Template:Selected anniversaries/November 18
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1724: Inventor and priest Bartolomeu de Gusmão dies.
1959: Mathematician and academic Aleksandr Khinchin dies. He was one of the founders of modern probability theory.
1962: Physicist and philosopher Niels Bohr born. He will make foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he will receive the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.
2017: Jekyll, the "fragrance for sociopaths", announces record sales.