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November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 43 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 326 ...
The Dedication of the Basilicas of the Apostles Peter and Paul is a feast day on the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church, which is celebrated on 18 November.. St. Peter's Basilica seen from the Tiber The Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, with a statue of St. Paul standing in front
28 November: 1912 Ottoman Empire: Albanian Declaration of Independence. During the First Balkan War, risked by separation after war, Ismail Qemali, the first Albanian leader, declared independence in a speech only 5 minutes long. This became the Second November, after the First November, when Skanderbeg raised the Albanian flag in Krujë.
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. 2003 – The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4 to 3 in Goodridge v.
This is a list of selected November 18 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
The holiday is celebrated on November 18, the day of the fall of the city of Vukovar in the 1991 Homeland War, [79] when the Yugoslav People's Army and Serbian paramilitaries committed the two most massive crimes in Croatia during the Croatian War of Independence in two Croatian towns, Vukovar and Škabrnja.
It may be common knowledge that Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day.Why we celebrate veterans on Nov. 11 may be less known. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, “World War I ...
November 11: Armistice Day (known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth of Nations and Veterans Day in the United States); Singles' Day in China and Southeast Asia Shrine of Remembrance 1778 – American Revolutionary War : British forces and their Iroquois allies attacked a fort and the village of Cherry Valley, New York , killing 14 soldiers ...