TodayOn this dayNovember 18
On this day
Good news on November 18.
Positive things that happened on November 18, with 2 verified milestones. Each milestone links to the source it was checked against.
Verified milestones
Scientific firsts, civil-rights wins, conservation, medicine, kindness, and other good news. Checked against the linked source.
1789
Louis Daguerre, inventor of the first practical process of photography, was born near Paris on November 18, 1789.
For a read-aloud. Louis Daguerre was born, and he later invented a way to make lasting photographs.
1883
On November 18, 1883, North American railroads switched at noon to standard railway time. Cities soon adopted the Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones.
For a read-aloud. Railroads started standard time, and the time zones we still use began to spread.
For the classroom
Two questions a teacher can use as a warm-up. This page is for an adult to read with a class.
- Why is it helpful when a whole country agrees what time it is?
- How did a picture that stays on paper change the way we remember people?
From the archive
Stories published on November 18 will show up here. The archive is still young.
No archive story for this date yet.
When a story is published on November 18, it will be listed here with the milestones above.