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11/18/1922
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Viktor Afanasiev, editor (Pravda)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1923
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Alan B Shepard Jr, East Derry NH, Rear Adm USN/astro (Merc 3, Ap 14)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1925
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Alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1925
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William Robert Mayer, composer
Type: Birth
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11/18/1926
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Kim Besly, activist
Type: Birth
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11/18/1926
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Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico
Type: Event
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11/18/1926
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Dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1927
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Lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer
Type: Birth
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11/18/1928
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Mickey Mouse, cartoon strip
Type: Birth
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11/18/1928
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Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse debuts in NY in "Steamboat Willie"
Type: Event
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11/18/1929
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William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot (X-15)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1929
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Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop Utrecht (1895-1929), dies at 78
Type: Death
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11/18/1929
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Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places
Type: Event
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11/18/1929
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Dr Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope"
Type: Event
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11/18/1929
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Stalin routes troops to Manchuria
Type: Event
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11/18/1930
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Sonja Ruthstr”m, Swed, cross country relay skier (Olympic-gold-1960)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1930
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Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope/Fred Astaire premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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11/18/1930
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Sjostakovitch' opera "The Nose," premiers in Lenningrad
Type: Event
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11/18/1932
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"Flowers and Trees" receives 1st Academy Award for a cartoon
Type: Event
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11/18/1932
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1st tie for Best Actor Academy Award Wallace Beery and Fredric March
Type: Event
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11/18/1933
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Jacques Charpentier, composer
Type: Birth
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11/18/1935
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Frank Joseph Kofsky, teacher/writer
Type: Birth
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11/18/1936
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Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined
Type: Event
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11/18/1936
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Germany and Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco
Type: Event
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11/18/1936
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Hank Ballard, Detroit, rocker (The Twist (pre Chubby Checker)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1936
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Don E Cherry, US jazz trumpeter
Type: Birth
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11/18/1937
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Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1938
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Karl Schranz, Austria, slalom (Olympic-1968)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1939
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Neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die
Type: Event
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11/18/1939
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Brenda Vaccaro, Bkln NY, actress (Cactus Flower, Sara, Paper Dolls)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1939
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Tom Johnson, composer
Type: Birth
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11/18/1939
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Margaret E Atwood, author/poet
Type: Birth
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11/18/1939
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John Cheek, Falkland Islands advocate
Type: Birth
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11/18/1940
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George Matesky Mad Bomber's 1st time-bomb
Type: Event
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11/18/1941
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Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia
Type: Event
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11/18/1941
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Jerome Chodorov/Joseph Fields' "Junior Miss," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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11/18/1941
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British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa
Type: Event
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11/18/1941
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David Hemmings, Guilford England, actor (Blow-up, Barbarella)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1941
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Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77
Type: Death
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11/18/1942
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Jeffrey Siegel, Chicago Ill, pianist (Chicago Symph)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1942
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Linda Evans, Hartford, actr (Dynasty, Big Valley, Beach Blanket Bingo)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1942
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Qabus bin Said, sultan of Oman (1970- )
Type: Birth
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11/18/1942
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Thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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11/18/1943
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U-211 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
Type: Event
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11/18/1943
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444 British bombers attack Berlin
Type: Event
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11/18/1943
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1st US ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated
Type: Event
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11/18/1943
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Susan Sullivan, NYC, actress (Dharma and Greg, Falcon Crest)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1945
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Glen Walken, Astoria Queens, actor (Leave it to Larry)
Type: Birth
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11/18/1945
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Arnold Sch”nberg's Prelude for orch and mixed choir, premieres
Type: Event
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11/18/1946
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Amanda Lear, French singer
Type: Birth
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