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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_18" title="November 18">November 18</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1210" title="1210">1210</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor"><span class="nowrap">Otto IV</span></a></b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperor</a>, was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excommunication" title="Excommunication">ex­com­mu­ni­cated</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_III" title="Pope Innocent III">Pope <span class="nowrap">Innocent III</span></a> after Otto commanded him to annul the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordat_of_Worms" title="Concordat of Worms">Concordat of Worms</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865" title="1865">1865</a>"<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celebrated_Jumping_Frog_of_Calaveras_County" title="The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County">The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County</a></b>" was published, becoming the first great success of American author <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Mark Twain">Mark Twain</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956" title="1956">1956</a> – At the Polish embassy in Moscow, Soviet leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev" title="Nikita Khrushchev">Nikita Khrushchev</a> said "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_will_bury_you" title="We will bury you">We will bury you</a></b>" while addressing Western envoys, prompting them to leave the room.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_War_of_Independence" title="Croatian War of Independence">Croatian War of Independence</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_People%27s_Army" title="Yugoslav People's Army">Yugoslav People's Army</a> captured the Croatian city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vukovar" title="Vukovar">Vukovar</a>, ending <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vukovar" title="Battle of Vukovar">an 87-day siege</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a> – Two Palestinian men <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Jerusalem_synagogue_attack" title="2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack">attacked</a></b> the praying congregants of a synagogue in Jerusalem with axes, knives, and a gun, resulting in eight deaths, including the attackers themselves.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Burgess_(bishop_of_Salisbury)" title="Thomas Burgess (bishop of Salisbury)">Thomas Burgess</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1756); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dix" title="Dorothy Dix">Dorothy Dix</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1861); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Singh_Hayer" title="Tara Singh Hayer">Tara Singh Hayer</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1998)</p>