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Birthday December 18, 1707 Charles Wesley, cofounder of Methodist movement |
Birthday December 18, 1709 Elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great and Catherine I) |
Birthday December 18, 1779 Joseph Grimaldi, English pantomimist, "greatest clown in history" |
Birthday December 18, 1786 Carl Maria von Weber, German Romantic composer |
Birthday December 18, 1861 Edward MacDowell, composer |
Birthday December 18, 1870 Short story writer H.H. Munro is born in Burma |
Birthday December 18, 1879 Paul Klee, Swiss abstract painter |
Birthday December 18, 1886 Ty Cobb is born |
Birthday December 18, 1886 Ty Cobb, played in 3000 games, batted .367, stole 892 bases |
Birthday December 18, 1888 Robert Moses, power broker (built Long Island & NYC parks & roads) |
Birthday December 18, 1890 Edwin Armstrong, radio pioneer (invented FM) |
Birthday December 18, 1910 Abe Burrows, Broadway impresario |
Birthday December 18, 1913 Willy Brandt, (SD), chancellor of West Germany (1969-74) (Nobel '71) |
Birthday December 18, 1916 Betty Grable, in St Louis |
Birthday December 18, 1917 Ossie Davis |
Birthday December 18, 1917 Lynn Bari, Actress |
Birthday December 18, 1927 Ramsey Clark, Attorney General |
Birthday December 18, 1934 Boris V. Volynov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 5, 21) |
Birthday December 18, 1943 Keith Richard, singer (Rolling Stones) |
Birthday December 18, 1946 Director Steven Spielberg born |
Birthday December 18, 1947 Steven Spielberg, director (Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Arc) |
Birthday December 18, 1950 Leonard Maltin, Movie reviewer |
History December 18, 1737 Antonio Stradivari violin maker dies |
History December 18, 1777 States give thanks |
History December 18, 1787 NJ becomes 3rd state |
History December 18, 1813 British take Fort Niagara in the War of 1812 |
History December 18, 1849 William Bond obtains 1st photograph of moon through a telescope |
History December 18, 1862 Battle of Lexington, Tennessee |
History December 18, 1865 13th Amendment ratified slavery abolished |
History December 18, 1865 Slavery abolished in America |
History December 18, 1878 The death of Molly-ism |
History December 18, 1888 Wetherill and Mason discover Mesa Verde |
History December 18, 1898 Auto speed record set -- 63 kph |
History December 18, 1912 Piltdown Man discovered |
History December 18, 1915 Pres Wilson widowed the year before marries Edith Bolling Galt |
History December 18, 1915 Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Bolling Galt |
History December 18, 1916 Battle of Verdun ends |
History December 18, 1932 Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in 1st NFL playoff game |
History December 18, 1941 Japan invades Hong Kong |
History December 18, 1945 Uruguay joined UN |
History December 18, 1956 Japan admitted to the UN |
History December 18, 1958 Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day) |
History December 18, 1958 1st voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower |
History December 18, 1958 1st test project of Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equip |
History December 18, 1961 The Tokens earn a #1 hit with The Lion Sleeps Tonight |
History December 18, 1961 India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa Damao & Diu |
History December 18, 1965 Borman & Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII |
History December 18, 1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang opens in New York |
History December 18, 1969 Britain abolished death penalty |
History December 18, 1971 Diana Lynn dies at 45 |
History December 18, 1971 1st Candlelight Processional |
History December 18, 1972 Nixon announces start of Christmas Bombing of North Vietnam |
History December 18, 1972 Nixon orders the initiation of Operation Linebacker II |
History December 18, 1972 US began its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam |
History December 18, 1973 Soyuz 13 launched into earth orbit for 8 days |
History December 18, 1974 SF Visitors Center at City Hall opens |
History December 18, 1980 Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin suffered a fatal heart attack at 76 |
History December 18, 1982 Power plant burns in Venezuela |
History December 18, 1985 UN Security Council unanimously condemns `acts of hostage-taking' |