November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining.
Events:
- 1820 - Antarctica discovered
- 1928 - Mickey Mouse cartoon character debuts
- 1978 - Mass suicide by members of the People's Temple in Jonestown, Guyana
- 1987 - Kings Cross fire
Births:
- 1757 - William Blake, poet
- 1787 - Louis-Jacques Daguerre, inventor
- 1836 - William S. Gilbert, dramatist
- 1860 - Ignacy Paderewski, pianist, composer
- 1898 - Joris Ivens, filmmaker
- 1899 - Eugene Ormandy, conductor
- 1901 - George Gallup, statistician, opinion pollster
- 1923 - Alan Shepard, astronaut
- 1935 - Alain Barrière
- 1939 - Brenda Vaccaro, actress
- 1942 - Linda Evans, actress
- 1944 - Susan Sullivan
- 1948 - Andrea Marcovicci, singer, actress
- 1950 - Jameson Parker
- 1960 - Kim Wilde, singer
Deaths:
- 1886 - Chester Arthur, 21st president of the United States
- 1962 - Niels Bohr
- 1987 - Jacques Anquetil
- 1994 - Cab Calloway, bandleader
- 1999 - Paul Bowles, novelist
Holidays:
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December November 17 - November 19 - October 18 - December 18 - more historical anniversaries