On This Day in History for November 18
Events in History
- 326 Old St. Peter's Basilica consecrated in Rome (stood 4th - 16th century), later replaced by current Basilica
- 794 Japanese emperor Kammu deallocates residence of Nara to Kioto
- 1105 Maginulf elected anti-Pope Silvester I
- 1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates Roman Catholic Emperor Otto IV
- 1302 Pope Boniface VIII issues papal bull (decree) "Unam sanctam" emphasizing the higher position of the spiritual in comparison with the secular order
- 1307 William Tell reputedly shoots apple off his son's head
- 1421 Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands
- 1424 Storm flood ravages Dutch coast
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Louis-Jacques Daguerre
Sojourner Truth
George Gallup
George Wald
Alan Shepard
Margaret AtwoodWeddings in History
- 1794 2nd Earl Grey Charles Grey (30) weds only daughter of 1st Baron Ponsonby Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby
- 1948 KFC founder Colonel Sanders (58) weds his long-time employee Claudia Price
- 1966 Writer Jack Kerouac (44) weds Stella Sampas
More Weddings in History
Chester A. Arthur
Niels Bohr
Joseph P. Kennedy
Jim JonesNovember in History
Bloody Mary, England’s Most Hated Queen
Queen Mary I, the first woman to rule England in her own right, lost respect and was called Bloody Mary by burning hundreds of religious opponents at the stake.
November 17, 1558
Issigonis, The Mini Mastermind
Sir Alec Issigonis, the man who revolutionised the car industry and created a Swinging Sixties icon by designing the groundbreaking Mini, was born on this day
November 18, 1906
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, Rome
November 18, 1626
Words That Echoed Down The Decades
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, delivered on this day, was as short and simple as it was immensely powerful and memorable.
November 19, 1863