Page 4: Historical Events In December - 18

1888  Gladys Cooper, Lewisham England, actress (My Fair Lady)   

1890  Frederick Lugard occupies Uganda for British East Africa Company.   

1890  Lugards expedition to Mengo/Kampala, Uganda.   

1890  Edwin Howard Armstrong, NYC, radio pioneer inventor (FM)   

1892  "Nutcracker Suite," Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, premieres   

1892  Richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosaurus), dies at 88.   

1894  South Australian women given the vote.   

1894  Cricket day 4 1T Aus v Eng England following on 4-268, 7 in front   

1897  Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker   

1897  Carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of parliament, dies at 70   

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

1898  Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph)   

1898  Jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist   

1899  Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts appointed Brit supreme commander in S Africa   

1899  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   

1903  Panama Canal Zone acquired 'in perpetuity', by the USA for an annual rent   

1904  George Stevens, US director (Alice Adams, Penny Serenade)   

1905  H V Hordern takes 8-81 in 2nd innings of F-C debut (NSW v Qld).   

1905  Richard Sturzenegger, composer.   

1906  Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher   

1907  Christopher Fry, Bristol England, playwright (Ring Around the Moon).   

1908  Celia Johnson, England, actress (Happy Breed, Brief encounter).   

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

1910  Abe Burrows, Bkln NY, Broadway composer (Guys and Dolls 1951 TONY)   

1911  Helen Vlachos, journalist   

1911  Alberto Randegger, composer, dies at 79.   

1912  he Piltdown Man, later discovered to be a hoax, is supposedly are discovered in the Piltdown Gravel Pit, by Charles Dawson   

1913  Willy Brandt, German statesman is born.   

1913  Alfred Bester, US, science fiction author (Decievers, Starlight)   

1914  Jerry Zipkin, socialite.   

1915  President Wilson, widowed the year before, marries Edith Bolling Galt   

1915  Pres Wilson, widowed the year before, marries Edith Bolling Galt   

1915  Dario Mangiarotti, Italy, fencing, gold, 2 silver (Olympic-1948, 52)   

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1507  ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) was born on December - 18.   

1562  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1610  On December - 18 birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist   

1620  On this day in history birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)   

1633  On December - 18 birth of adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised   

1633  On this day in history birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised   

0468  On this day in history death of huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita   

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

1133  Death of Hildebert, French writer on December - 18.   

1290  On December - 18 death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)   

1442  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on this day in history.   

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  On December - 18 benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62