On This Day
November 18
1883 North America adopts the standard time zones
1928 Steamboat Willie is released it's the first appearance by Mickey Mouse Directed by Walt Disney
1958 The epic film Ben-Hur premieres in New York at the Loew's State Theatre Directed by William Wyler
starring Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins & Haya Harareet.
1963 First push button telephone goes available in the US
1986 A bill passes making all Ontario Government services available in French
2012 Wii U is released by Nintendo
2012 WWE Survivor Seriers '12 CM Punk Retains the WWE Championship in a Triple Treat Match vs John Cena & Ryback. Also the debut of The Shield
Happy Birthday
1923 Alan B Shepard the first american in space
1909 Johnny Mercer Co-founder of Capital Records
1928 Mickey Mouse the face of the Walt Disney Corporation, world's most famous mouse, actor has starred in Steamboat Willie, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Fantasia, Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas, Mickey's Magical Christmas , The Haunted House & Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas.
1936 Don Cherry Trumpet Player
1942 Linda Evans actress Dynasty
1953 Kevin Nealon Comedian Actor Weeds
1962 Kirk Hammett guitarist in the group Metallica
1968 Owen Wilson actor in The Royal Tenenbaums
1970 Megyn Kelly TV Show Host
1975 David Ortiz aka Big Papi Baseball player 3 x World Series Champ played with the Minnesota Twins & Boston Red Sox
1977 Fabolous Rapper
1981 Mike Jones Rapperlle
1981 Allison Tolman actress starred in Good Girls & Fargo.
1986 Nicolette Shea model
1992 Keren Swanson youtuber
1996 Rachelle DiStasio Ballet Dancer
Sources
https://www.famousbirthdays.com/november18.html
