November 18

November 18th is officially celebrated as Apple Cider Day as well as Mickey Mouse Day.

2019

The Brazilian Space Agency announced that the country's Amazon rainforest had suffered its biggest spike in deforestation in over a decade.

2018

An American 26-year-old, John Allen Chau, was killed by natives living on the forbidden Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal.

2017

Shawn Mendes claimed his third number 1 single on the Billboard list, making him the first person under the age of 20 to do so.

2013

NASA's MAVEN space probe was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

2011

After two and a half years of Alpha and Beta development, the full version of Minecraft was released.

2003

The UK's repealed anti-gay amendment, Section 28, came to a complete end in the UK.

1997

Sony Music Soundtrax released their 'Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture' album.

1992

The movie 'Malcolm X,' starring Denzel Washington, was released in the US.

1963

Push-button telephones were made available to the general public for the first time.

1956

Morocco's King Mohammed V returned after being exiled in 1955.

1918

The people of Latvia gathered together to proclaim the Republic of Latvia as an independent nation.

1872

Suffragette Susan B. Anthony was arrested in New York State for illegally voting in the presidential race.

1626

St. Peter's Basilica in The Vatican City was consecrated, becoming the world's largest Christian basilica.

1421

St. Elizabeth's flood began in the evening when a seawall at the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands broke.