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A transit of Venus occurred on the 18th November 1512 BC 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46253869/1512-bc-transit-of-venus/



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The Peoples Temple mass murder in 1978
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46253865/peoples-temple-agricultural-project/



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The first tsunami documented by eyewitnesses transpired in Lake Lucerne in Switzerland in 1601.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46253874/lake-lucerne-tsunami-1601/

The 1929 Grand Banks earthquake occurred on November 18, 1929
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t10405292/burins-tsunami/



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The COBE satellite was launched on the 18th November 1989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_Background_Explorer

Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft was launched on the 18th November 2013.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t20770482/mars-atmosphere-and-volatile-evolution-spacecraft/ 



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The Governor Aker Observatory in Safford, Arizona, opened on November 18, 1995.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_Aker_Observatory



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Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 - July 21, 1998) was an American naval aviator
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46253871/alan-bartlett-shepard-1923-1998/

George Bogdan Kistiakowsky (November 18, 1900 - December 7, 1982) was a Ukrainian-American chemistry professor 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kistiakowsky

Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (18 November 1897 - 13 July 1974) was an English experimental physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_M.S._Blackett



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NGC 1537 was discovered by John Herschel on the 18th November 1835. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55610106/ngc-1537/

NGC 1679 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 18th November 1835. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55610205/ngc-1679/



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Asteroid (428) Monachia was discovered by Walther Villiger on November 18, 1897 in Munich, Germany.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/428_Monachia



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Steamboat Willie was first released on November 18, 1928
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse

The Sacramento Bee and the San Francisco Call reported the first sighting of Mystery airships on November 18, 1896
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_airship#Specific_cases



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Meteorites

The Santa Isabel (L6) meteorite fell in Santa Fe, Argentina, on the 18th November 1924.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46253859/santa-isabel-meteorite/



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