What Day of the Week

November 18, 2023 was the 322^nd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 43 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.

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

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.

• 1105

  Maginulfo is elected the Antipope as Sylvester IV.
• 1626

  St. Peter’s Basilica is consecrated.
• 1883

  American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
• 1905

  Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
• 1918

  Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
• 1938

  Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
• 1963

  The first push-button telephone goes into service.
• 1978

  In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple cult to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo J. Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.
• 1991

  Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.
• 2003

  In the United Kingdom, the Local Government Act 2003, repealing controversial anti-gay amendment Section 28, becomes effective.

• 1630

  Empress Eleanor Gonzaga of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)
• 1913

  Endre Rozsda, French surrealist painter (d. 1999)
• 1932

  Nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver (d. 1973)
• 1945

  Wilma Mankiller, American tribal chief (d. 2010)
• 1958

  Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine football manager
• 1958

  Plamen Krastev, Bulgarian hurdler
• 1968

  Barry Hunter, Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1969

  Sam Cassell, American basketball player
• 1987

  Jake Abel, American actor
• 1988

  Montanna Thompson, English actress

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