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The History of
November 18
by On-This-Day.com
1820 - Captain Nathaniel Palmer became the first American to sight the continent of Antarctica.
1865 - Samuel L. Clemens published "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" under the pen name "Mark Twain" in the New York "Saturday Press."
1903 - The U.S. and Panama signed a treaty that granted the U.S. rights to build the Panama Canal.
1928 - The first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon premiered in New York. It was Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," starring Mickey Mouse.
1956 - Fats Domino appeared on the Ed Sullivan show and performed his hit "Blueberry Hill."
1959 - William Wyler's "Ben-Hur" premiered at Loew's Theater in New York City's Times Square.
1990 - Paul McCartney's birth certificate sold for $18,000 in an auction.
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