This Day in History: November 18, 2024
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1820
Captain Nathaniel Palmer discovered Antarctica.
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1883
Standard time began in the United States.
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1886
Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States (1881–1885), died in New York at 56.
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1928
Mickey Mouse made his debut in Steamboat Willie.
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1976
Spain's parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
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1978
Jim Jones, a U.S. pastor, led 914 of his followers to their deaths at Jonestown, Guyana, by drinking a cyanide-laced fruit drink. Cult members who refused to swallow the drink were shot.
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2003
The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the right to same sex marriage was guaranteed by the state constitution.
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2004
The UN Security Council held a two-day session in Nairobi. This was the first time it had convened outside of New York headquarters.
