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In the
Gregorian calendar ,
December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in
leap years ), with 13 days remaining until the end of the year.
Contents
1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links
Events 218 BC - Second Punic War : Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Roman Republic .
1271 - Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China .
1352 - Innocent VI is elected Pope .
1642 - Abel Tasman becomes first European to land in New Zealand
1787 - New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the United States Constitution .
1791 - Brissot de Warville , a leading member of the Girondist party, urges France to declare war on Austria .
1793 - Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French royalists to Lord Hood ; renamed HMS Lutine , she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
1865 - The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified by Georgia, fulfilling the two-thirds requirement for ratification, and banning slavery in the United States .
1892 - The first performance of Tchaikovsky 's ballet The Nutcracker Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg .
1900 - The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm ) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway ) in Victoria , Australia opened for traffic.
1926 - The first performance of Leoš Janáček 's opera The Makropulos Affair Brno , Czechoslovakia .
1932 - The Chicago Bears defeated the Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in the first ever NFL Championship Game . Due to a blizzard , the game was moved from Wrigley Field to the Chicago Stadium , the field measuring 60 yards long.
1935 - The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Sri Lanka .
1944 - World War II : 77 B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China , a Japanese supply base.
1961 - Indonesia invades Netherlands New Guinea .
1966 - Saturn 's moon Epimetheus is discovered by Richard L. Walker .
1969 - Capital punishment in the United Kingdom : Home Secretary James Callaghan 's motion to remove the limit on the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act , which suspended the death penalty in England , Wales and Scotland for all crimes, except treason , piracy with violence, and certain crimes under the jurisdiction of the armed forces for a period of five years, is carried by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords .
1973 - Soviet Soyuz Programme : Soyuz 13 cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk , is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union .
1987 - Larry Wall releases the first version of the Perl programming language .
1996 - The Oakland, California school board passes a resolution officially declaring "Ebonics " a language or dialect.
1997 - HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium .
1999 - NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER , CERES , MISR , MODIS and MOPITT .
2001 - The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in Manhattan , New York City , is damaged by fire.
2002 - 2003 California recall : Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier.
2006 - Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld resigns, Robert Gates is sworn in as the new Secretary of Defense.
Births 1507 - Ōuchi Yoshitaka , Japanese warlord (d. 1551 )
1602 - Simonds d'Ewes , English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650 )
1610 - Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange , French philologist (d. 1688 )
1620 - Heinrich Roth , German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668 )
1626 - Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689 )
1661 - Christopher Polhem , Swedish scientist and inventor (d. 1751 )
1662 - James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry , Scottish politician (d. 1711 )
1707 - Charles Wesley , English Methodist hymnist (d. 1788 )
1724 - Louise of Great Britain , wife of Frederick V of Denmark (d. 1751 )
1725 - Johann Salomo Semler , German historian and Bible commentator (d. 1791 )
1825 - Charles Griffin (general) , American general (d. 1876 )
1835 - Lyman Abbott , American author (d. 1922 )
1847 - Augusta Holmès , French composer (d. 1903 )
1856 - Sir J.J. Thomson , British physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940 )
1860 - Edward MacDowell , American composer and pianist (d. 1908 )
1863 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (d. 1914 )
1870 - Saki , British writer (d. 1916 )
1873 - Francis Burton Harrison , American political figure (d. 1957 )
1878 - Josef Stalin , leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1953 )
1879 - Paul Klee , Swiss-born painter (d. 1940 )
1886 - Ty Cobb , American baseball player (d. 1961 )
1888 - Robert Moses , American public works official (d. 1981 )
1888 - Dame Gladys Cooper , British actress (d. 1971 )
1890 - Edwin Armstrong , American inventor (d. 1954 )
1897 - Fletcher Henderson , American arranger and composer (d. 1952 )
1904 - George Stevens , American film director (d. 1975 )
1907 - Bill Holland , American auto racer (d. 1984 )
1908 - Paul Siple , American Antarctic explorer (d. 1969 )
1910 - Abe Burrows , American playwright (d. 1985 )
1911 - Jules Dassin , American film director
1912 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr. , American General (d. 2002 )
1913 - Alfred Bester , American author (d. 1987 )
1913 - Willy Brandt , Chancellor of Germany and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992 )
1913 - Ray Meyer , former head coach of DePaul University men's basketball team (d. 2006 )
1916 - Betty Grable , American actress (d. 1973 )
1916 - Douglas Fraser , British-born trade unionist
1917 - Ossie Davis , American actor (d. 2005 )
1927 - Ramsey Clark , U.S. Attorney General
1927 - Romeo LeBlanc , 25th Governor General of Canada
1928 - Józef Glemp , Polish cardinal
1929 - Gino Cimoli , baseball player
1930 - Moose Skowron , baseball player
1931 - Allen Klein , rock and roll business manager
1934 - Boris Volynov , cosmonaut
1935 - Jacques Pépin , French chef
1936 - Malcolm Kirk , wrestler (d. 1987 )
1938 - Roger E. Mosley , American actor
1938 - Joel Hirschhorn , American songwriter and composer (d. 2005 )
1938 - Chas Chandler , English musician (The Animals ) (d. 1996 )
1939 - Michael Moorcock , British author
1939 - Harold E. Varmus , American scientist and Nobel Prize laureate
1940 - Bramwell Morrison , member of Sharon, Lois & Bram
1943 - Keith Richards , British guitarist (The Rolling Stones )
1945 - Jean Pronovost , National Hockey League player
1946 - Steven Spielberg , American film director
1946 - Steve Biko , South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 1977 )
1948 - Bill Nelson , British musician (Be Bop Deluxe)
1948 - Laurent Voulzy , French singer and composer
1949 - David A. Johnston , USGS volcanoligist first to report mt StHelens 1980 eruption
1950 - Gillian Armstrong , Australian film director
1950 - Leonard Maltin , American film critic
1950 - Randy Castillo , American drummer (Ozzy Osbourne ) (d.2002 )
1953 - Elliot Easton , American guitarist (The Cars )
1955 - Ray Liotta , American actor
1956 - Ron White , American comedian
1960 - Kazuhide Uekusa , Japanese economist
1961 - Brian Orser , Canadian figure skater
1963 - Karl Dorrell , American football coach
1963 - Brad Pitt , American actor
1964 - Stone Cold Steve Austin , American professional wrestler
1964 - Don Beebe , American football player
1964 - Robson Green , British actor and singer
1965 - Tommy Davidson , American actor
1967 - Toine van Peperstraten , Dutch sports journalist
1968 - Casper Van Dien , American actor
1968 - Alejandro Sanz , Spanish singer
1969 - Santiago Cañizares , Spanish footballer
1970 - DMX , American rapper and actor
1970 - Miles Marshall Lewis , American author
1970 - Rob Van Dam , American professional wrestler
1970 - Cowboy Troy , American rapper
1970 - Anthony Catanzaro , American fitness model
1970 - Johnny Yeo , British artist
1971 - Arantxa Sánchez Vicario , Spanish tennis player
1971 - Barkha Dutt , Indian journalist
1972 - DJ Lethal , Latvian DJ (House of Pain & Limp Bizkit )
1973 - Raymond Herrera , American drummer (Fear Factory )
1974 - Kari Byron , artist and television personality
1974 - Peter Boulware , American football player
1974 - Euroboy , Norwegian musician (Turbonegro )
1975 - Trish Stratus , Canadian professional wrestler
1975 - Masaki Sumitani , Japanese comedian
1976 - Koyuki , Japanese actress and model
1977 - José Acevedo , baseball player
1978 - Katie Holmes , American actress
1978 - Ali Curtis , American footballer
1978 - Daniel Cleary , Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Carlos Fernandes , Portuguese footballer
1980 - Christina Aguilera , American singer
1982 - Dave Luetkenhoelter , American bassist (Kutless )
1983 - Darren Carter , English footballer
1985 - Hana Soukupová , Czech supermodel
1985 - Tara Conner , 2006 Miss USA
1987 - Ayaka , Japanese singer
1987 - Miki Ando , Japanese figure skater
1989 - Ashley Benson , American actress
Deaths 821 - Theodulf , Bishop of Orléans
1133 - Hildebert , French writer
1290 - King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240 )
1442 - Pierre Cauchon , French Catholic bishop (b. 1371 )
1495 - King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448 )
1692 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff , German statesman (b. 1626 )
1737 - Antonio Stradivari , Italian violin maker (b. 1644 )
1787 - Francis William Drake , British Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1724 )
1787 - Soame Jenyns , English writer (b. 1704 )
1799 - Jean-Étienne Montucla , French mathematician (b. 1725 )
1803 - Johann Gottfried Herder , German writer (b. 1744 )
1843 - Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch , British Viceroy of India (b. 1748 )
1848 - Bernard Bolzano , Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1781 )
1869 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk , American composer and pianist (b. 1829 )
1880 - Michel Chasles , French mathematician (b. 1793 )
1936 - Andrija Mohorovičić , Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav seismologist (b. 1857 )
1971 - Bobby Jones , American golfer (b. 1902 )
1971 - Diana Lynn , American actress (b. 1926 )
1973 - Allama Rasheed Turabi , Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher (b. 1908 )
1974 - Harry Hooper , American baseball player (b. 1887 )
1975 - Theodosius Dobzhansky , Ukrainian geneticist (b. 1900 )
1980 - Alexei Kosygin , Premier of the USSR (b. 1904 )
1982 - Hans-Ulrich Rudel , German pilot (b. 1916 )
1985 - Xuân Diệu , Vietnamese poet (b. 1916 )
1990 - Paul Tortelier , French cellist and composer (b. 1914 )
1990 - Anne Revere , American actress (b. 1903 )
1991 - George Abecassis , British Formula 1 driver (b. 1913 )
1992 - Mark Goodson , American game show producer (b. 1915 )
1993 - Sam Wanamaker , American actor (b. 1919 )
1993 - Charizma , hip-hop artist
1994 - Roger Apéry , Greek-French mathematician (b. 1916 )
1995 - Konrad Zuse , German engineer and computing pioneer (b. 1910 )
1996 - Yulii Borisovich Khariton , Russian physicist (b. 1904 )
1997 - Chris Farley , American actor and comedian (b. 1964 )
1998 - Lev Demin , cosmonaut (b. 1926 )
1999 - Robert Bresson , French film director (b. 1907 )
2000 - Kirsty MacColl , British singer and songwriter (b. 1959 )
2001 - Gilbert Bécaud , French singer (b. 1927 )
2001 - Dimitris Dragatakis , Greek composer (b. 1914 )
2002 - Ray Hnatyshyn , Governor-General of Canada (b. 1934 )
2004 - Anthony Sampson , British journalist and biographer (b. 1926 )
2005 - Alan Voorhees , American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922 )
2006 - Joseph Barbera , American cartoonist (b. 1911 )
2006 - Ruth Bernhard , American photographer (1905 )
2006 - Mike Dickin , British radio broadcaster (b. 1943 )
2006 - Shaukat Siddiqui , Pakistani author, journalist and political activist (b. 1923 )
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