18TH
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF;
"ST ODO OF CLUNY; ST ROMANUS OF
ANTIOCH; & ST MAWES OR MAUDER." |
| 18TH |
1307 |
"WILLIAM TELL" SHOOTS AN APPLE OFF HIS SON’S
HEAD. |
| 18TH |
1626 |
ST PETERS IN ROME IS CONSECRATED. |
| 18TH |
1800 |
FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF THE ARRIVAL OF SOME COPPER COIN
FROM ENGLAND, GOVERNOR KING MADE IT ILLEGAL TO EXPORT OR IMPORT MORE THAN  5 OF COPPER
COINS. THE PENALTY WAS FORFEITURE, & A FINE TREBLE THE VALUE OF THE COIN
INVOLVED. |
| 18TH |
1820 |
U.S. NAVY CAPTAIN, "NATHANIEL B.
PALMER" DISCOVERS ANTARCTICA. |
| 18TH |
1838 |
LUTHERAN PASTOR, "AUGUSTUS KAVEL" ARRIVES IN
ADELAIDE IN THE PRINCE GEORGE WITH 200 GERMAN MIGRANTS. |
| 18TH |
1840 |
THE LAST CONVICT SHIP TO SYDNEY, THE EDEN
ARRIVES WITH 267 MALE CONVICTS. |
| 18TH |
1898 |
HOBART IS LIT BY ELECTRICITY. |
| 18TH |
1911 |
"BILL HART" COMPLETES THE
FIRST CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT BY AN AUSTRALIAN. |
| 18TH |
1911 |
BRITAIN’S FIRST SEAPLANE FLIES. |
| 18TH |
1913 |
"LINCOLN DEACHEY" PERFORMS
THE 1ST AEROPLANE LOOP-THE-LOOP IN SAN DIEGO. |
| 18TH |
1929 |
AN EARTHQUAKE BREAKS THE TRANSATLANTIC CABLE IN 28 PLACES. |
| 18TH |
1933 |
‘JOHN MARTINS’ FIRST
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT WAS HELD THROUGH THE STREETS OF ADELAIDE. |
| 18TH |
1947 |
AUSTRALIA CONFORMS TO ‘GATT’ (GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
TARIFFS & TRADE) |
| 18TH |
1955 |
‘BELL X-2’ ROCKET
PLANE TAKES IT’S FIRST POWERED FLIGHT. |
| 18TH |
1966 |
THE LAST MEATLESS FRIDAY FOR ROMAN CATHOLICS IN AMERICA, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH A DECREE MADE BY POPE PAUL VI EARLIER THIS YEAR. |
| 18TH |
1978 |
U.S. REP. "LEO J RYAN" AND
FOUR MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY ARE SHOT TO DEATH AT AN AIRPORT NEAR JAMESTOWN, GUYANA, BY
MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLES TEMPLE. SHORTLY AFTER MORE THAN 900 COMMIT SUICIDE AT THE
REQUEST OF "REVEREND JIM JONES." |
| 18TH |
1987 |
FIRE BREAKS OUT IN LONDON’S, KINGS CROSS UNDERGROUND
STATION, KILLING 30 PEOPLE. |
| 18TH |
1990 |
ROLLING STONE, "MICK JAGGER"
& MODEL/ACTRESS, "JERRY HALL" MARRY, IN BALI, INDONESIA. |
| 18TH |
1991 |
FRANCE DEPORTS "MARLON BRANDO’S" DAUGHTER,
"CHEYENNE" TO TAHITI. |
| 18TH |
1991 |
MUSLIM SHITES RELEASE HOSTAGES,
"TERRY WHITE" & "THOMAS SUTHERLAND." |
| 18TH |
1996 |
RUSSIA’S MARS PROBE 96 CRASHES BACK TO EARTH THE DAY
AFTER LIFT OFF, SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING OVER AUSTRALIA. |
| 18TH |
2000 |
BRITISH ACTRESS "CATHERINE ZETA
JONES" 31, & U.S. ACTOR "MICHAEL DOUGLAS" 56, MARRY. |
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