Daily Calendar for Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Born
- Carl Maria von Weber (composer) –
- Asa Gray (botanist) –
- Elizabeth Gilmer (journalist) –
- Clarence Day (author) –
- George Wald (chemist) –
- Imogene Coca (actress) –
- Alan Shepard, Jr. (astronaut) –
- Mickey Mouse (cartoon character) –
- Margaret Atwood (author) –
- Linda Evans (actress) –
- Elizabeth Perkins (actress) –
- Owen Wilson (actor) –
- David Ortiz (baseball player) –
Died
- Chester Arthur (21st U.S. president) –
- Marcel Proust (novelist) –
- Niels Bohr (physicist) –
- Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (patriarch of the Kennedy family) –
- Cab Calloway (bandleader) –
- Norma Connolly (actress) –
- James Coburn (actor) –
Events
- William Tell shot an apple off of his son’s head –
- Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer discovered Antarctica –
- Mark Twain’s, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, was published –
- U.S. railroads adopted four standard time zones –
- Standard Railway Time went into effect for most North American railroads –
- The animated short, Steamboat Willie, was released featuring Mickey Mouse –
- Ben-Hur, the film epic starring Charlton Heston, premiered in N.Y.C. –
- The Chrysler Corporation announced the discontinuation of its DeSoto line of cars, in production since 1928 –
- First commercial push-button telephone introduced, in Pennsylvania –
- Bill Watterson’s comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes, made its debut –
Weather
- 72 degrees F in Youngstown, Ohio –
- New York State received 6 to 16 inches of snow –
- Twenty inches of lake effect snow fell east of Cleveland, Ohio –
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