How Many Days Until November 18?

This day in history: November 18

1. 1991

   The current flag of Uzbekistan was adopted, making the country the first newly independent republic in Central Asia to choose a new flag.

2. 1991

   Croatian War of Independence: The Yugoslav People's Army captured the Croatian city of Vukovar, ending an 87-day siege.

3. 1999

   Texas A&M University's Aggie Bonfire collapsed, killing 12 people and injuring 27 others, and causing the university to officially declare a hiatus on the 90-year-old annual event.

4. 2003

   With its ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court made the state the first in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage.

5. 2011

   The sandbox video game Minecraft exited beta with the official release of version 1.0.

6. 2014

   Two Palestinian men attacked the praying congregants of a synagogue in Jerusalem with axes, knives, and a gun, resulting in eight deaths, including the attackers themselves.

7. 2017

   Cyclone Numa, a rare "medicane", made landfall in Greece to become the worst weather event that the country had experienced since 1977.

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