Daily Calendar for Friday, November 18, 2016

Events

• 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