11/18/2010

1883-The United States and Canada adopted a system of standard time zones
1966-U.S. Roman Catholic bishops did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays.
1978-1978-More than 900 people died in Jonestown, Guyana, after Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jones urged them to kill themselves by drinking cyanide-laced grape punch. Jones died of a bullet wound to the head; whether it was self-inflicted is unknown.

2003-The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled 4-3 that the state constitution guarantees gay couples the right to marry.