TV actress Linda Evans

Events in 1942 and 18-11

Events in US in the birth year of Linda Evans

• More than 120,000 Japanese and persons of Japanese ancestry living in western U.S. moved to "relocation centers," some for the duration of the war (Executive Order 9066).
• Coconut Grove nightclub fire in Boston kills 491. Background: Fires and Explosions
• Women's military services established. Background: Female Military Personnel on Active Duty by Grade, September 1998. See Also: Women's History
• Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, first health maintenance organization (HMO), begins in Oakland, Calif.

Birthday Linda Evans (18-11) in history

• Day 18-11 year 1820: Captain Nathaniel Palmer discovered Antarctica.
• Day 18-11 year 1883: Standard time began in the United States.
• Day 18-11 year 1886: Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States (1881–1885), died in New York at 56.
• Day 18-11 year 1928: Mickey Mouse made his debut in Steamboat Willie.
• Day 18-11 year 1976: Spain's parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
• Day 18-11 year 1978: Jim Jones, a U.S. pastor, led 914 of his followers to their deaths at Jonestown, Guyana, by drinking a cyanide-laced fruit drink. Cult members who refused to swallow the drink were shot.
• Day 18-11 year 2003: The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the right to same sex marriage was guaranteed by the state constitution.
• Day 18-11 year 2004: The UN Security Council held a two-day session in Nairobi. This was the first time it had convened outside of New York headquarters.