November 18

November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 43 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

• 326 – The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I.^[1]
• 401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy.^[2]
• 1095 – The Council of Clermont begins: called by Pope Urban II, it led to the First Crusade to the Holy Land.^[3]
• 1105 – Maginulfo is elected Antipope Sylvester IV in opposition to Pope Paschal II.^[4]
• 1210 – Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV for invading the Kingdom of Sicily after promising to recognize papal control over it.^[5]
• 1302 – Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam, claiming spiritual supremacy for the papacy.^[6]
• 1421 – St Elizabeth's flood: A dike in the Grote Hollandse Waard in the Netherlands breaks, killing about 10,000 people.^[7]
• 1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.^[8]

1601–1900

• 1601 – Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, an Ottoman provincial governor, routs the Habsburg forces commanded by Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria who were besieging Nagykanizsa.^[9]
• 1626 – The new St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is consecrated.^[10]
• Frederick the Great of Prussia is granted a pardon by his father and is released from confinement.^[11]
• 1760 – The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.^[12]
• Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere.^[13]
• East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal.^[14]
• 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Krasnoi ends in French defeat, but Marshal of France Michel Ney's leadership leads to him becoming known as "the bravest of the brave".
• Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864
  .
• 1867 – An earthquake strikes the Virgin Islands, triggering the largest tsunami witnessed in the Caribbean and killing dozens.^[15]
• 1872 – Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
• 1883 – American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.

1901–present

• 1901 – Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
• 1903 – The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
• Haakon VII of Norway
  .
• revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya
  .
• suffragettes march to the British Parliament in London. Several are beaten by police, newspaper attention embarrasses the authorities, and the march is dubbed Black Friday.^[16]
• 1916 – World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
• 1918 – Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
• 1928 – Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon.
• Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula
  .
• Italian invasion of Greece
  .
• 1943 – World War II: Battle of Berlin: Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
• 1944 – The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.
• 1947 – The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
• 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.
• 1961 – United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.^[17][18]
• 1963 – The first push-button telephone goes into service.
• 1970 – U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
• 1971 – Oman declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1978 – The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet makes its first flight, at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland, United States.^[19]
• 1978 – In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones leads his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children.
• 1983 – Aeroflot Flight 6833 is hijacked en route from Tbilisi to Leningrad. After returning to Tibilisi, the aircraft is subsequentially raided on the ground, resulting in seven deaths.^[20]
• 1985 – The first comic of Calvin and Hobbes is published in ten newspapers.^[21]
• 1987 – King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
• Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland
  .
• 1991 – After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.
• 1991 – The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia, which would in 1993 become a republic, was established in Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[22]
• 1993 – In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.
• 1993 – In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.
• 1996 – A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) of tunnel.
• 1999 – At Texas A&M University, the Aggie Bonfire collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others.
• 2002 – Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
• 2003 – The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4–3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.
• Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
  .
• 2013 – NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.
• 2020 – The Utah monolith, built sometime in 2016 is discovered by state biologists of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.^[23]

Births

Pre-1600

• Itzam K'an Ahk II
  , Mayan ruler (d. 757)
• 709 – Emperor Kōnin of Japan (d. 782)
• 1522 – Lamoral, Count of Egmont (d. 1568)
• 1571 – Hippolytus Guarinonius, Italian physician and polymath (d. 1654)
• 1576 – Philipp Ludwig II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1612)

1601–1900

• 1630 – Eleonora Gonzaga, Italian wife of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1686)
• 1647 – Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (d. 1706)^[24]
• 1727 – Philibert Commerson, French physician and explorer (d. 1773)
• 1736 – Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, German harpsichord player and composer (d. 1800)
• Thomas Burgess
  , English bishop and philosopher (d. 1837)
• 1772 – Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (d. 1806)^[25]
• 1774 – Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837)
• 1785 – David Wilkie, Scottish painter and academic (d. 1841)
• 1787 – Louis Daguerre, French artist, photographer and inventor (d. 1851)^[26]
• 1804 – Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Italian general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1878)
• 1810 – Asa Gray, American botanist and academic (d. 1888)
• 1832 – Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish geologist and explorer (d. 1901)
• 1833 – James Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (d. 1895)
• 1836 – W. S. Gilbert, English playwright, poet, and illustrator (d. 1911)^[27]
• 1839 – August Kundt, German physicist and educator (d. 1894)
• 1856 – Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1929)
• Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (d. 1941)^[28]
• 1866 – Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1920)
• 1871 – Robert Hugh Benson, English Catholic priest and novelist (d. 1914)^[29]
• 1874 – Clarence Day, American author and poet (d. 1935)
• 1876 – Victor Hémery, French racing driver (d. 1950)
• 1880 – Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (d. 1952)
• 1882 – Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American soprano (d. 1963)
• 1882 – Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic (d. 1957)
• 1882 – Jacques Maritain, French philosopher and author (d. 1973)
• 1882 –
  forensic pathologist (d. 1959)^[30]
• 1883 – Carl Vinson, American judge and politician (d. 1981)
• Prime Minister of Hungary
  (d. 1967)
• 1888 – Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist (d. 1973)
• Stanislav Kosior
  , Polish-Russian politician (d. 1939)
• 1891 – Gio Ponti, Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, and publisher.(d. 1979)
• Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize
  laureate (d. 1974)
• 1899 – Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (d. 1985)
• 1899 – Howard Thurman, American author, philosopher and civil rights activist (d. 1981)

1901–present

• 1901 – George Gallup, American statistician (d. 1984)^[31]
• 1901 – V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
• 1901 – Craig Wood, American golfer (d. 1968)
• 1902 – Franklin Adreon, American film and television director (d. 1979)
• 1904 – Masao Koga, Japanese composer and guitarist (d. 1978)
• 1904 – Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1983)
• 1906 – Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Turkish author and poet (d. 1954)
• 1906 – Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer, designed the mini car (d. 1988)
• 1906 – Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1949)
• 1906 – George Wald, American neurobiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
• 1907 – Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (d. 1998)
• 1907 – Compay Segundo, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
• 1908 – Imogene Coca, American actress, comedian, and singer (d. 2001)
• 1909 – Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter and producer, co-founded Capitol Records (d. 1976)
• 1911 – Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and author (d. 2000)
• 1912 – Vic Hey, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Hilda Nickson, English author (d. 1977)
• 1913 – Endre Rozsda, Hungarian-French painter and illustrator (d. 1999)
• 1914 – Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (d. 1969)
• 1915 – Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2004)
• 1917 – Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (d. 1957)
• 1918 – İlhan Berk, Turkish poet and author (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Tasker Watkins, Welsh soldier, judge, and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2007)^[32]
• 1919 – Jocelyn Brando, American actress (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Robert Fryer, American playwright and producer (d. 2000)
• 1920 – Mustafa Khalil, Egyptian lawyer and politician, 77th Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Ron Suart, English football player and manager (d. 2015)
• 1922 – Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (d. 1992)
• 1922 – Luis Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 70th President of Nicaragua (d. 1967)
• 1923 – Cornelis Ruhtenberg, American painter (d. 2008)^[33]
• 1923 – Alan Shepard, American astronaut (d. 1998)^[31]
• 1923 – Ted Stevens, American politician (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish soldier, engineer, and judge (d. 2000)
• 1924 – Anna Elisabeth (Lise) Østergaard, Danish psychologist and politician (d. 1996)
• 1925 – Gene Mauch, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
• 1926 – Roy Sievers, American baseball player (d. 2017)^[34]
• 1927 – Hank Ballard, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Salvador Laurel, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Philippines (d. 2004)
• 1928 – Sheila Jordan, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1929 – Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and educator (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1933 – Bruce Conner, American painter, photographer, and director (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek journalist and diplomat (d. 2023)
• 1935 – Rudolf Bahro, German philosopher and politician (d. 1997)
• 1936 – Ennio Antonelli, Italian cardinal
• 1936 – Don Cherry, American trumpet player (d. 1995)
• 1938 – Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Norbert Ratsirahonana, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar
• 1938 – Karl Schranz, Austrian skier
• 1939 – Margaret Atwood, Canadian author^[35]
• 1939 – Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, English journalist and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
• 1939 – Amanda Lear, Hong Kong-French singer-songwriter and actress
• 1939 – Brenda Vaccaro, American actress^[36]
• 1940 – James Welch, American novelist and poet (d. 2003)
• 1941 – Gary Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 2014)
• 1941 – David Hemmings, English actor and director (d. 2003)^[31]
• 1942 – Linda Evans, American actress^[36]
• 1942 – Susan Sullivan, American actress^[36]
• 1943 – Leonardo Sandri, Argentinian cardinal
• 1944 – Wolfgang Joop, German fashion designer, founded JOOP!
• 1944 –
  archaeoastronomer, author, Director Griffith Observatory
• 1945 – Wilma Mankiller, American tribal chief (d. 2010)
• 1945 – Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th President of Sri Lanka
• 1946 – Alan Dean Foster, American author^[31]
• 1947 – Jameson Parker, American actor^[36]
• 1947 – Ross Wilson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 – Tõnis Mägi, Estonian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1948 – Kongō Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2014)
• 1948 – Ana Mendieta, Cuban-American sculptor and painter (d. 1985)
• 1948 – Jack Tatum, American football player (d. 2010)^[37]
• 1949 – Herman Rarebell, German rock drummer and songwriter
• 1950 – Graham Parker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist^[36]
• 1950 – Rudy Sarzo, Cuban-American rock bass player
• 1951 – Pete Morelli, American businessman
• 1951 – Justin Raimondo, American journalist and author (d. 2019)
• 1952 – Peter Beattie, Australian lawyer and politician, 36th Premier of Queensland
• 1952 – Delroy Lindo, English-American actor and director^[36]
• 1952 – John Parr, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Jan Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1953 – Alan Moore, English author^[31]
• 1953 – Kevin Nealon, American comedian and actor^[36]
• 1954 – Carter Burwell, American composer and conductor
• 1956 – Noel Brotherston, Irish-English footballer and painter (d. 1995)
• 1956 – Warren Moon, American football player and sportscaster
• 1956 – Jim Weirich, American computer scientist, developed Rake Software (d. 2014)
• 1957 – Tony Bunn, American bassist, composer, producer, and writer
• 1958 – Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine-Israeli footballer and manager^[38]
• 1958 – Oscar Nunez, Cuban-American actor and comedian^[36]
• Jimmy Quinn
  , Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1960 – Ivans Klementjevs, Latvian canoeist^[39]
• 1960 – Elizabeth Perkins, American actress^[36]
• 1960 – Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 – Kim Wilde, English singer-songwriter^[36]
• 1961 – Steven Moffat, Scottish screenwriter and producer^[31]
• 1962 – Bart Bryant, American golfer
• 1962 – Tim Guinee, American actor^[36]
• 1962 – Kirk Hammett, American guitarist, songwriter, member of the thrash metal band Metallica^[36]
• 1962 – Jamie Moyer, American baseball player^[40]
• 1963 – Len Bias, American basketball player (d. 1986)
• 1963 – Dante Bichette, American baseball player and coach
• 1963 – Todd Bowles, American football player and coach^[41]
• 1963 – Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer and sportscaster
• 1963 – Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (d. 2015)
• 1964 – Rita Cosby, American journalist and author
• 1964 – Nadia Sawalha, English actress
• 1965 – Tim DeLaughter, American singer-songwriter and musician^[36]
• 1967 – Tom Gordon, American baseball player
• 1967 – Jocelyn Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1968 – George Kotsiopoulos, American stylist and journalist
• 1968 – Romany Malco, American rapper, producer, actor, and screenwriter^[36]
• 1968 – Gary Sheffield, American baseball player^[42]
• 1968 – Owen Wilson, American actor^[36]
• 1969 – Sam Cassell, American basketball player and coach^[43]
• 1969 – Ahmed Helmy, Egyptian actor
• 1969 – Koichiro Kimura, Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler (d. 2014)
• 1969 – Duncan Sheik, American singer-songwriter and composer^[36]
• 1970 – Mike Epps, American actor and comedian^[36]
• 1970 – Megyn Kelly, American lawyer and journalist^[44]
• 1970 – Peta Wilson, Australian model and actress^[45]
• 1971 – Thérèse Coffey, English chemist and politician
• 1971 – Terrance Hayes, American poet and academic
• 1971 – Matthew Rodwell, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Jeroen Straathof, Dutch cyclist and speed skater
• 1973 – Jonnie Irwin, English television presenter and business expert (d. 2024)
• 1973 – Nic Pothas, South African cricketer and coach
• 1974 – Graham Coughlan, Irish footballer and coach
• 1974 – Chloë Sevigny, American actress, model, and fashion designer^[36]
• 1974 – Petter Solberg, Norwegian racing driver^[46]
• 1975 – Lucy Akhurst, English actress and producer
• 1975 – Shawn Camp, American baseball player and coach
• 1975 –
  Anthony McPartlin
  , English comedian, actor, and producer
• 1975 – David Ortiz, Dominican-American baseball player^[47]
• 1975 – Pastor Troy, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1975 – Jason Williams, American basketball player
• 1976 – Dominic Armato, American voice actor
• 1976 – Sage Francis, American rapper
• 1976 – Steven Pasquale, American actor^[36]
• 1976 – Shagrath, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Matt Welsh, Australian swimmer
• 1976 – Mona Zaki, Egyptian actress
• 1977 – Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1977 – Fabolous, American rapper^[36]
• 1978 – Damien Johnson, Irish footballer
• 1978 – Aldo Montano, Italian fencer^[48]
• 1979 – Neeti Mohan, Indian playback singer
• 1979 – Nate Parker, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter^[36]
• 1980 – Hamza al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (d. 2001)
• 1980 – Luke Chadwick, English footballer
• 1980 – Minori Chihara, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1980 – François Duval, Belgian racing driver
• 1980 – Denny Hamlin, American race car driver^[49]
• 1980 – C. J. Wilson, American baseball player^[50]
• 1981 – Mekia Cox, American actress and dancer^[36]
• 1981 – Dianne dela Fuente, Filipino singer and actress
• 1981 – Nasim Pedrad, Iranian-American actress^[36]
• 1981 – Vittoria Puccini, Italian actress
• 1981 – Christina Vidal, American actress and singer^[36]
• 1982 – Justin Knapp, American Wikipedia editor^[51]
• 1982 – Damon Wayans Jr., American actor and comedian^[31]
• 1983 – Travis Buck, American baseball player
• 1983 – Michael Dawson, English footballer
• 1983 – Jon Lech Johansen, Norwegian computer programmer and engineer, created DeCSS
• Ryohei Chiba
  , Japanese singer and dancer
• 1984 – Enar Jääger, Estonian footballer
• 1985 – Allyson Felix, American sprinter^[52]
• 1987 – Jake Abel, American actor^[31]
• 1987 – Cal Clutterbuck, Canadian ice hockey player^[53]
• 1987 – Yoon Park, South Korean actor
• 1988 – Jeffrey Jordan, American basketball player
• 1988 – Michael Roach, American soccer player^[54]
• 1988 – Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Ivorian sprinter^[55]
• 1989 – Lu Jiajing, Chinese tennis player^[56]
• 1990 – Arnett Moultrie, American basketball player^[57]
• 1991 – Ahmed Kelly, Iraqi-Australian swimmer^[58]
• 1991 – Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, Thai tennis player^[59]
• 1991 – Jameson Taillon, Canadian-American baseball player^[60]
• 1992 – Nathan Kress, American actor and director^[36]
• 1992 – Quincy Miller, American basketball player^[61]
• 1992 – Steven Skrzybski, German footballer^[62]
• 1992 – Joe Thuney, American football player^[63]
• 1994 – Akiyuki Hashimoto, Japanese sprinter^[64]
• 1994 – Danka Kovinić, Montenegrin tennis player^[65]
• 1994 – Bernhard Luxbacher, Austrian footballer^[66]
• 1996 – Christian Kirk, American football player^[67]
• 1997 – Shea Langeliers, American baseball player^[68]
• 1997 – Robert Sánchez, Spanish footballer^[69]
• 2002 – Patrick Baldwin Jr., American basketball player^[70]

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 942 – Odo of Cluny, Frankish abbot and saint (b. c. 878)
• 953 – Liutgard of Saxony, duchess of Lorraine (b. 931)
• 1100 – Thomas of Bayeux, archbishop of York
• 1154 – Adelaide of Maurienne, French queen consort (b. 1092)
• 1170 – Albert the Bear, margrave of Brandenburg (b. c. 1100)
• 1259 – Adam Marsh, English scholar and theologian
• 1305 – John II, duke of Brittany (b. 1239)
• 1313 – Constance of Portugal, Portuguese infanta (b. 1290)
• 1349 – Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1310)
• 1441 – Roger Bolingbroke, English cleric, astronomer, astrologer, magister and alleged necromancer
• Basilius Bessarion
  , titular patriarch of Constantinople (b. c. 1403)
• Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• 1559 – Cuthbert Tunstall, English bishop (b. 1474)
• Yun Won-hyung
  , Korean writer and politician (b. 1509)
• 1590 – George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician, Lord High Steward of Ireland (b. 1528)

1601–1900

• 1664 – Miklós Zrínyi, Croatian and Hungarian military leader and statesman (b. 1620)
• 1724 – Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese priest (b. 1685)
• 1785 – Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (b. 1725)
• 1797 – Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719)
• 1804 – Philip Schuyler, American general and senator (b. 1733)
• 1814 – William Jessop, English engineer (b. 1745)
• 1830 – Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati (b. 1748)
• 1841 – Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (b. 1785)^[71]
• 1852 – Rose Philippine Duchesne, French-American nun and saint (b. 1769)
• 1886 – Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
• 1889 – William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (b. 1824)

1901–present

• 1909 – Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877)
• 1922 – Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
• 1927 – Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)
• 1936 – V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1940 – Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
• 1941 – Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
• 1941 – Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1941 – Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1952 – Paul Éluard, French poet and author (b. 1895)
• 1962 – Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• US Secretary of Agriculture
  (b. 1888)
• 1969 – Ted Heath, English trombonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
• 1969 –
  United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
  (b. 1888)
• 1972 – Danny Whitten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crazy Horse) (b. 1943)
• 1976 – Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (b. 1890)
• Federal Chancellor of Austria
  (b. 1897)
• 1978 – Jim Jones, American cult leader, founded Peoples Temple (b. 1931)
• 1978 – Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (b. 1925)
• 1979 – Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1901)
• 1980 – Conn Smythe, Canadian soldier, ice hockey player, and businessman (b. 1895)
• 1984 – Mary Hamman, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1986 – Gia Carangi, American model (b. 1960)
• 1987 – Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (b. 1934)
• President of Czechoslovakia
  (b. 1913)
• 1994 – Cab Calloway, American singer-songwriter and bandleader (The Cab Calloway Orchestra) (b. 1907)
• 1994 – Peter Ledger, Australian painter and illustrator (b. 1945)
• 1995 – Miron Grindea, Romanian-English journalist (b. 1909)
• 1998 – Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher (b. 1936)
• 1999 – Paul Bowles, American composer and author (b. 1910)
• 1999 – Doug Sahm, American singer and guitarist (b. 1941)
• 2001 – Walter Matuszczak, Polish-American football player 1939 All-America, 1941 New York Giants draft (b. 1918)
• 2002 – James Coburn, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2003 – Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor (b. 1948)
• 2004 – Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic (b. 1905)
• 2004 – Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
• 2005 – Harold J. Stone, American actor (b. 1911)
• 2009 – Red Robbins, American basketball player (b. 1944)
• 2010 – Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (b. 1940)
• 2010 – Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Emilio Aragón Bermúdez, Spanish clown, singer, and accordion player (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Phoebe Hearst Cooke, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Thomas Howard, American football player (b. 1983)
• 2013 – S. R. D. Vaidyanathan, Indian nadaswaram player and composer (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Peter Wintonick, Canadian director and producer (b. 1953)
• 2014 – Dave Appell, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Pepe Eliaschev, Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1945)
• 2014 –
  Prime Minister of Jordan
  (b. 1925)
• 2014 –
  C. Rudhraiya
  , Indian director and producer (b. 1947)
• 2015 – Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Belgian-Moroccan terrorist (b. 1987)^[72]
• 2015 – Dan Halldorson, Canadian-American golfer (b. 1952)
• 2015 – Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1975)^[73]
• Sharon Jones
  , American soul and funk singer (b. 1956)
• 2016 – Denton Cooley, American surgeon and scientist (b. 1920)^[74]
• 2017 – Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian hard rock guitarist (b. 1953)
• 2020 – Kirby Morrow, Canadian actor, comedian and writer (b. 1973) ^[75]
• 2022 – Tabassum, Indian actress and talk show host (b. 1944)^[76]

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Abhai of Hach (Syriac Orthodox Church
    )
  • Alphaeus and Zacchaeus
  • Barulas
  • Constant
  • Dedication of Saints Peter and Paul
  • Elizabeth of Hungary (Church of England)^[77]
  • Juthwara
  • Roman Catholic Church and Anglicanism
    )
  • The main day of the Feast of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá or Chinita's Fair (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
  • Maudez (Mawes)
  • Nazarius (Nazaire)
  • Odo of Cluny
  • Romanus of Caesarea
  • Rose Philippine Duchesne
  • 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)

References

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