Page 4: Historical Events In December - 18

1888  On December - 18 gladys Cooper, Lewisham England, actress (My Fair Lady)   

1890  Frederick Lugard occupies Uganda for British East Africa Company on December - 18.   

1890  On December - 18 lugards expedition to Mengo/Kampala, Uganda   

1890  On December - 18 edwin Howard Armstrong, NYC, radio pioneer inventor (FM)   

1892  "Nutcracker Suite," Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, premieres on this day in history.   

1892  On December - 18 richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosaurus), dies at 88   

1894  South Australian women given the vote on this day in history.   

1894  On December - 18 cricket day 4 1T Aus v Eng England following on 4-268, 7 in front   

1897  On this day in history fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker   

1897  Carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of parliament, dies at 70 on December - 18.   

1898  On December - 18 at a site near Paris, France, Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the world's first official automobile land speed record of 39 miles per hour.   

1898  Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph) on this day in history.   

1898  On this day in history jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist   

1899  Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts appointed Brit supreme commander in S Africa on this day in history.   

1899  On December - 18 john William Glover, composer, dies at 84   

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 is opened for traffic on this day in history.   

1903  Panama Canal Zone acquired 'in perpetuity', by the USA for an annual rent on December - 18.   

1904  George Stevens, US director (Alice Adams, Penny Serenade) on December - 18.   

1905  On this day in history h V Hordern takes 8-81 in 2nd innings of F-C debut (NSW v Qld)   

1905  Richard Sturzenegger, composer on December - 18.   

1906  On December - 18 edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher   

1907  On this day in history christopher Fry, Bristol England, playwright (Ring Around the Moon)   

1908  Celia Johnson, England, actress (Happy Breed, Brief encounter) on December - 18.   

1909  Mona Barrie, [Smith], London England, actress (Dawn on Great Divide) on December - 18.   

1910  On this day in history abe Burrows, Bkln NY, Broadway composer (Guys & Dolls 1951 TONY)   

1911  On December - 18 helen Vlachos, journalist   

1911  Alberto Randegger, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1912  On December - 18 he Piltdown Man, later discovered to be a hoax, is supposedly found in the Piltdown Gravel Pit, by Charles Dawson.   

1913  On this day in history the birth of Willy Brandt, German statesman   

1913  Alfred Bester, US, science fiction author (Decievers, Starlight) on this day in history.   

1914  On December - 18 jerry Zipkin, socialite   

1915  On this day in history president Wilson, widowed the year before, marries Edith Bolling Galt   

1915  Pres Wilson, widowed the year before, marries Edith Bolling Galt on December - 18.   

1915  Dario Mangiarotti, Italy, fencing, gold, 2 silver (Olympic-1948, 52) on this day in history.   

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1507  ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) was born on this day in history.   

1562  On December - 18 birth of philipp Dulichius, composer   

1569  On December - 18 birth of jakob Hassler, composer   

1602  Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650) was born on December - 18.   

1610  On this day in history birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist   

1620  Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668) was born on December - 18.   

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised was born on December - 18.   

1633  Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised was born on this day in history.   

0468  Death of Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on this day in history.   

0821  Death of Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on this day in history.   

1133  On December - 18 death of hildebert, French writer   

1290  On this day in history death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)   

1442  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on December - 18.   

1495  On this day in history death of king Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448)   

1505  On December - 18 death of john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed   

1565  Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on this day in history.