Fatto matematico: 1418 is the number of (not necessarily distinct) sets of Egyptian fractions that sum to 1 with smallest fraction 1/18.
Trivia: 1418 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Data storica: November 18th is the day in 1938 that Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.