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James Warren Jones was an American cult leader, preacher, and mass murderer who founded and led the Peoples Temple between 1955 and 1978.
Notable Deaths on November 18
1978 — Jim Jones
American cult leader, founded Peoples Temple (born 1931)
November 18 has 89 recorded notable deaths across history, from 942 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
89 source records
942 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on November 18
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- 1803 The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere. Source
- 1985 The first comic of Calvin and Hobbes is published in ten newspapers. Source
- 1889 Elisha P. Ferry is inaugurated as first governor of Washington. Source
- 2003 The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4–3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples. Source
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Except for a brief absence in 1988, Young was a member of AC/DC from its formation in 1973 until his retirement in 2014.
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Jonah Lomu is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players in the history of the sport, and as one of the most talented sportsmen of all time.
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Man Ray was an American-born, French-naturalized visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris.
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Kirby Robert Morrow was a Canadian actor, comedian and writer.
More major people who died on November 18
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2017
Malcolm Young
Scottish-Australian hard rock guitarist (born 1953)
Malcolm Mitchell Young was an Australian musician who was a founding member of the hard rock band AC/DC. Young was a rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and backing vocalist in the band.
2015
Jonah Lomu
New Zealand rugby player (born 1975)
Jonah Tali Lomu was a New Zealand professional rugby union player.
1976
Man Ray
American-French photographer and painter (born 1890)
Man Ray was an American-born, French-naturalized visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal.
2020
Kirby Morrow
Canadian actor, comedian and writer (born 1973)
Kirby Robert Morrow was a Canadian actor, comedian and writer.
1936
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai
Indian lawyer and politician (born 1872)
Valliappan Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, businessman, Tamil scholar, and politician.
1909
Renée Vivien
English-French poet (born 1877)
Renée Vivien was a British poet who wrote in the French language.
1590
George Talbot
6th Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician, Lord High Steward of Ireland (born 1528)
George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, 6th Earl of Waterford, 12th Baron Talbot, KG, Earl Marshal (c. 1522/1528 – 18 November 1590) was an English magnate and military commander.
1100
Thomas of Bayeux
archbishop of York
Thomas of Bayeux was Archbishop of York from 1070 until 1100. He was educated at Liège and became a royal chaplain to Duke William of Normandy, who later became King William I of England.
1979
Freddie Fitzsimmons
American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1901)
Frederick Landis Fitzsimmons was an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher, manager, and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1925 to 1943 with the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers.
2004
Robert Bacher
American physicist and academic (born 1905)
Robert Fox Bacher was an American nuclear physicist and one of the leaders of the Manhattan Project.
2014
Ahmad Lozi
Jordanian educator and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Jordan (born 1925)
Ahmad Lozi was a Jordanian politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Jordan from 29 November 1971 to 26 May 1973. He succeeded Wasfi al-Tal who had been assassinated by the Black September Organization.
2024
Colin Petersen
Australian drummer, record producer and actor (born 1946)
Frederick Colin Petersen was an Australian musician and actor. He played as a member of the bands Steve and the Board, the Bee Gees and Humpy Bong.
2024
Bob Love
American basketball player (born 1942)
Robert Earl Love was an American professional basketball player who spent the prime of his career with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Chicago Bulls.
2016
Denton Cooley
American surgeon and scientist (born 1920)
Denton Arthur Cooley was an American cardiothoracic surgeon famous for performing the first implantation of a total artificial heart.
2016
Sharon Jones
American soul and funk singer (born 1956)
Sharon Lafaye Jones was an American soul and funk singer. She was the lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, a soul and funk band based in Brooklyn, New York.
1977
Kurt Schuschnigg
Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (born 1897)
Kurt Alois Josef Johann von Schuschnigg was a Slovene-Austrian politician who was the Chancellor of the Federal State of Austria from the 1934 assassination of his predecessor Engelbert Dollfuss until the 1938 Anschluss…
1886
Chester A. Arthur
American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (born 1829)
Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st president of the United States, serving from 1881 to 1885. A Republican from New York, he served as the 20th vice president under President James A.
1305
John II
duke of Brittany (born 1239)
John II reigned as Duke of Brittany from 1286 until his death, and was also Earl of Richmond in the Peerage of England. He took part in two crusades prior to his accession to the ducal throne.
1724
Bartolomeu de Gusmão
Portuguese priest (born 1685)
Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão was a Portuguese Catholic priest and naturalist born in colonial Brazil, who was a pioneer of lighter-than-air aerostat design, being among the first scholars at that time to understand the…