• Today is Monday, Nov. 18, the 322nd day of 2013. There are 43 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Nov. 18, 1928, Walt Disney's first sound-synchronized animated cartoon, "Steamboat Willie" starring Mickey Mouse, premiered in New York.
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• On this date:
• In 1883, the United States and Canada adopted a system of Standard Time zones.
• In 1886, the 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, died in New York.
• In 1910, British suffragists clashed with police outside Parliament on what became known as "Black Friday."
• In 1936, Germany and Italy recognized the Spanish government of Francisco Franco.
• In 1942, "The Skin of Our Teeth," Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning allegory about the history of humankind, opened on Broadway.
• In 1958, the cargo freighter SS Carl D. Bradley sank during a storm in Lake Michigan, claiming the lives of 33 of the 35 on board.
• In 1959, "Ben-Hur," MGM's Biblical-era spectacle starring Charlton Heston and directed by William Wyler, had its world premiere at Loew's State Theatre in New York.
• In 1962, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr died in his native Denmark at age 77.
• In 1966, U.S. Roman Catholic bishops did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays outside of Lent.
• In 1978, U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan, D-Calif., and four others were killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings were followed by a night of mass murder and suicide by more than 900 cult members.
• In 1987, the congressional Iran-Contra committees issued their final report, saying President Ronald Reagan bore "ultimate responsibility" for wrongdoing by his aides. A fire at London King's Cross railway station claimed 31 lives.
• In 1991, Shiite (SHEE'-eyet) Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon freed Anglican

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