 –
  Adélaide de Maurienne, queen consort of King Louis VI of France (b. 1092)
• 1785 –
  Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer (b. 1725)
• 1909 –
  Renée Vivien, English-born French poet (b. 1877)
• 1941 –
  Chris Watson, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1952 –
  Paul Eluard, French poet (b. 1895)
• 1962 –
  Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1885)
• 1965 –
  Henry A. Wallace, 33rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1888)
• 1972 –
  Danny Whitten, American musician (Crazy Horse) (b. 1943)
• 1977 –
  Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian politician (b. 1897)
• 2003 –
  Michael Kamen, American composer (b. 1948)