Today in History.....November 18

On this day in …

* 1820, U.S. Navy Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer discovered the frozen continent of Antarctica

* 1883, the United States and Canada adopted a system of Standard Time zones

* 1928, the first successful sound-synchronized animated cartoon, Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," starring Mickey Mouse, premiered in New York

* 1936, Germany and Italy recognized the Spanish government of Francisco Franco

* 1978, California Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four other people were killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings were followed by a night of mass murder and suicide by
912 cult members