MONDAY, Nov. 18, 2024

1820-U.S. Navy Captain Nathaniel B Palmer discovers Antarctica

1865 Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

1918-Latvia declares independence from Russia

1936-Germany & Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco

1936-Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined

1958-First true reservoir in Jerusalem opens

1964-J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"

1970-Russia lands self propelled rover on the Moon

1976-Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship

1987-31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station

1991-France deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti