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Historical Events on November 18

  • Puerto Rico

    1493

    Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.

  • Battle of Krasnoi

    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".

  • United States presidential election, 1872

    1872

    Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for illegal voting in the United States presidential election of 1872.

  • Battle of the Somme

    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.

  • John F. Kennedy

    1961

    United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.[citation needed]

  • Richard Nixon

    1970

    U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.

  • Oman

    1971

    Oman declares its independence from United Kingdom.

  • Jim Jones

    1978

    In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.

  • MAVEN

    2013

    NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.

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