Monday November 18, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

November 18: Day of the Week

November 18, 2024 is the 323rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 43 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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Here’s the November calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

November 18 Historical Event(s)

1105
Maginulfo is elected the Antipope as Sylvester IV.
1493
Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.
1601
Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, provincial governor of Ottoman Empire, utterly defeats Habsburg forces, commanded by Ferdinand the Archduke of Austria during the Siege of Nagykanizsa.
1809
In a naval action during the Napoleonic Wars, French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal.
1863
King Christian IX of Denmark decides to sign the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864.
1909
Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
1929
1929 Grand Banks earthquake: off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
1938
Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
1940
New York City’s “Mad Bomber” George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
1940
World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini’s disastrous invasion of Greece.

Who were born on November 18?

1906
Alec Issigonis, Greek-born British car designer (d. 1988)
1909
Johnny Mercer, American lyricist (d. 1976)
1928
Salvador Laurel, Filipino politician (d. 2004)
1929
Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano
1932
Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (d. 2010)
1955
Carter Burwell, American composer
1960
Kim Wilde, British singer
1970
Elizabeth Anne Allen, American actress
1972
Jeroen Straathof, Dutch skater
1983
Jon Johansen, Norwegian software developer

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