Historical Events In November - 18

1978  Mass suicide in Peoples temple in Jonestown Guyana on November - 18.  

1978  Jim Jones, US pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide on this day in history.  

1980  Conn Smythe founder o fthe NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs dies at age 85 on this day in history.  

1982  On this day in history donald Dillaway, actor (Min & Bill, Platinum Blonde), dies at 78  

1987  On November - 18 31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station  

1987  On this day in history jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (5x Tour de France), dies at 53  

1989  On this day in history henry de Vries, painter/poet (Toovertuin), dies  

1990  Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait on this day in history.  

1990  On November - 18 peter Schilperoort, saxophonist/clarinetist, dies  

1991  On this day in history france deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti  

1991  Muslim Shites release hostages Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland on this day in history.  

1991  On November - 18 gustav Husak, president of Czechoslovakia (1975-89), dies at 78  

1992  On November - 18 dorothy Kirsten, US soprano, dies from stroke at 82  

1993  On this day in history fritz Feld, actor (Errand Boy, Promises Promises), dies at 93  

1994  Cab[ell] Calloway, US band leader/actor (Missourians), dies at 86 on November - 18.  

1995  Miron Grindea, literary editor, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1996  David Herbert, publisher, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

2000  On this day in history a major fire at the 350 room Marriot Mountain REsort in Vale Colorado starts no deaths  

2005  On this day in history the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is released in the UK and USA.  

2007  The Zasyadko mine disaster in eastern Ukraine claims the lives of 101 miners on November - 18.  

2012  Lewis Hamilton wins the 2012 US Formula One Grand Prix on November - 18.  

2014  Jamaica win the 2014 Caribbean Cup in football on this day in history.  

2018  21 year old German Alexander Zverev breaks through for a maiden season-ending ATP World Tour Finals tennis title with a 6-4, 6-3 upset win in London over 5-time champion Novak Đoković on November - 18.  

2018  Apec Summit in Papa New Guinea fails to produce a joint agreement for first time in two decades after US and China clash on definition of trade on November - 18.  

2018  On this day in history american missionary John Allen Chau killed on forbidden North Sentinel Island, Bay of Bengal by one of world's most isolated tribe  

2019  On November - 18 book written by Charlotte Bronte aged 14 for her toy soldiers bought by the Bronte Society for €600,000 at auction in Paris  

2019  "Joker" starring Joaquin Phoenix is the 1st R-rated film to earn $1 billion worldwide on November - 18.  

2020  On November - 18 [COVID-19 pandemic] Pfizer and BioNTech complete trials on their COVID-19 vaccine, with an overall effectiveness rate of 95% without adverse events.  

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1522  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on November - 18.  

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on this day in history.  

1630  Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686) was born on November - 18.  

1680  Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer was born on November - 18.  

1727  On this day in history birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)  

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on this day in history.  

1742  Felix Maximo Lopez, composer was born on this day in history.  

1772  On this day in history birth of louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer  

0942  On November - 18 odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies  

1154  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on November - 18.  

1170  On this day in history albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70  

1305  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)  

1559  On November - 18 death of cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)  

1590  Death of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528) on this day in history.  

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on November - 18.  

1630  On this day in history death of esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried