What are the important events that happened on November 18? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 18: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 18 is the 322^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 43 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 5, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,763,424,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaicosadigon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 91 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,715 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 18 Historical Events

• 1302 –
  Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam (One Faith).
• 1601 –
  Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, provincial governor of Ottoman Empire, utterly defeats Habsburg forces, commanded by Ferdinand the Archduke of Austria during the Siege of Nagykanizsa.
• 1686 –
  Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France’s anal fistula after practicing the surgery on several peasants.
• 1803 –
  The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere.
• 1904 –
  General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup.
• 1916 –
  World War I: First Battle of the Somme– in France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
• 1938 –
  Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
• 1947 –
  The Ballantyne’s Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
• 1991 –
  Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.
• 2002 –
  Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.

Who were born on November 18?

• 1756 –
  Thomas Burgess, English author, philosopher and religious figure (d. 1837)
• 1901 –
  George Gallup, American statistician and pollster (d. 1984)
• 1906 –
  Alec Issigonis, Greek-born British car designer (d. 1988)
• 1906 –
  Klaus Mann, German writer (d. 1949)
• 1923 –
  Alan Shepard, American astronaut (d. 1998)
• 1923 –
  Ted Stevens, American politician (d. 2010)
• 1940 –
  Qaboos bin Said al Said, Sultan of Oman
• 1952 –
  Peter Beattie, Australian politician
• 1962 –
  Jamie Moyer, American baseball player
• 1992 –
  Nathan Kress, American actor

Who died on November 18?

• 1154 –
  Adélaide de Maurienne, queen consort of King Louis VI of France (b. 1092)
• 1590 –
  George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English statesman (b. 1528)
• 1886 –
  Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
• 1940 –
  Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian (b. 1876)
• 1972 –
  Danny Whitten, American musician (Crazy Horse) (b. 1943)
• 1978 –
  Leo Ryan, American politician (b. 1925)
• 1984 –
  Mary Hamman, American writer and editor (b. 1907)
• 1991 –
  Gustáv Husák, Slovak-born Czech politician (b. 1913)
• 1999 –
  Doug Sahm, American musician (Sir Douglas Quintet, Flaco Jiménez) (b. 1941)
• 2002 –
  James Coburn, American actor (b. 1928)