November 18: on this day in history
A few events that happened on November 18. You do not need to know them all; curiosity is enough.
Historical events
- 1493Christopher Columbus first sighted the island now known as Puerto Rico.
- 1601Ottoman commander Tiryaki Hasan Pasha routed the Habsburg army besieging Kanizsa.
- 1626The new St. Peter's Basilica in Rome was consecrated and opened for worship.
- 1918Latvia declared independence from Russia; the date is celebrated as the country's Independence Day.
- 1963Bell Telephone introduced the first push-button telephone to replace the rotary-dial phone.
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