Today is Friday, Nov. 18, the 323rd day of 2016. There are 43 days left in the year.

Today’s birthdays: Actress Brenda Vaccaro is 77. Author-poet Margaret Atwood is 77. Actress Linda Evans is 74. Singer Graham Parker is 66. Actor Delroy Lindo is 64. Comedian Kevin Nealon is 63. Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon is 60. Actress Elizabeth Perkins is 56. Singer Kim Wilde is 56. Actor Owen Wilson is 48. Singer Duncan Sheik is 47. Recently retired Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is 41. Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Andris Nelsons is 38. Comedian Nasim Pedrad is 35. Actor Damon Wayans Jr. is 34.

In 1928, Walt Disney’s first sound-synchronized animated cartoon, ‘‘Steamboat Willie’’ with Mickey Mouse, premiered.

In 1966, US Roman Catholic bishops issued a pastoral statement that did away with the rule against eating meat on Fridays outside of Lent.

In 1976, Spain’s parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.

In 1978, Representative Leo Ryan, Democrat of California, and four others were killed in Jonestown, Guyana, by members of the Peoples Temple; the killings were followed by a night of mass murder and suicide by about 900 cult members.

In 1987, the congressional Iran-Contra committees issued their final report, saying President Ronald Reagan bore ‘‘ultimate responsibility’’ for wrongdoing by his aides.

In 1991, Shi’ite kidnappers in Lebanon freed Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland, the American dean of agriculture at the American University of Beirut.