"On Nov. 18, 2005, eight months after Robert Blake was acquitted of murdering his wife at a criminal trial, a civil jury decided the actor was behind the killing and ordered him to pay $30 million to Bonny Lee Bakley's children. Also on this date: In 1928, Steamboat Willie, the first cartoon with synchronized sound as well as the first release of the character Mickey Mouse, debuted on screen at the Colony Theater in New York."
"In 1978, U.S. Rep. Leo J. Ryan of California and four others were killed on an airstrip in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings were followed by a night of mass murder and suicide, resulting in the deaths of more than 900 cult members. In 1987, an underground fire broke out in the King's Cross St. Pancras subway station in London, causing 31 deaths."
Nov. 18 includes a range of significant events across decades. In 2005 a civil jury found Robert Blake responsible for his wife's killing and ordered $30 million. In 1928 Steamboat Willie, the first cartoon with synchronized sound and Mickey Mouse's debut, premiered at the Colony Theater in New York. In 1978 Representative Leo Ryan and others were killed in Jonestown, followed by mass murder and suicide that killed over 900 Peoples Temple members. In 1987 a fire at King's Cross station killed 31. In 1999 a Texas A&M bonfire collapse killed 12 and injured dozens. In 2021 two men convicted in Malcolm X’s assassination had convictions dismissed. Birthdays include Margaret Atwood (86) and Kirk Hammett (63).
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