384 Historic Events for November 18
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| 1898 |
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Oswald Erich Sehlbach, composer
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| 1898 |
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Joris Ivens, Nijmegen Netherlands, director (Rain)
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| 1899 |
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Eugene Ormandy, [Blau], Budapest Hungary, conductor (Phila Orch)
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| 1899 |
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Trumper scores 208 in 185 mins (1 five 25 fours) NSW v Qld
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| 1900 |
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Constantin Alajalov, Russia, artist (Ditters and Jitters)
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| 1900 |
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Howard Thurman, theologian/author (Deep River, Deep in the Hunger)
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| 1901 |
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George Gallup, Jefferson Iowa, public opinion pollster (Gallup Poll)
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| 1902 |
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Bkln toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after Teddy Roosevelt
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| 1902 |
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Barbara Giuranna, composer
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| 1902 |
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Jírgen Nielsen, Danish author (regional novels)
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| 1903 |
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Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives US exclusive canal rights in Panama
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Lillian Fuchs, composer
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Guido Santorsola, composer
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| 1904 |
Death |
Justus van Maurik, cigar manufacturer/author/head of Red Guard, dies
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Theodore DN Besterman, British bibliographer
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| 1905 |
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George Bernard Shaws "Major Barbara," premieres in London
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| 1905 |
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Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway
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| 1906 |
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Langdon Mitchells "New York Idea," premieres in NYC
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| 1906 |
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George Wald, US, physiologist/biologist (eye, Nobel 1967)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Klaus Mann, German/US author (Mephisto)/son of Thomas Mann
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Halldis Vesaas-Moren, Norwegian author/poetess
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Imogene Coca, Phila, comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl)
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| 1909 |
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US invades Nicaragua, later overthrows Pres Zelaya
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| 1909 |
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Johnny Mercer, Savannah Ga, lyricist (Moon River, Old Black Magic)
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| 1910 |
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Friedrich Weinreb, Polish/Neth theologist/economist
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