Born:
J. C. Watts, born in Eufaula, Oklahoma, politician, U.S. House of Representatives, Oklahoma's 4th district, formerly a football player playing for the Canadian Football League
More Notable Birthdays on November 18:
1946 - Alan Dean Foster, U.S., sci-fi author, Midworld, Flinx in Flux
1930 - J. G. Ballard, British Author
1923 - Alan Shepard, American Astronaut
1901 - George Gallup, Jefferson Iowa, public opinion pollster, Gallup Poll
1787 - Sojourner Truth, abolitionist/feminist