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November 18 in recent years

November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 43 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901 – Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
  • 1903 – The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
  • 1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
  • 1909 – Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
  • 1910 – In their campaign for women's voting rights, hundreds of suffragettes march to the British Parliament in London. Several are beaten by police, newspaper attention embarrasses the authorities, and the march is dubbed Black Friday.
  • 1916World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
  • 1918Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
  • 1928 – Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon.
  • 1929 – Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
  • 1940World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.
  • 1943 – World War II: Battle of Berlin: Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
  • 1944 – The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.
  • 1947 – The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
  • 1949 – The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.
  • 1961 – United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
  • 1963 – The first push-button telephone goes into service.
  • 1970 – U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
  • 1971Oman declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 1978 – The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet makes its first flight, at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland, United States.
  • 1983 – Aeroflot Flight 6833 is hijacked en route from Tbilisi to Leningrad. After returning to Tibilisi, the aircraft is subsequentially raided on the ground, resulting in seven deaths.
  • 1985 – The first comic of Calvin and Hobbes is published in ten newspapers.
  • 1987 – King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
  • 1991Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.
  • 1991 – After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.
  • 1991 – The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia, which would in 1993 become a republic, was established in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • 1993 – In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.
  • 1993 – In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.
  • 1996 – A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) of tunnel.
  • 1999 – At Texas A&M University, the Aggie Bonfire collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others.
  • 2002 – Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
  • 2003 – The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4–3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.
  • 2012 – Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria becomes the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
  • 2013NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.
  • 2020 – The Utah monolith, built sometime in 2016 is discovered by state biologists of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

Births

Pre-1600

  • 701 – Itzam K'an Ahk II, Mayan ruler (d. 757)
  • 709 – Emperor Kōnin of Japan (d. 782)
  • 1522 – Lamoral, Count of Egmont (d. 1568)
  • 1571 – Hippolytus Guarinonius, Italian physician and polymath (d. 1654)
  • 1576 – Philipp Ludwig II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1612)

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901George Gallup, American statistician (d. 1984)
  • 1901 – V. Shantaram, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
  • 1901 – Craig Wood, American golfer (d. 1968)
  • 1902 – Franklin Adreon, American film and television director (d. 1979)
  • 1904 – Masao Koga, Japanese composer and guitarist (d. 1978)
  • 1904 – Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1983)
  • 1906 – Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Turkish author and poet (d. 1954)
  • 1906 – Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer, designed the mini car (d. 1988)
  • 1906 – Klaus Mann, German-American novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1949)
  • 1906 – George Wald, American neurobiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
  • 1907 – Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (d. 1998)
  • 1907 – Compay Segundo, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
  • 1908Imogene Coca, American actress, comedian, and singer (d. 2001)
  • 1909 – Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter and producer, co-founded Capitol Records (d. 1976)
  • 1911Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and author (d. 2000)
  • 1912 – Vic Hey, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1995)
  • 1912 – Hilda Nickson, English author (d. 1977)
  • 1913 – Endre Rozsda, Hungarian-French painter and illustrator (d. 1999)
  • 1914 – Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (d. 1969)
  • 1915 – Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2004)
  • 1917Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (d. 1957)
  • 1918İlhan Berk, Turkish poet and author (d. 2008)
  • 1918 – Tasker Watkins, Welsh soldier, judge, and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2007)
  • 1919 – Jocelyn Brando, American actress (d. 2005)
  • 1920 – Robert Fryer, American playwright and producer (d. 2000)
  • 1920 – Mustafa Khalil, Egyptian lawyer and politician, 77th Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2008)
  • 1920 – Ron Suart, English football player and manager (d. 2015)
  • 1922 – Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (d. 1992)
  • 1922 – Luis Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 70th President of Nicaragua (d. 1967)
  • 1923 – Cornelis Ruhtenberg, American painter (d. 2008)
  • 1923 – Alan Shepard, American astronaut (d. 1998)
  • 1923 – Ted Stevens, American politician (d. 2010)
  • 1924 – Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish soldier, engineer, and judge (d. 2000)
  • 1924 – Anna Elisabeth (Lise) Østergaard, Danish psychologist and politician (d. 1996)
  • 1925 – Gene Mauch, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
  • 1926Roy Sievers, American baseball player (d. 2017)
  • 1927Hank Ballard, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
  • 1927 – Knowlton Nash, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2014)
  • 1928Salvador Laurel, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Philippines (d. 2004)
  • 1928 – Sheila Jordan, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 1929 – Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and educator (d. 2013)
  • 1932 – Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (d. 2010)
  • 1933 – Bruce Conner, American painter, photographer, and director (d. 2008)
  • 1933 – Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek journalist and diplomat
  • 1935 – Rudolf Bahro, German philosopher and politician (d. 1997)
  • 1936 – Ennio Antonelli, Italian cardinal
  • 1936 – Don Cherry, American trumpet player (d. 1995)
  • 1938 – Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (d. 2012)
  • 1938 – Norbert Ratsirahonana, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister of Madagascar
  • 1938 – Karl Schranz, Austrian skier
  • 1939Margaret Atwood, Canadian author
  • 1939 – Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, English journalist and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
  • 1939 – Amanda Lear, Hong Kong-French singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1939 – Brenda Vaccaro, American actress
  • 1940James Welch, American novelist and poet (d. 2003)
  • 1941Gary Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 2014)
  • 1941 – David Hemmings, English actor and director (d. 2003)
  • 1942Linda Evans, American actress
  • 1942 – Susan Sullivan, American actress
  • 1943Leonardo Sandri, Argentinian cardinal
  • 1944Wolfgang Joop, German fashion designer, founded JOOP!
  • 1944 – Ed Krupp, American astronomer, archaeoastronomer, author, Director Griffith Observatory
  • 1945Wilma Mankiller, American tribal chief (d. 2010)
  • 1945 – Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th President of Sri Lanka
  • 1946 – Alan Dean Foster, American author
  • 1947 – Jameson Parker, American actor
  • 1947 – Ross Wilson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1948Tõnis Mägi, Estonian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  • 1948 – Kongō Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2014)
  • 1948 – Ana Mendieta, Cuban-American sculptor and painter (d. 1985)
  • 1948 – Jack Tatum, American football player (d. 2010)
  • 1949Herman Rarebell, German rock drummer and songwriter
  • 1950Graham Parker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1950 – Rudy Sarzo, Cuban-American rock bass player
  • 1951 – Pete Morelli, American businessman
  • 1951 – Justin Raimondo, American journalist and author (d. 2019)
  • 1952 – Peter Beattie, Australian lawyer and politician, 36th Premier of Queensland
  • 1952 – Delroy Lindo, English-American actor and director
  • 1952 – John Parr, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1953 – Jan Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist (d. 2013)
  • 1953 – Alan Moore, English author
  • 1953 – Kevin Nealon, American comedian and actor
  • 1954 – Carter Burwell, American composer and conductor
  • 1956 – Noel Brotherston, Irish-English footballer and painter (d. 1995)
  • 1956 – Warren Moon, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1956 – Jim Weirich, American computer scientist, developed Rake Software (d. 2014)
  • 1957 – Tony Bunn, American bassist, composer, producer, and writer
  • 1958 – Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine-Israeli footballer and manager
  • 1958 – Oscar Nunez, Cuban-American actor and comedian
  • 1959 – Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and manager
  • 1960 – Ivans Klementjevs, Latvian canoeist
  • 1960 – Elizabeth Perkins, American actress
  • 1960 – Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1960 – Kim Wilde, English singer-songwriter
  • 1961Steven Moffat, Scottish screenwriter and producer
  • 1962 – Bart Bryant, American golfer
  • 1962 – Tim Guinee, American actor
  • 1962 – Kirk Hammett, American guitarist, songwriter, member of the thrash metal band Metallica
  • 1962 – Jamie Moyer, American baseball player
  • 1963Len Bias, American basketball player (d. 1986)
  • 1963 – Dante Bichette, American baseball player and coach
  • 1963 – Todd Bowles, American football player and coach
  • 1963 – Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer and sportscaster
  • 1963 – Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (d. 2015)
  • 1964 – Rita Cosby, American journalist and author
  • 1964 – Nadia Sawalha, English actress
  • 1965 – Tim DeLaughter, American singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1967Tom Gordon, American baseball player
  • 1967 – Jocelyn Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 1968 – George Kotsiopoulos, American stylist and journalist
  • 1968 – Romany Malco, American rapper, producer, actor, and screenwriter
  • 1968 – Gary Sheffield, American baseball player
  • 1968 – Owen Wilson, American actor
  • 1969Sam Cassell, American basketball player and coach
  • 1969 – Ahmed Helmy, Egyptian actor
  • 1969 – Koichiro Kimura, Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler (d. 2014)
  • 1969 – Duncan Sheik, American singer-songwriter and composer
  • 1970Mike Epps, American actor and comedian
  • 1970 – Megyn Kelly, American lawyer and journalist
  • 1970 – Peta Wilson, Australian model and actress
  • 1971 – Thérèse Coffey, English chemist and politician
  • 1971 – Terrance Hayes, American poet and academic
  • 1971 – Matthew Rodwell, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
  • 1972 – Jeroen Straathof, Dutch cyclist and speed skater
  • 1973 – Jonnie Irwin, English television presenter and business expert (d. 2024)
  • 1973 – Nic Pothas, South African cricketer and coach
  • 1974 – Graham Coughlan, Irish footballer and coach
  • 1974 – Chloë Sevigny, American actress, model, and fashion designer
  • 1974 – Petter Solberg, Norwegian racing driver
  • 1975 – Lucy Akhurst, English actress and producer
  • 1975 – Shawn Camp, American baseball player and coach
  • 1975 – Anthony McPartlin, English comedian, actor, and producer
  • 1975 – David Ortiz, Dominican-American baseball player
  • 1975 – Pastor Troy, American rapper, producer, and actor
  • 1975 – Jason Williams, American basketball player
  • 1976 – Dominic Armato, American voice actor
  • 1976 – Sage Francis, American rapper
  • 1976 – Steven Pasquale, American actor
  • 1976 – Shagrath, Norwegian singer-songwriter
  • 1976 – Matt Welsh, Australian swimmer
  • 1976 – Mona Zaki, Egyptian actress
  • 1977 – Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
  • 1977 – Fabolous, American rapper
  • 1978 – Damien Johnson, Irish footballer
  • 1978 – Aldo Montano, Italian fencer
  • 1979Neeti Mohan, Indian playback singer
  • 1979 – Nate Parker, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1980 – Hamza al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (d. 2001)
  • 1980 – Luke Chadwick, English footballer
  • 1980 – Minori Chihara, Japanese voice actress and singer
  • 1980 – François Duval, Belgian racing driver
  • 1980 – Denny Hamlin, American race car driver
  • 1980 – C. J. Wilson, American baseball player
  • 1981 – Mekia Cox, American actress and dancer
  • 1981 – Dianne dela Fuente, Filipino singer and actress
  • 1981 – Nasim Pedrad, Iranian-American actress
  • 1981 – Vittoria Puccini, Italian actress
  • 1981 – Christina Vidal, American actress and singer
  • 1982 – Justin Knapp, American Wikipedia editor
  • 1982 – Damon Wayans Jr., American actor and comedian
  • 1983 – Travis Buck, American baseball player
  • 1983 – Michael Dawson, English footballer
  • 1983 – Jon Lech Johansen, Norwegian computer programmer and engineer, created DeCSS
  • 1984 – Ryohei Chiba, Japanese singer and dancer
  • 1984 – Enar Jääger, Estonian footballer
  • 1985Allyson Felix, American sprinter
  • 1987Jake Abel, American actor
  • 1987 – Cal Clutterbuck, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1987 – Yoon Park, South Korean actor
  • 1988Jeffrey Jordan, American basketball player
  • 1988 – Michael Roach, American soccer player
  • 1988 – Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Ivorian sprinter
  • 1989 – Lu Jiajing, Chinese tennis player
  • 1990 – Arnett Moultrie, American basketball player
  • 1991 – Ahmed Kelly, Iraqi-Australian swimmer
  • 1991 – Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, Thai tennis player
  • 1991 – Jameson Taillon, Canadian-American baseball player
  • 1992Nathan Kress, American actor and director
  • 1992 – Quincy Miller, American basketball player
  • 1992 – Steven Skrzybski, German footballer
  • 1992 – Joe Thuney, American football player
  • 1994 – Akiyuki Hashimoto, Japanese sprinter
  • 1994 – Danka Kovinić, Montenegrin tennis player
  • 1994 – Bernhard Luxbacher, Austrian footballer
  • 1996 – Christian Kirk, American football player
  • 1997 – Robert Sánchez, Spanish footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

  • 942 – Odo of Cluny, Frankish abbot and saint (b. c. 878)
  • 953 – Liutgard of Saxony, duchess of Lorraine (b. 931)
  • 1100Thomas of Bayeux, archbishop of York
  • 1154 – Adelaide of Maurienne, French queen consort (b. 1092)
  • 1170 – Albert the Bear, margrave of Brandenburg (b. c. 1100)
  • 1259Adam Marsh, English scholar and theologian
  • 1305John II, duke of Brittany (b. 1239)
  • 1313Constance of Portugal, Portuguese infanta (b. 1290)
  • 1349 – Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1310)
  • 1441 – Roger Bolingbroke, English cleric, astronomer, astrologer, magister and alleged necromancer
  • 1472 – Basilius Bessarion, titular patriarch of Constantinople (b. c. 1403)
  • 1482 – Gedik Ahmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 17th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
  • 1559 – Cuthbert Tunstall, English bishop (b. 1474)
  • 1565 – Yun Won-hyung, Korean writer and politician (b. 1509)
  • 1590George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician, Lord High Steward of Ireland (b. 1528)

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1909 – Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877)
  • 1922Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
  • 1927 – Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)
  • 1936 – V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
  • 1940 – Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
  • 1941 – Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
  • 1941 – Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
  • 1941 – Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
  • 1952Paul Éluard, French poet and author (b. 1895)
  • 1962Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
  • 1965Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and bureaucrat, 33rd Vice President of the United States, 11th US Secretary of Agriculture (b. 1888)
  • 1969 – Ted Heath, English trombonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
  • 1969 – Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1888)
  • 1972 – Danny Whitten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crazy Horse) (b. 1943)
  • 1976Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (b. 1890)
  • 1977Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (b. 1897)
  • 1978 – Jim Jones, American cult leader, founded Peoples Temple (b. 1931)
  • 1978 – Leo Ryan, American soldier, educator, and politician (b. 1925)
  • 1979 – Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1901)
  • 1980 – Conn Smythe, Canadian soldier, ice hockey player, and businessman (b. 1895)
  • 1984 – Mary Hamman, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
  • 1986Gia Carangi, American model (b. 1960)
  • 1987Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (b. 1934)
  • 1991Gustáv Husák, Slovak lawyer and politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1913)
  • 1994Cab Calloway, American singer-songwriter and bandleader (The Cab Calloway Orchestra) (b. 1907)
  • 1994 – Peter Ledger, Australian painter and illustrator (b. 1945)
  • 1995 – Miron Grindea, Romanian-English journalist (b. 1909)
  • 1998 – Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher (b. 1936)
  • 1999 – Paul Bowles, American composer and author (b. 1910)
  • 1999 – Doug Sahm, American singer and guitarist (b. 1941)
  • 2001 – Walter Matuszczak, Polish-American football player 1939 All-America, 1941 New York Giants draft (b. 1918)
  • 2002James Coburn, American actor (b. 1928)
  • 2003Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor (b. 1948)
  • 2004 – Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic (b. 1905)
  • 2004 – Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
  • 2005 – Harold J. Stone, American actor (b. 1911)
  • 2009 – Red Robbins, American basketball player (b. 1944)
  • 2010 – Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (b. 1940)
  • 2010 – Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic (b. 1937)
  • 2012 – Emilio Aragón Bermúdez, Spanish clown, singer, and accordion player (b. 1929)
  • 2012 – Phoebe Hearst Cooke, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
  • 2013Thomas Howard, American football player (b. 1983)
  • 2013 – S. R. D. Vaidyanathan, Indian nadaswaram player and composer (b. 1929)
  • 2013 – Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (b. 1947)
  • 2013 – Peter Wintonick, Canadian director and producer (b. 1953)
  • 2014 – Dave Appell, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1922)
  • 2014 – Pepe Eliaschev, Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1945)
  • 2014 – Ahmad Lozi, Jordanian educator and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1925)
  • 2014 – C. Rudhraiya, Indian director and producer (b. 1947)
  • 2015 – Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Belgian-Moroccan terrorist (b. 1987)
  • 2015 – Dan Halldorson, Canadian-American golfer (b. 1952)
  • 2015 – Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1975)
  • 2016 – Sharon Jones, American soul and funk singer (b. 1956)
  • 2016 – Denton Cooley, American surgeon and scientist (b. 1920)
  • 2017Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian hard rock guitarist (b. 1953)
  • 2020Kirby Morrow, Canadian actor, comedian and writer (b. 1973)
  • 2022 – Tabassum, Indian actress and talk show host (b. 1944)

Holidays and observances

  • Christian feast day:
  • Day of Army and Victory (Haiti)
  • Independence Day (Morocco), celebrates the independence of Morocco from France and Spain in 1956.
  • National Day (Oman)
  • Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia celebrates the independence of Latvia from Russia in 1918.
  • Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 (Croatia)

See also

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