| November 18 | ||
| 1477 | William Claxton publishes the first dated book printed in England. It is a translation from the French of The Dictes and Sayings of the Philosopers by Earl Rivers. | |
| 1626 | St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome is officially dedicated. | |
| 1861 | The first provisional meeting of the Confederate Congress is held in Richmond, Virginia. | |
| 1865 | Mark Twain's first story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press. | |
| 1901 | The second Hay-Pauncefote Treaty is signed. The United States is given extensive rights by Britain for building and operating a canal through Central America. | |
| 1905 | The Norwegian Parliament elects Prince Charles of Denmark to be the next King of Norway. Prince Charles takes the name Haakon VII. | |
| 1906 | Anarchists bomb St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. | |
| 1912 | Cholera breaks out in Constantinople, in the Ottoman Empire. | |
| 1921 | New York City considers varying work hours to avoid long traffic jams. | |
| 1928 | Mickey mouse makes his film debut in Steamboat Willie, the first animated talking picture. | |
| 1936 | The main span of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is joined. | |
| 1939 | The Irish Republican Army explodes three bombs in Piccadilly Circus. | |
| 1949 | The U.S. Air Force grounds B-29s after two crashes and 23 deaths in three days. | |
| 1950 | The Bureau of Mines discloses its first production of oil from coal in practical amounts. | |
| 1968 | Soviets recover the Zond 6 spacecraft after a flight around the moon. | |
| 1978 | Congressman Leo Ryan is announced missing on a visit to Jonestown, Guyana. | |
| 1983 | Argentina announces its ability to produce enriched uranium for nuclear weapons. | |
| 1984 | The Soviet Union helps deliver American wheat during the Ethiopian famine. | |
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