11/18/2022 12:01:00 AM Today In History - November 18
Reprinted By Permission From OnThisDay.com
Today in History in 1307 William Tell reputedly shoots apple off his son's head; and in 1872 Suffragette Susan Brownell Anthony was arrested by a U.S. Deputy Marshal and charged with illegally voting.
Our on this day in history archives contain over 200,000 events, birthdays and deaths from 6,000 years of history. Here is a roundup of a few of them:
Historical Events
326 - Old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated. Stood 4th - 16th century. Replaced by current St Peter's Basilica in Rome.
1307 - William Tell reputedly shoots apple off his son's head
1477 - First English dated printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" by William Caxton
1626 - St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated. Replaced an earlier basilica. Largest Christian basilica
1805 - 30 women meet at Mrs. Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset, Maine, organizes Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in America
1820 - Antarctica sighted by US Navy Capt. Nathaniel B Palmer
1872 - Suffragette Susan Brownell Anthony is arrested by a U.S. Deputy Marshal and charged with illegally voting
1916 - General Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme (WWI) - over 1 million killed or wounded
1928 - Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse appears in NY in "Steamboat Willie"
1978 - In Jonestown Guyana 918 members of Peoples Temple are murdered/commit suicide under leadership of cult leader Jim Jones
1993 - Black & white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution
Famous Birthdays
1787 - Sojourner Truth [Isabella Baumfree], Swartekill, New York, US abolitionist/feminist
1787 - Louis-Jacques Daguerre, Cormeilles-en-Parisis France, inventor and photographer (d. 1851)
1836 - William Schwenck Gilbert, London, English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator (Gilbert & Sullivan)
1901 - George Gallup, Jefferson Iowa, public opinion pollster (Gallup Poll)
1909 - Johnny Mercer, Savannah Ga, lyricist (Moon River, Old Black Magic)
1939 - Margaret Atwood, Ottawa Ontario, Canadian author/poet
1947 - Jameson Parker, Balt Md, actor (American Justice, Simon & Simon)
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