11-18-2005, 06:36 AM
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November 18th
1421 ~ A seawall at the Zuider Zee dike broke, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people in the Netherlands.
1626 ~ St. Peter's Basilica was consecrated.
1786 ~ Birthday of Carl Maria von Weber, Composer.
1836 ~ Birthday of Sir William S. Gilbert, Dramatist.
1883 ~ American and Canadian railroads instituted four standard continental time zones.
1916 ~ World War I: First Battle of the Somme, which started on July 1, ended in stalemate – Approx. 1,120,000 casualties, 310,000 killed or missing.
1928 ~ Release of Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, featuring the Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
1978 ~ Jonestown, Guyana mass suicide: 914 die, including 276 children.
1991 ~ Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon free Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.
2002 ~ UN weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
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