This is our day guide for Saturday November 18th 2017 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
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General Information for November 18th 2017 | |
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There are 3 public holidays today. | |
Day 322 of 2017 | |
43 days left in 2017 | |
Week 46 of the year | |
On this Day in History | |
1978 – In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo J. Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier. | |
1421 – A seawall at the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people. This event will be known as Sint-Elisabethsvloed. | |
1210 - Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV. | |
401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy. |