Historical Events In December - 18

1939  On this day in history matthew Brown, Journalist, dies at 51  

1940  On December - 18 munitions Minister C.D.Howe and 152 other survivors of the torpedoed lines SS Western Prince arive in Britian  

1941  On December - 18 german submarine U-434 sinks  

1942  On this day in history charlie Walker, cricketer (Aust tourist to England 1930, 1938), dies  

1944  Destroyers "Hull," "Spence" and "Monaghan" sink in typhoon (Phillippines) on December - 18.  

1944  Destroyers "Hull," "Spence" & "Monaghan" sink in typhoon (Philippines) on this day in history.  

1945  Uruguay joins the United Nations on December - 18.  

1945  Uruguay joins UN on this day in history.  

1946  TV's 1st network dramatic serial "Faraway Hill" ends 2 month run on December - 18.  

1947  Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Optissima Pax on this day in history.  

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1948  On this day in history indonesia begins it's 2nd political election  

1948  On December - 18 janet Fay, hammered to death by Honeymoon Killers  

1949  On December - 18 phila Eagles beat LA Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game  

1952  On this day in history ellis W Ryan resigns as Cleve Indians president  

1953  KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting on December - 18.  

1956  On December - 18 japan admitted to UN  

1956  "To Tell the Truth" debuts on CBS-TV on December - 18.  

1957  Shippingport Atomic Power Station, first nuke plant to generate electricity on this day in history.  

1957  The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States, goes online on this day in history.  

1957  On this day in history shippingport Atomic Power Stn, 1st nuke plant to generate electricity  

1958  On December - 18 first voice from space recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower  

1958  On December - 18 niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day)  

1958  Project SCORE, the world's first experimental communications satellite, was launched on December - 18.  

1958  Test project of Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equip on December - 18.  

1958  1st test project of Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equip on this day in history.  

1958  On this day in history first voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower  

1959  Sammy Baugh named 1st coach of NY Titans (AFL) on December - 18.  

1959  Dorothy L Sayers, writer, dies at 66 on December - 18.  

1960  General Meeting of UN condemns apartheid on December - 18.  

1961  On this day in history india annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu  

1961  On December - 18 britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles  

1962  On December - 18 dmitri Shostakovitch' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow  

1963  On this day in history muskegon, MI gets 3' of snow  

1963  Clarke runs world record 10k (28:15.6) on December - 18.  

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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  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on December - 18.  

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

1633  On this day in history birth of adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised  

1633  Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised was born on December - 18.  

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

0821  On December - 18 death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans  

1133  Death of Hildebert, French writer on this day in history.  

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

1442  On this day in history death of pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)  

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

1505  On this day in history 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.