Important Events From This day in History November 18

  

1978 Guyana - - Cult leader Jim Jones

1978 : The Cult leader Jim Jones instructed over 900 members of his church, "People's Temple", to drink a soft drink brewed in a tub with cyanide and sedatives at a mass meeting at the Jonestown camp, the bodies were later discovered at a camp in the Jungle . The cult leader was being investigated by American Authorities for conditions at the camp and Jones was also being investigated for tax fraud . Prior to the mass suicide Jones had a number of his followers shoot reporters and the head of the investigation team Congressman Ryan.

18 Nov, 1922 Italy - - Mussolini Comes To Power

This was the start of Benito Mussolini's term as the new Italian premier. He received strong support from the Parliament at this time, and served in the premier position until 1943. Mussolini was a strong supporter of fascism, communism, as well as the Nazi Hitler regime.

1928

U.S.A. - - Mickey Mouse

1928 : Mickey Mouse appears for the first time in Steamboat Willie, It was the first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon film produced by Walt Disney and premiered at the Colony Theater in NYC.

1931 Romania - - Royal Marries Commoner

King Carol and Prince Nikolas of Romania had a quarrel over the prince's decision to marry a common woman. King Carol threatened to arrest Prince Nikolas after being defied, and the king had also tore up the prince's marriage certificate. In other words, it was one of the "less happy" days at the castle.

1940 U.S.A. - - Mad New York Bomber

1940 : George P. Metesky ( New York Mad Bomber ) leaves his first bomb on a Consolidated Edison power plant window sill which failed to go off. Between 1940 and 1956, he planted at least 33 bombs, of which 22 exploded, injuring 15 people before he was caught.

1944 Yugoslavia - - Marshal Tito

1944: An announcement was made during the Marshal Tito's National Committee of Liberation meeting. One of the main orders of business discussed at this event was the establishment of a regency to be resolved in Yugoslavia.

1945 Germany - - Belsen Trial

1945: A report was made regarding the completion of the Belsen Trial the day before. Joseph Kramer and Irma Grese, the monarchs of Belsen were two of the people hanged for Nazi concentration camp crimes. Nine other concentration staff members were also hanged on the same day.

1953 Korea - - Peace Talks

An effort was made to learn what part will be assigned to neutral representatives during the Korean peace conference. One person active in learning more what the communists want is U.S. Envoy Arthur H. Dean. Envoy Dean has learned that communists intended on having countries such as India, Russia, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Burma involved. They were to be neutral representatives during the peace talks.

1963 U.S.A. - - John F. Kennedy

President John F. Kennedy conducted a tour in five cities in Florida, and his administration described a little of the nature of this mission. In essence, President Kennedy was said to not be "out to soak the rich", regardless of the attitudes of business people.

1966 U.S.A. - - Fridays Fish

U.S. Roman Catholic bishops did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays.

1967 Great Britain - - Foot and Mouth

1967 : More than 80,000 cattle, pigs and sheep are slaughtered today following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease and a ban is placed on the movement of farm animals across the whole of England and Wales.

18 Nov, 1973 Europe - - Oil Supplies

Arab oil companies have announced a shortage of supply. However, they have decided that Europe will not be affected

1982 U.S.A. - - Duk Koo Kim

1982 : Duk Koo Kim dies from injuries sustained during a 14-round match boxing match against Ray Mancini in an arena outside Caesar's Palace on November 13th, 1982 minutes after the fight was over, Kim collapsed into a coma never to recover and the life support equipment was turned off on this day in history.

1985 Switzerland - - US / Soviet Summit

A two-day summit was planned with Mikhail Gorbachev and Reagan present. The main order of concern during this meeting was to find a way to "relieve mankind of the treat of nuclear war." The Swiss President Kurl Furgler was also involved in these negotiations.

1987 England - - Kings Cross Fire

1987: A fire in a King's Cross underground station kills 30 commuters and injures dozens of others. It is the worst fire in the history of the city's underground rail system and was believed to have been caused by rubbish and grease underneath an escalator and a discarded cigarette starting the fire.

1990 Iraq - - Hostages

Hostages held in Iraq would be freed by Christmas Day, according to a recent report. This news was made known after the adjournment of a meeting held between Saddam Hussein and other government officials.