Historical Events In November - 18

1978  On this day in history mass suicide in Peoples temple in Jonestown Guyana  

1978  On this day in history jim Jones, US pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide  

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

1982  On November - 18 donald Dillaway, actor (Min & Bill, Platinum Blonde), dies at 78  

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

1987  On November - 18 jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (5x Tour de France), dies at 53  

1989  On November - 18 henry de Vries, painter/poet (Toovertuin), dies  

1990  On November - 18 saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait  

1990  Peter Schilperoort, saxophonist/clarinetist, dies on November - 18.  

1991  France deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti on November - 18.  

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

1991  On this day in history 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  On this day in history cab[ell] Calloway, US band leader/actor (Missourians), dies at 86  

1995  Miron Grindea, literary editor, dies at 86 on November - 18.  

1996  On this day in history david Herbert, publisher, dies at 69  

2000  A major fire at the 350 room Marriot Mountain REsort in Vale Colorado starts no deaths on November - 18.  

2005  The film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is released in the UK and USA on November - 18.  

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

2012  On this day in history lewis Hamilton wins the 2012 US Formula One Grand Prix  

2014  On November - 18 jamaica win the 2014 Caribbean Cup in football  

2018  On this day in history 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  

2018  On November - 18 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  

2018  On November - 18 american missionary John Allen Chau killed on forbidden North Sentinel Island, Bay of Bengal by one of world's most isolated tribe  

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

2019  On this day in history "Joker" starring Joaquin Phoenix is the 1st R-rated film to earn $1 billion worldwide  

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1522  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on this day in history.  

1527  On this day in history birth of luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor  

1630  On November - 18 birth of eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)  

1680  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer  

1727  On November - 18 birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)  

1736  On this day in history birth of carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer  

1742  On November - 18 birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer  

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on November - 18.  

0942  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1305  On November - 18 death of john II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)  

1559  On this day in history death of cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474)  

1590  On November - 18 death of george Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)  

1603  Elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1630  On November - 18 death of esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried