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18 November is the 322nd day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar (323rd in high). 43 days to the end of the year.

Events
In the French town of Clermont, the Catholic Church, where the Sacred War was proclaimed, began a Council of the Holy War.
1307
1850 "In the biggest fire in Krakow's history, half the buildings in the city were incinerated.
In 1868, Dmitry Mendeleev established a Russian chemical company in Moscow.
1870
1879
The railway line Sofia was opened in 1893.
In 1901, the United States and the United Kingdom signed a contract for the construction of the Panama Canal. Construction lasts 10 years. During its construction their lives lost a total of 27 500 workers.
1912
1912 Serbia's victory against the Ottoman Empire, the Bitola battle.
1916 He graduated the Battle of Soma, which began on July 1, 1916.
1918 - Latvia declared national independence from Soviet Russia.
1923 A simple National Assembly of Bulgaria, which was won by the ruling coalition of the Democratic Association.
In New York the premiere of Walt Disney's first animated film with the characters Mickey Mouse and Mini Mouse was held.
In 1929, the Red Army crossed the border with Manchuria and occupied part of the country.
In 1936, Germany and Italy declared recognition of General Franco's Spanish government.
1945
1978 A temple of the people commit mass suicide.
1987
1987, the Ethiopian government declared a humanitarian crisis in the north of the country where more than 5 million people are starving.
1989 The Bulgarian opposition held its first mass rally in the square in front of St. Alexander Nevski's Temple.
1991 "After a 3-month siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulated to the siege forces of the Yugoslav People's Army and Serbian paramilitary groups.
In 1996, more than 30 people were injured as a result of a fire in Tunnel under La Mansch.
1996 The President of Bulgaria Zhelyu Zhelev held consecutive consultations with the parliamentary forces on the introduction of a currency board.
2000
2001
In 2003, Massachusetts became the first state of the United States to grant marriage to homosexual couples.

Born

1522 Egmont, Flemish