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What happend on 18. November in History
In our data base we found 313 events happened on 18. November:
• 326: The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated. [category: Events]
• 401: The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy. [category: Events]
• 1105: Maginulfo is elected the Antipope as Sylvester IV. [category: Events]
• 1154: Adelaide of Maurienne (b. 1092) [category: Deaths]
• 1180: Phillip II becomes king of France. [category: Events]
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• 1210: Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV [category: Events]
• 1302: Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam (One Faith). [category: Events]
• 1305: John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) [category: Deaths]
• 1307: William Tell shoots an apple off his son's head. [category: Events]
• 1421: A seawall at the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people. This event will be known as Sint-Elisabethsvloed. [category: Events]
• 1493: Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico. [category: Events]
• 1494: French King Charles VIII occupies Florence, Italy. [category: Events]
• 1522: Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general (d. 1568) [category: Births]
• 1559: Cuthbert Tunstall, English bishop (b. 1474) [category: Deaths]
• 1590: George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English politician (b. 1528) [category: Deaths]
• 1601: Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, provincial governor of Ottoman Empire, utterly defeats Habsburg forces, commanded by Ferdinand the Archduke of Austria during the Siege of Nagykanizsa. [category: Events]
• 1626: St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated. [category: Events]
• 1630: Eleonora Gonzaga, Italian wife of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1686) [category: Births]
• 1647: Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (d. 1706) [category: Births]
• 1686: Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France's anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants. [category: Events]
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• 1724: Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Portuguese priest (b. 1685) [category: Deaths]
• 1727: Philibert Commerson, French physician and explorer (d. 1773) [category: Births]
• 1730: Frederick II (known as Frederick the Great), King of Prussia, is granted a royal pardon and released from confinement. [category: Events]
• 1736: Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, German composer and harpsichordist (d. 1800) [category: Births]
• 1756: Thomas Burgess, English bishop, author, and philosopher (d. 1837) [category: Births]
• 1772: Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (d. 1806) [category: Births]
• 1774: Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837) [category: Births]
• 1785: David Wilkie, Scottish painter (d. 1841) [category: Births]
• 1785: Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (b. 1725) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1787: Louis Daguerre, French physicist and photographer, developed the daguerreotype (d. 1851) [category: Births]
• 1797: Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 1803: The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere. [category: Events]
• 1804: Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Italian general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1878) [category: Births]
• 1809: In a naval action during the Napoleonic Wars, French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal. [category: Events]
• 1810: Asa Gray, American botanist (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1812: Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Krasnoi ends in French defeat, but Marshal of France Michel Ney's leadership leads to him becoming known as "the bravest of the brave". [category: Events]
• 1814: William Jessop, English engineer (b. 1745) [category: Deaths]
• 1832: Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish geologist and explorer (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1836: W. S. Gilbert, English playwright, poet, and illustrator (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1839: August Kundt, German physicist (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1852: Rose Philippine Duchesne French-American nun and saint (b. 1769) [category: Deaths]
• 1856: Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1861: Dorothy Dix, American journalist (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1863: King Christian IX of Denmark decides to sign the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864. [category: Events]
• 1865: Mark Twain's short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is published in the New York Saturday Press. [category: Events]
• 1874: Clarence Day, American author (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1880: Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1882: Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1882: Jacques Maritain, French philosopher (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1883: Carl Vinson, American politician (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1883: American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times. [category: Events]
• 1886: Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian politician (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1886: Chester A. Arthur, American politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: Stanislav Kosior, Polish-Soviet politician (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1889: William Allingham, Irish poet (b. 1824 or 1828) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1898: Joris Ivens, Dutch director and producer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1899: Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1901: George Gallup, American statistician and pollster (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1901: V. Shantaram, Indian director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1903: The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone. [category: Events]
• 1904: Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English politician (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1904: Jean Paul Lemieux, Canadian painter (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1904: General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup. [category: Events]
• 1905: Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway. [category: Events]
• 1906: Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer, designed the mini car (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1906: George Wald, American scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1906: Klaus Mann, German author (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1907: Compay Segundo, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1907: Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1908: Imogene Coca, American actress (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1909: Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter, co-founded Capitol Records (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1909: Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya. [category: Events]
• 1911: Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and author (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1912: Hilda Nickson, English author (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1913: Endre Rozsda, French painter (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1914: Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1915: Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1916: World War I: First Battle of the Somme – in France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916. [category: Events]
• 1917: Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1918: Tasker Watkins, Welsh soldier and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1918: Latvia declares its independence from Russia. [category: Events]
• 1919: Georgia Carroll, American singer and actress (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1919: Jocelyn Brando, American actress (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1920: Mustafa Khalil, Egyptian politician, 77th Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1922: Luis Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 70th President of Nicaragua (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1922: Marcel Proust, French author (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Alan Shepard, American astronaut (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1923: Anne Sargent, American actress [category: Births]
• 1923: Ted Stevens, American politician (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1924: Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish judge (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1924: Les Lye, Canadian actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1925: Gene Mauch, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1926: George Bernard Shaw refuses to accept the money for his Nobel Prize, saying, "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize". [category: Events]
• 1927: Hank Ballard, American singer-songwriter (The Midnighters) (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1928: Otar Gordeli, Georgian composer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1928: Salvador Laurel, Filipino politician, 10th Vice President of the Philippines (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1928: Sheila Jordan, American singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1928: Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. [category: Events]
• 1929: Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1929: Joey Forman, American comedian and actor (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1929: 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on Grand Banks. [category: Events]
• 1930: Soka Kyoiku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Soka Gakkai, is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda. [category: Events]
• 1932: Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1932: Nasif Estéfano, Argentine race car driver (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1933: Bruce Conner, American painter, photographer, and director (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1934: Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek journalist and diplomat [category: Births]
• 1935: Rodney Hall, Australian author [category: Births]
• 1935: Rudolf Bahro, German author and politician (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1935: William Cullen, Baron Cullen of Whitekirk, Scottish politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Don Cherry, American trumpet player (Old and New Dreams, New York Contemporary Five, and Codona) (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1936: Ennio Antonelli, Italian cardinal [category: Births]
• 1937: Doug Smith, Scottish footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1938: Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1938: Norbert Ratsirahonana, Malagasy politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations. [category: Events]
• 1939: Amanda Lear, Hong Kong-French singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1939: Brenda Vaccaro, American actress [category: Births]
• 1939: Margaret Atwood, Canadian poet, author, and critic [category: Births]
• 1940: Qaboos bin Said al Said, Oman sultan [category: Births]
• 1940: Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous invasion of Greece. [category: Events]
• 1941: David Hemmings, English actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1941: Chris Watson, Australian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Walther Nernst, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Linda Evans, American actress [category: Births]
• 1942: Susan Sullivan, American actress [category: Births]
• 1943: Leonardo Sandri, Argentine cardinal [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II– Battle of Berlin: 440 Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew. [category: Events]
• 1944: Wolfgang Joop, German fashion designer, founded JOOP! [category: Births]
• 1944: The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba [category: Events]
• 1945: Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan politician, 6th President of Sri Lanka [category: Births]
• 1945: Wilma Mankiller, American tribal chief (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1946: Alan Dean Foster, American author [category: Births]
• 1947: Jameson Parker, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Timothy Maude, American general (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1947: The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand. [category: Events]
• 1948: Andrea Marcovicci, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1948: Jack Tatum, American football player (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1949: Ahmed Zaki, Egyptian actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1949: The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria. [category: Events]
• 1950: Dennis Haskins, American actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Eric Pierpoint, American actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Graham Parker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Rumour) [category: Births]
• 1950: Rudy Sarzo, Cuban-American bass player (Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, Dio, Blue Öyster Cult, Manic Eden, and Queensrÿche) [category: Births]
• 1951: Justin Raimondo, American author [category: Births]
• 1952: Claudio Capone, Italian-Scottish voice actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1952: Delroy Lindo, English actor and director [category: Births]
• 1952: Peter Beattie, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Queensland [category: Births]
• 1952: Paul Eluard, French poet (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Alan Moore, English author and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1953: Kevin Nealon, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Evan Gray, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1954: John Parr, English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1955: Carter Burwell, American composer [category: Births]
• 1955: Michael Zimmer, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1956: Noel Brotherston, Irish footballer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1956: Warren Moon, American football player [category: Births]
• 1957: Seán Mac Falls, Irish poet [category: Births]
• 1958: Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1958: Oscar Nunez, Cuban-American actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Plamen Krastev, Bulgarian hurdler [category: Births]
• 1959: Cindy Blackman, American drummer [category: Births]
• 1959: Jimmy Quinn, Irish footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1959: Karla Faye Tucker, American murderer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1959: Ulrich Noethen, German actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Elizabeth Perkins, American actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Kim Wilde, English singer-songwriter and author [category: Births]
• 1960: Shari Shattuck, American actress and author [category: Births]
• 1960: Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkish filmmaker and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1961: Jan Kuehnemund, American guitarist (Vixen) [category: Births]
• 1961: Nick Chinlund, American actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Steven Moffat, Scottish scriptwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1961: United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1962: Bart Bryant, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1962: Jamie Moyer, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Kirk Hammett, American guitarist and songwriter (Metallica, Spastik Children, and Exodus) [category: Births]
• 1962: Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Dante Bichette, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet [category: Births]
• 1963: Len Bias, American basketball player (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1963: Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1963: The first push-button telephone goes into service. [category: Events]
• 1964: Rita Cosby, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1965: Tim DeLaughter, American singer-songwriter (Tripping Daisy and The Polyphonic Spree) [category: Births]
• 1965: Henry A. Wallace, American politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Gavin Peacock, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Jocelyn Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1967: Tom Gordon, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Barry Hunter, Irish footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1968: Gary Sheffield, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Owen Wilson, American actor, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1968: Romany Malco, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Ahmed Helmi, Egyptian actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Duncan Sheik, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1969: Sam Cassell, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1969: Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., American businessman and diplomat (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Ted Heath, English trombone player and bandleader (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Elizabeth Anne Allen, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Johan Liiva, Swedish singer-songwriter (Arch Enemy, Carnage, NonExist, and Hearse) [category: Births]
• 1970: Megyn Kelly, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1970: Mike Epps, American comedian, actor, and producer [category: Births]
• 1970: Peta Wilson, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1970: U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million USD in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government. [category: Events]
• 1972: Jeroen Straathof, Dutch cyclist and speed skater [category: Births]
• 1972: Jessi Alexander, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1972: Danny Whitten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crazy Horse) (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Nic Pothas, South African cricketer [category: Births]
• 1974: Chloë Sevigny, American actress and fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1975: Anthony McPartlin, English comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1975: David Ortiz, Dominican-American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Dirk Müller, German race car driver [category: Births]
• 1975: Jason Williams, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Pastor Troy, American rapper, producer, and actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Shawn Camp, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Matt Welsh, Australian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1976: Mona Zaki, Egyptian actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Paulo César Pérez, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Sage Francis, American rapper (Non-Prophets) [category: Births]
• 1976: Shagrath, Norwegian singer-songwriter (Dimmu Borgir Chrome Division, Ov Hell, and Fimbulwinter) [category: Births]
• 1976: Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Charles A. Lee, American sprinter [category: Births]
• 1977: Fabolous, American rapper and producer [category: Births]
• 1977: Trent Barrett, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1977: Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Victor Francen, Belgian actor (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Damien Johnson, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Jim Jones, American cult leader, founded Peoples Temple (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Leo Ryan, American politician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple cult to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo J. Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier. [category: Events]
• 1979: Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Denny Hamlin, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1980: Dustin Kensrue, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Thrice) [category: Births]
• 1980: François Duval, Belgian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1980: Hamza al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1980: Junichi Okada, Japanese singer and actor (V6) [category: Births]
• 1980: Luke Chadwick, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Mathew Baynton, English actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1980: Minori Chihara, Japanese voice actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1980: Conn Smythe, Canadian soldier and businessman (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Christina Vidal, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Gian Magdangal, Filipino singer and actor (17:28) [category: Births]
• 1981: Nasim Pedrad, Iranian-American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Shin Ji, South Korean singer-songwriter (Koyote) [category: Births]
• 1981: Vittoria Puccini, Italian actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Greg Estandia, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Jon Lech Johansen, Norwegian programmer, created DeCSS [category: Births]
• 1983: Michael Dawson, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Travis Buck, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Johnny Christ, American bass player (Avenged Sevenfold) [category: Births]
• 1984: Ryohei Chiba, Japanese singer (W-inds) [category: Births]
• 1984: Mary Hamman, American author and editor (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Allyson Felix, American sprinter [category: Births]
• 1985: Christian Siriano, American fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1986: Nic Sampson, New Zealand actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Gia Carangi, American model (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Jake Abel, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Iran-Contra Affair: the U.S. Congress issues its final report on the Iran-Contra Affair. [category: Events]
• 1987: King's Cross fire: in London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras. [category: Events]
• 1988: Michael Roach, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1988: Montanna Thompson, English actress [category: Births]
• 1988: War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers. [category: Events]
• 1989: Natalie Osman, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1991: Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, Thai tennis player [category: Births]
• 1991: Gustáv Husák, Slovak-Czech politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces. [category: Events]
• 1991: Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland. [category: Events]
• 1992: Nathan Kress, American actor [category: Births]
• 1992: Steven Skrzybski, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution. [category: Events]
• 1993: In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is ratified by the House of Representatives. [category: Events]
• 1994: Cab Calloway, American singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Peter Ledger, Australian illustrator (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Miron Grindea, Romanian literary journalist and editor (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Doug Sahm, American singer and guitarist (Sir Douglas Quintet and Flaco Jiménez) (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Paul Bowles, American author (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when the 59-foot-tall (18 m) Aggie Bonfire, under construction for the annual football game against the University of Texas, collapses at 2:42am. [category: Events]
• 2002: James Coburn, American actor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq. [category: Events]
• 2003: Michael Kamen, American composer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: In the United Kingdom, the Local Government Act 2003, repealing controversial anti-gay amendment Section 28, becomes effective. [category: Events]
• 2004: Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Robert Bacher, American nuclear physicist (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Harold J. Stone, American actor (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Red Robbins, American basketball player (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Brian G. Marsden, English astronomer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ed Richards, American fencer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Russian-American chess player (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Emilio Aragón Bermúdez, Spanish clown, singer, and accordion player (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Helmut Sonnenfeldt, German-American politician and scholar (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ian Kirkpatrick, South African rugby player (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Kenny Morgans, Welsh footballer (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Neva Jane Langley, American model, Miss America 1953 (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Philip Ledger, English organist and composer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Phoebe Hearst Cooke, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: William McCarthy, Baron McCarthy, English politician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• _: Abhai of Hach (Syriac Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Latvia from Russia in 1918. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Morocco from France and Spain in 1956. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Juthwara (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mabyn (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican communion) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day (Oman) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: November 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Rose Philippine Duchesne (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The main day of the Feast of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá or Chinita's Fair (Maracaibo, Venezuela) [category: Holidays and observances]