384 Historic Events for November 18
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| 1936 |
Birth |
Don E Cherry, US jazz trumpeter
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Rajinder Pal, cricketer (pace bowler in one Test India v Eng, 0-22)
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Karl Schranz, Austria, slalom (Olympic-1968)
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| 1939 |
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Neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Brenda Vaccaro, Bkln NY, actress (Cactus Flower, Sara, Paper Dolls)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Tom Johnson, composer
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Margaret E Atwood, author/poet
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| 1939 |
Birth |
John Cheek, Falkland Islands advocate
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| 1940 |
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George Matesky Mad Bomber's 1st time-bomb
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| 1941 |
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Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia
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| 1941 |
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Jerome Chodorov/Joseph Fields' "Junior Miss," premieres in NYC
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| 1941 |
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British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa
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| 1941 |
Birth |
David Hemmings, Guilford England, actor (Blow-up, Barbarella)
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| 1941 |
Death |
Walter H Nernst, German chemist (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 77
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Jeffrey Siegel, Chicago Ill, pianist (Chicago Symph)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Linda Evans, Hartford, actr (Dynasty, Big Valley, Beach Blanket Bingo)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Qabus bin Said, sultan of Oman (1970- )
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| 1942 |
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Thornton Wilders "Skin of our Teeth," premieres in NYC
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| 1943 |
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U-211 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
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| 1943 |
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444 British bombers attack Berlin
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| 1943 |
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1st US ambassador to Canada, Ray Atherton, nominated
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Susan Sullivan, NYC, actress (Dharma and Greg, Falcon Crest)
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Glen Walken, Astoria Queens, actor (Leave it to Larry)
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| 1945 |
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Arnold Schânberg's Prelude for orch and mixed choir, premieres
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Amanda Lear, French singer
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