Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 18
November 18: Independence Day in Latvia (1918), National Day in Oman (1940)
- 1307 - William Tell, a legendary marksman in Switzerland, is said to have successfully shot an apple on the head of his son with a single bolt from his crossbow.
- 1905 - Prince Carl of Denmark became Haakon VII, the first King of Norway after the personal union of Sweden-Norway was dissolved.
- 1959 - Ben-Hur, a film based on a bestselling historical novel by Lew Wallace, premiered in New York City. It went on to win an unprecedented eleven Academy Awards.
- 1978 - Jim Jones led more than 900 members of the People's Temple to a mass murder/suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.
- 1985 - Calvin and Hobbes, a comic strip by Bill Watterson, was first published.
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