Page 7: Historical Events In November - 18

1978  Mass suicide in Peoples temple in Jonestown Guyana on this day in history.   

1978  On November - 18 jim Jones, US pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide   

1980  On this day in history conn Smythe founder o fthe NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs dies at age 85   

1982  Donald Dillaway, actor (Min & Bill, Platinum Blonde), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1987  31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station on November - 18.   

1987  Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (5x Tour de France), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1989  Henry de Vries, painter/poet (Toovertuin), dies on November - 18.   

1990  On November - 18 saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait   

1990  Peter Schilperoort, saxophonist/clarinetist, dies on this day in history.   

1991  On November - 18 france deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti   

1991  Muslim Shites release hostages Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland on this day in history.   

1991  Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslovakia (1975-89), dies at 78 on November - 18.   

1992  Dorothy Kirsten, US soprano, dies from stroke at 82 on this day in history.   

1993  Fritz Feld, actor (Errand Boy, Promises Promises), dies at 93 on November - 18.   

1994  Cab[ell] Calloway, US band leader/actor (Missourians), dies at 86 on November - 18.   

1995  Miron Grindea, literary editor, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1996  On November - 18 david Herbert, publisher, dies at 69   

2000  A major fire at the 350 room Marriot Mountain REsort in Vale Colorado starts no deaths on this day in history.   

2005  The film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is released in the UK and USA on this day in history.   

2007  The Zasyadko mine disaster in eastern Ukraine claims the lives of 101 miners on this day in history.   

2012  Lewis Hamilton wins the 2012 US Formula One Grand Prix on November - 18.   

2014  Jamaica win the 2014 Caribbean Cup in football on this day in history.   

2018  21 year old German Alexander Zverev breaks through for a maiden season-ending ATP World Tour Finals tennis title with a 6-4, 6-3 upset win in London over 5-time champion Novak Đoković on November - 18.   

2018  Apec Summit in Papa New Guinea fails to produce a joint agreement for first time in two decades after US and China clash on definition of trade on this day in history.   

2018  American missionary John Allen Chau killed on forbidden North Sentinel Island, Bay of Bengal by one of world's most isolated tribe on this day in history.   

2019  On this day in history book written by Charlotte Bronte aged 14 for her toy soldiers bought by the Bronte Society for €600,000 at auction in Paris   

2019  On November - 18 "Joker" starring Joaquin Phoenix is the 1st R-rated film to earn $1 billion worldwide   

2020  On this day in history [COVID-19 pandemic] Pfizer and BioNTech complete trials on their COVID-19 vaccine, with an overall effectiveness rate of 95% without adverse events.   

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1522  Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568) was born on November - 18.   

1527  Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor was born on November - 18.   

1630  Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686) was born on November - 18.   

1680  On November - 18 birth of jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer   

1727  On November - 18 birth of philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)   

1736  Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer was born on November - 18.   

1742  On November - 18 birth of felix Maximo Lopez, composer   

1772  Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia Christian, composer was born on November - 18.   

0942  Odo van Cluny, 2nd abbott of Cluny (924-42), dies on this day in history.   

1154  Death of Adélaide de Maurienne, wife of Louis VI of France (b. 1092) on this day in history.   

1170  On November - 18 albrecht I "Bear", 1st margrave of Brandenburg (1150-70), dies at 70   

1305  Death of John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239) on this day in history.   

1559  Death of Cuthbert Tunstall, English churchman (b. 1474) on this day in history.   

1590  On November - 18 death of george Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)   

1603  On November - 18 elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Juliana, dies at 61   

1630  Death of Esaias van der Velde, Dutch painter, buried on November - 18.