December 18
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December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 13 days remaining.
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Events:
- 1352 - Innocent VI is elected Pope.
- 1642 - Abel Tasman lands at Mohua Golden Bay becoming the first European in New Zealand.
- 1776 - North Carolina's Constitution is ratified.
- 1787 - New Jersey is the third state to ratify the United States Constitution
- 1865 - Slavery is abolished in the United States, with the passing of the 13th Amendment
- 1894 - Women in South Australia become the first in Australia to gain the right to vote and to be elected to Parliament.
- 1912 - Piltdown Man "discovered"
- 1916 - Battle of Verdun ends
- 1958 - Niger becomes independent
Births:
- 1626 - Queen Christina of Sweden (+ 1689)
- 1714 - Esterh�zy of Gal�ntha, field marshal (+ 1790)
- 1786 - Carl Maria von Weber, German composer
- 1835 - Lyman Abbott, American author
- 1863 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (+ 1914)
- 1870 - Saki, writer
- 1879 - Paul Klee, Swiss painter and graphic artist (+ 1940)
- 1886 - Ty Cobb, American baseball player (+ 1961)
- 1888 - Gladys Cooper, actress (+ 1971)
- 1890 - Edwin Armstrong, American inventor
- 1904 - George Stevens, American director (+ 1975)
- 1912 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American general (+ 2002)
- 1913 - Willy Brandt, German Chancellor (+ 1992)
- 1916 - Betty Grable, actress (+ 1973)
- 1917 - Ossie Davis, actor
- 1927 - Ramsey Clark, U.S. Attorney General during Lyndon Johnson's presidency
- 1928 - Joz�f Glemp, cardinal and primate of Poland
- 1934 - Boris Volynov, cosmonaut
- 1939 - Michael Moorcock, science fiction author
- 1943 - Keith Richards, British guitarist (the Rolling Stones)
- 1946 - Steven Spielberg, movie director
- 1946 - Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist
- 1950 - Leonard Maltin, movie critic
- 1950 - Gillian Armstrong, film director
- 1955 - Ray Liotta, actor
- 1961 - Brian Orser, figure skater
- 1963 - Brad Pitt, American actor
- 1964 - Star Cullars, musician (P Funk)
- 1970 - DMX, singer
- 1975 - Trish Stratus, WWE performer
- 1980 - Christina Aguilera, American singer
Deaths:
- 821 - Theodulf, bishop of Orleans
- 1290 - Magnus I of Sweden, king of Sweden 1275-1290
- 1737 - Antonio Stradivari, Italian violin maker
- 1971 - Bobby Jones, golfer
- 1980 - Alexei Kosygin, former Soviet premier
- 1990 - Paul Tortelier, French musician
- 1993 - Sam Wanamaker, actor
- 1995 - Konrad Zuse, German engineer and computing pioneer
- 1997 - Chris Farley, American actor, comedian
- 1998 - Lev Demin, cosmonaut
- 1999 - Robert Bresson, French film director
- 2000 - Kirsty MacColl, British musician
- 2001 - [[Gilbert B�caud]], singer
- 2002 - Ray Hnatyshyn, former Canadian Governor-General
Holidays and Observances:
See Also:
December 17 - December 19 - November 18 - January 18 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "December 18" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_18 December 18, 2003
