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- 1626
- A rebuilt St. Peter’s Basilica is consecrated by Pope Urban VIII in Rome.
- 1849
- The Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar is established as a crownland of the Austrian Empire.
- 1903
- Under the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty, the United States takes control of the Panama Canal Zone, subdividing it into the Balboa and Cristobal judicial districts.
- 1909
- Limon is incorporated as a town in Colorado.
- 1939
- In Connecticut, the Merritt Parkway is extended from Westport to Trumbull.
- 1961
- El Alamein Fountain is installed at Fitzroy Gardens in Sydney.
- 1968
- Gwanghwamun is relocated in front of the Japanese Governor General Building in Seoul.
- 1978
- Virtually the entire population of Jonestown, Guyana, dies by poisoning.
- 2019
- The Navajo Generating Station shuts down after 45 years in operation on the Navajo Nation.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on November 18, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on November 18 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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