LIttle Know Historical Events on November 18

In 1916, during World War I, Allied General Douglas Haig called off

the First Battle of the Somme after five months of fighting. The Allies had advanced 125 square miles

but suffered massive casualties, with 420,000 British and 195,000 French soldiers lost,

while German losses exceeded 650,000.​ In 1978, the Jonestown massacre occurred in Guyana,

where Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple followers in a mass murder-suicide, resulting in the

deaths of 918 people, including over 270 children. This tragic event is one of the largest

mass suicides in modern history.​ In 1976, Spain's parliament approved a bill

to establish democracy after 37 years of dictatorship, marking a pivotal moment in Spanish