Daily Calendar for Wednesday, November 18, 2026

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William Tell shot an apple off of his son’s head – 1307
Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer discovered Antarctica – 1820
Mark Twain’s, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, was published – 1865
U.S. railroads adopted four standard time zones – 1883
Standard Railway Time went into effect for most North American railroads – 1883
The animated short, Steamboat Willie, was released featuring Mickey Mouse – 1928
Ben-Hur, the film epic starring Charlton Heston, premiered in N.Y.C. – 1959
The Chrysler Corporation announced the discontinuation of its DeSoto line of cars, in production since 1928 – 1960
First commercial push-button telephone introduced, in Pennsylvania – 1963
Bill Watterson’s comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes, made its debut – 1985

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake caused a deadly tsunami near Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland. – 1929
72 degrees F in Youngstown, Ohio – 1958
New York State received 6 to 16 inches of snow – 1959
Twenty inches of lake effect snow fell east of Cleveland, Ohio – 1989