Today in History
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1978 Mass suicides in Jonestown
Over 900 people committed suicide at the behest of Jim Jones the founder and head of a group called
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1963 Push button phones are used for the first time
Bell systems started replacing rotary dial phones by push button phone in the United States. Push bu
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1916 End of the Somme Offensive
The battle was bought between German forces on one side and British and French forces on the other d
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1903 Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty signed between Panama and the US
The treaty created the Panama Canal Zone and set up the terms for the construction of the Panama Can
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1883 Canadian and American railroads adopt time zones
Prior to this, most cities had their own local time, making it difficult for railways to be on time
Births On This Day,
November, 18
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1974 Chloë Sevigny
American actress, fashion designer
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1953 Alan Moore
English author, illustrator
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1939 Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, author, critic
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1933 Bruce Conner
American painter, photographer, director
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1923 Ted Stevens
American politician
Deaths On This Day,
November, 18
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1987 Jacques Anquetil
French cyclist
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1978 Jim Jones
American cult leader, founded the Peoples Temple
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1962 Niels Bohr
Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1922 Marcel Proust
French writer
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1886 Chester A. Arthur
American politician, 21st President of the United States
