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11/18/1898
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Oswald Erich Sehlbach, composer
Type: Birth
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11/18/1898
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Joris Ivens, Nijmegen Netherlands, director (Rain)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1899
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Eugene Ormandy, [Blau], Budapest Hungary, conductor (Phila Orch)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1899
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Trumper scores 208 in 185 mins (1 five 25 fours) NSW v Qld
Type: Event
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11/18/1900
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Constantin Alajalov, Russia, artist (Ditters and Jitters)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1900
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Howard Thurman, theologian/author (Deep River, Deep in the Hunger)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1901
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George Gallup, Jefferson Iowa, public opinion pollster (Gallup Poll)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1902
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Bkln toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after Teddy Roosevelt
Type: Event
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11/18/1902
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Barbara Giuranna, composer
Type: Birth
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11/18/1902
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Jírgen Nielsen, Danish author (regional novels)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1903
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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives US exclusive canal rights in Panama
Type: Event
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11/18/1903
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Lillian Fuchs, composer
Type: Birth
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11/18/1904
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Guido Santorsola, composer
Type: Birth
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11/18/1904
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Justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies
Type: Death
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11/18/1904
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Theodore DN Besterman, British bibliographer
Type: Birth
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11/18/1905
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George Bernard Shaws "Major Barbara," premieres in London
Type: Event
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11/18/1905
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Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
Type: Event
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11/18/1906
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Langdon Mitchells "New York Idea," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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11/18/1906
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George Wald, US, physiologist/biologist (eye, Nobel 1967)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1906
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Klaus Mann, German/US author (Mephisto)/son of Thomas Mann
Type: Birth
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11/18/1907
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Halldis Vesaas-Moren, Norwegian author/poetess
Type: Birth
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11/18/1908
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Imogene Coca, Phila, comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1909
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US invades Nicaragua, later overthrows Pres Zelaya
Type: Event
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11/18/1909
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Johnny Mercer, Savannah Ga, lyricist (Moon River, Old Black Magic)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1910
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Friedrich Weinreb, Polish/Neth theologist/economist
Type: Birth
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11/18/1911
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Alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies
Type: Death
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11/18/1911
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Opera "Lobetanz" 1st American performance
Type: Event
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11/18/1911
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Britain's 1st seaplane flies
Type: Event
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11/18/1912
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Jaap Meijer, [Saul van Messel], Dutch historian/rabbi in Paramaribo
Type: Birth
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11/18/1912
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Albania declares independence from Turkey
Type: Event
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11/18/1912
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Arthur Peterson, Mandan ND, actor (Major-Soap, Crisis)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1913
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Lincoln Deachey performs 1st airplane loop-the-loop (San Diego)
Type: Event
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11/18/1916
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Gen Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe
Type: Event
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11/18/1916
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James L Lyons, jazz promoter
Type: Birth
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11/18/1917
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Henry Spiekman, social-democratic politician, dies at 43
Type: Death
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11/18/1918
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J˘n Trausti, [Gudmundur MagnŁsson], Iceland author (G˘dir), dies
Type: Death
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11/18/1918
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Reggie Schwartz, cricketer (55 wickets for South Africa), dies
Type: Death
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11/18/1918
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Latvia declares independence from Russia
Type: Event
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11/18/1918
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Brussels free Stofnar
Type: Event
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11/18/1919
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Ferdinand Domela Newenhouse, anarchist (free socialist), dies
Type: Death
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11/18/1919
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Jocelyn Brando, San Francisco, actress (Ugly American)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1919
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H Tierney and J McCarthy's musical "Irene," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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11/18/1920
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Apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St NYC
Type: Event
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11/18/1920
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Louis Alfred Mennini, composer
Type: Birth
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11/18/1920
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Alfred William Bedford, test pilot
Type: Birth
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11/18/1921
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Peter Pocklington, NHL team owner (Edmonton Oiler)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1922
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Marcel Proust, French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51
Type: Death
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11/18/1922
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Turkish National Assembly nominates Abdul Medjid kalief
Type: Event
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11/18/1922
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Luis Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1956-63)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1922
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Marjorie Gestring, US, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1936)
Type: Birth
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