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Today in History: Friday, November\u00a0 18, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Nov. 18, 1978, more than 900 people died in Jonestown, Guyana, after Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jones urged them to kill themselves by drinking cyanide-laced grape punch. Jones died of a bullet wound to the head; whether it was self-inflicted is unknown.
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1883<\/td>\nThe United States and Canada adopted a system of standard time zones.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1886<\/td>\nChester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States, died in New York at age 56.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1923<\/td>\nAstronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., the first American in space, was born in East Derry, N.H.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1928<\/td>\nThe first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon, Walt Disney’s “Steamboat Willie” starring Mickey Mouse, premiered in New York.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1936<\/td>\nGermany and Italy recognized the Spanish government of Francisco Franco.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1966<\/td>\nU.S. Roman Catholic bishops did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nFinancier and diplomat Joseph P. Kennedy died in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 81.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1976<\/td>\nSpain’s parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>\nThe congressional Iran-Contra committees issued their final report, saying President Ronald Reagan bore “ultimate responsibility” for wrongdoing by his aides.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nPresident Ronald Reagan signed legislation creating a Cabinet-level drug czar and providing the death penalty for drug traffickers who kill.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nU.N. arms inspectors returned to Iraq after a four-year hiatus, calling on Saddam Hussein’s government to cooperate with their search for weapons of mass destruction.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nThe Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled 4-3 that the state constitution guarantees gay couples the right to marry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nActor Tom Cruise and actress Katie Holmes were married in Italy. (The couple divorced in 2012.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nTwo days before turning 92, Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., became the longest-serving lawmaker in congressional history, at 56 years, 320 days.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz turns 41 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Brenda Vaccaro<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linda Evans<\/td>\nActress (“Dynasty”)<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graham Parker<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Warren Moon<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth Perkins<\/td>\nActress (“Weeds”)<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kim Wilde<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gary Sheffield<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Owen Wilson<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duncan Sheik<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chloe Sevigny<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nasim Pedrad<\/td>\nActress, comedian (“Saturday Night Live”)<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor-comedian Kevin Nealon (“Weeds,” “Saturday Night Live”) turns 63 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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