Today in history, Nov. 18

German Chancellor Adolf Hitler acknowledging the audience following a speech in Berlin, Germany on Nov. 18, 1941. (AP Photo)

Actor Michael Douglas, and his fiancee, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, pose for photographers outside the Russian Tea Room Friday, Nov. 17, 2000, in New York. The couple will wed at New York’s Plaza Hotel on Saturday, Nov. 18. (AP Photo/Mitch Jacobson)

Hans Blix, the U.N.’s chief weapons inspector, upon his arrival at Saddam International airport in Baghdad, Iraq Monday, Nov. 18, 2002. Blix, who is heading a 27-member advance delegation that arrived Monday, said his inspection teams will conduct a professional and credible job in Iraq. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Britain’s King Edward VIII, centre,trying his hand with a trowel and mortar, accompanied by Sir Kingsley Wood, Minister of Health, extreme left, and Ernest Brown, Minister of Mines, wearing trilby looking over king’s shoulder, during a visit to the training center for unemployed miners, during his first day?s tours of the distressed areas of South Wales on Nov. 18, 1936. (AP Photo/Staff/Putnam)

Street scene in Tsitsihar, capital of the northern province of Heilungkiang, China, which fell into the hands of the Japanese on Nov. 18, 1931, for the first time in its 200 years of history. The Japanese troops marched in through the western gate while General Mah Chan-Shan, the Chinese commander, who has been an outstanding figure for years in provincial politics fled northward by rail in the direction of Koshan. Reports indicated that the Japanese were bringing up reinforcements intending to assume full control on November 19. (AP Photo)

The New York Rangers, members of the National Hockey League, are working hard in preparation for the opening of the hockey season. They will make their first home appearance in New York Nov. 18, 1928. Left to right top row, Billy Boyd, Butch Keeling, manager Lester Patrick, Ching Johnson, Myles Lane, Taffy Abel, Paul Thompson. Bottom Row--Trainer Harry Westerby, Murray Murdock, Frank Boucher, Bill Cook, John Ross, Leo Bourgault, and Bunny Cook. (AP Photo)

Members of the gay and lesbian community and their supporters stand and applaud during a rally at the Old South Meeting House in Boston, Tuesday evening, Nov. 18, 2003, after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that same-sex couples are legally entitled to wed under the state constitution. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

The American flag already has been raised over piles of war materiel put ashore for use of American troops invading Algeria, Nov. 18, 1942. (AP Photo)

A crowd estimated by police at 25,000, attends a ceremony at City Hall Plaza welcoming the Friendship Train to New York, Nov 18, 1947. The train, after a nation-wide tour collecting foodstuffs for Europeans, will be shipped to Europe after the ceremonies. (AP Photo)

King Farouk driving to the opening of Parliament at Cairo, Egypt, in his state coach, on Nov. 18, 1937. (AP Photo)

Still able to grin, Australian soldiers wounded in fighting the Japanese at Kokoda, Papua New Guinea, on Nov. 18, 1942, file to the rear for hospital treatment. Some wounded had to walk for six days to get hospitalization. Their uniforms show evidence of hard wear, their wounds attest to hard fighting. (AP Photo)

Members of the Italian-German armistice commission under U.S. Army guard at Fedala, in Morocco on Nov. 18, 1942, after being placed under arrest. (AP Photo)

West Berliners were offered at look at whirling skirts and stamping boots when the well-known Soviet Pyatnitzki troupe showed Russian peasant dances at a guest performance in the British Sector, Thursday, Nov. 18, 1954, Berlin, Germany. A group of performers dressed up as Russian peasants. (AP Photo/Heinrich Sanden Jr.)

Using paint for ammunition Alphonsia Nigra shoots a spray gun and applies a protective coating to parts used in electrical control equipment in East Pittsburgh, Penn., Nov. 18, 1942. Her sister, Jennie Nigra, works on electrical motors in the same plant. Both write to their brother in the Army, study first aid and take air raid warden training. (AP Photo)

Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara tells a Pentagon news conference that 95 more military bases will be eliminated, Nov. 18, 1964, Arlington, Va. He declined to identify any of the bases, which include some naval shipyards. Chart behind the Secretary outlines the disposal of military bases as of September 1964. (AP Photo/William J. Smith)

Charles Chaplin, the movie comedian, and the Prince of Wales met at a charity ice carnival at the Grosvenow House in London on Nov. 18, 1931. The carnival was organized by the Duchess of Sutherland in aid of the Royal Northern Hospital. From left: Lady Milbanke, Chaplin, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Sutherland. (AP Photo)

Young guests surround Brooklyn Dodgers’ second baseman Jackie Robinson and his son Jackie Jr. as they light candles on his birthday cake for his third birthday party in St. Albans in the Queens section of New York, Nov. 18, 1949. Jackie Sr. was also named Most Valuable Player in the National League today. At left is Rachel Robinson, the baseball star’s wife, and at right is Sarah Satlow, his secretary. Other children are unidentified. (AP Photo/John Rooney)

Two stars of the latest film version of “Ben-Hur” meet silent film star Ramon Novarro, right, at the theater for the world premiere in New York Nov. 18, 1959. Charlton Heston, left, play title role in latest multi-million dollar offering, the same role Novarro played 34 years ago. Haya Harereet, center, plays Esther in latest version. The story first appeared as best selling novel by Lew Wallace in 1880 and has been recurring story in entertainment world since. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

A U.S. Marine reads a sign posted by the Viet Cong saying: ìRefuse to fight, pass over to the liberation army side. Youíll be warmly welcomed and sent back to the U.S.A.î The sign was found on Operation Foster six miles northwest of An Hoa near Da Nang, South Vietnam on Nov. 18, 1967. (AP Photo/Dang Van Phuoc)

A display of stereo and television sets are shown in an electronics store in Tokyo’s Akihabara district in Japan, Nov. 18, 1975. (AP Photo)

The new French luxury liner the France is docked at Saint Nazaire, where the ship was built in France, on Nov. 18, 1961, one day before a pre-maiden voyage sail to Le Havre. (AP Photo)

Blues and soul musician Ray Charles performs during a charity concert in Rome, Italy on Nov. 18, 1988. (AP Photo)

Seven members of the Peoples Temple walk toward airplane in Georgetown, Guyana on Nov. 29, 1978, that will return them to U.S. Two members of the party, Hyacinth Thrash, 84, and Grover Davis, 79, were survivors of the Jonestown mass suicide. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)

Angelo Buono, convicted in nine of the Hillside Strangler murders, looks briefly towards his attorneys as he listens to jurors return a sentence of life imprisonment with no chance of parole for his part in the murders during sentencing on Friday, Nov. 18, 1983 in Los Angeles County Superior Court. (AP Photo)

Margaret Trudeau, centre, who left her family to pursue a career in photography, gets a few pointers from a photographer during the 17th annual United Cerebral Palsy benefit held in New York, Friday, Nov. 18, 1977. Ms. Trudeau, an honorary chairman for the event is flanked by Mrs. Richard Wasserman, right. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Phil Jackson (18) of the New York Knicks appears to be waiting for the ball to come back as he dribbles around Luke Jackson (54) of the 76ers on his way to the basket and two points during the first half of a game, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1970, Philadelphia, Pa. 76ers won, 113 to 106. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)

Northwestern University band forms likeness of famed cartoon character Mickey Mouse during halftime of game against Michigan State at Evanston, Illinois on Nov. 18, 1978. Saturday is Mickeyís 50th birthday. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell)

Independent counsel Lawrence E. Walsh, shown arriving at U.S. District court on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1987 in Washington, tells reporters that he expects to complete his investigation of the Iran-Contra affair in the near future. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

President Ronald Reagan hands a pen to first lady Nancy, after he signed a major antidrug bill on Friday, Nov. 18, 1988 at a White House in Washington East Room ceremony. Reagan dedicated the bill to his wife Nancy, who has led a “Just Say No” campaign among America’s youth, and gave her the pen he used to sign the bill with. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

The tomb of James A. Garfield, 20th president of the United States, is shown at Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 18, 1931. Tomorrow will be his 100th birthday anniversary on November 19. (AP Photo)

Mickey and Minnie Mouse lead a group of 4000 children from 116 cities down Main Street USA during Mickey Mouseís 60th birthday party at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on Nov. 18, 1988. (AP Photo/Chris OíMeara)

East German visitors queue for oranges in Hof, West Germany, Nov. 18, 1989 on the second weekend of free travel to the west. Oranges and fresh fruit are in short supply in the East. (AP Photo/Horst Schaefer)

Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, right, shares a laugh with Gen. Colin Powell, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, during Powell?s visit to the Prime Minister?s official residence in Tokyo, Nov. 18, 1991. Powell is on a three-day visit to Japan. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

U.S. President George H. Bush reaches out to greet President-elect Bill Clinton at the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1992 in Washington. The president-elect is in Washington on a two-day get acquainted tour. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander)

U.S. actor Tom Cruise, center, waves as he arrives in a car at the 15th century Odescalchi Castle in the lakeside town of Bracciano some 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Rome, where he is expected to marry U.S. actress Katie Holmes, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Spiderman looks on at Christie’s East auction house in New York Saturday, Nov. 18, 1995, as his creator, Stan Lee, autographs a photo for 12-year-old Peter Mannarino, left, and his father Joe, of Ridgewood, N.J. From Spiderman to the Incredible Hulk, vintage Marvel characters - in the form of production cels, comic book covers, original strips and even circa 1960s T-shirts - went on the block Saturday at the normally staid Christie’s. (AP Photo/Monika Graff)

A woman rakes coffee beans in order for them to dry evenly in coffee plant in Matagalpa, 100 miles north of Managua, Friday, Nov. 18, 1993 at the beginning of the coffee harvest. Coffee, the country’s top export, represents 21 percent of Nicaragua’s total exports. Thanks to replanting and Army protection from armed groups, production is expected to be 50 percent higher than last year. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju)

A woman pushes a wheelbarrow down the street with containers of water in central Sarajevo Saturday, Nov. 18, 1995. Although water has been restored to the city, it is not always supplied on a regular basis so residents stockpile water in their homes. In Washington, a swirl of reports from the Pentagon and elsewhere indicated an accord was imminent. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Bethlehem Steel plant is reflected in the Lehigh River in Bethlehem, Pa., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 1995. When Bethlehem Steel Corp. extinguishes the last blast furnace at its flagship plant on Saturday, Nov. 18, it will send home 1,800 workers and end an operation that had been pouring steel since the Civil War. (AP Photo/Nanine Hartzenbusch)

A view of the mass advance on Mek’ele, Ethiopia, which fell to the Italians on Nov. 18, 1935. (AP Photo/ Joe Caneva)

Scene at People’s Temple, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978, after mass suicide by cult led by Jim Jones. (AP Photo)

This is the torch run of the National Women’s Conference March in Houston, Texas, where 20,000 women convened to debate the issues that effect them, Nov. 18, 1977. Former Congresswoman Bella Abzug (D-N.Y.), wearing her trademark hat, and Betty Friedan (left, in red coat) marches along in front of the flags. Torch bearer is Peggy Kokernot. (AP Photo)

Some of the 24 Sioux chieftains, in full tribal regalia, who dropped into the New York City Hall, Nov. 18, 1932 to pay their respects to Mayor Joseph V. McKee. They had come east a month ago from the Pine Ridge Indian Agency in South Dakota to visit chief two moon meredes at shi home in Waterbury, Conn., among them were six who took part in the battle big horn, 57 years ago, in which General Custer and a squadron of the 7th U.S. cavalry werr wiped out. (AP Photo)

Mark Settlemyer, left, gets help clearing snow from the roof of his mother’s house from Ken Wesley on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, in Lancaster, N.Y. Lake-effect snow pummeled areas around Buffalo for a second straight day, leaving residents stuck in their homes as officials tried to clear massive snow mounds with another storm looming. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Workmen assist the derrick operator, chief engineer Joseph Strauss, in joining the center of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Ca., Nov. 18, 1936. The bridge has a main span of 4,200 feet, 1,280 meters, making it the world’s longest suspension structure. (AP Photo)

New York Governor and President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt has a happy reunion with his staff in Albany, N.Y., Nov. 18, 1932, following his election and subsequent mild illness. (AP Photo)

German soldiers are being decorated with the Iron Cross for bravery on the Western Front lines on Nov. 18, 1939. (AP Photo)

Members of the United States Supreme Court of Justice pose in their robes in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 18, 1937. Seated, from left, are, Justice George Sutherland; James Clark McReynolds; Charles Evans Hughes; Louis Dembitz Brandeis; and Pierce Butler. Standing, from left, are, Benjamin Nathan Cardozo; Harlan Fiske Stone; Owen Josephus Roberts; and Hugo Lafayette Black, the newest member. (AP Photo)