Page 7: Historical Events In December - 18

1963  On this day in history winifried P I Zillig, German composer/conductor (Opfer), dies at 58   

1964  On this day in history "I Had a BaIl" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 199 performances   

1965  Borman and Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII mission on December - 18.   

1965  "La Grusse Valise" closes at 54th St Theater NYC after 7 performances on December - 18.   

1966  Dr Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS on December - 18.   

1966  On this day in history gene Gauntier, dies in Cuernavaca Mexico   

1967  On December - 18 the British traitor Kim Philby made a 'Hero of the Soviet Union' in Moscow   

1968  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1969  On this day in history britain abolishes death penalty   

1969  On December - 18 "Coco" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 333 performances   

1970  "Me Nobody Knows" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 587 perfs on December - 18.   

1971  People United To Save Humanity (PUSH) forms by Jesse Jackson in Chic on December - 18.   

1971  Aleksandr T Tvardovski, Russ editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history uS began its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam   

1973  On December - 18 soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days   

1973  On December - 18 giulio Cesare Brero, composer, dies at 64   

1974  San Francisco Visitors Center at City Hall opens on December - 18.   

1976  On December - 18 george Emmett, cricketer (Engld opener v Aust Old Trafford 1948), dies   

1977  Cyril Ritchard, actor (Peter Pan), dies at 80 on December - 18.   

1978  On December - 18 john Kehoe, the last of the Molly Maguires, is executed in Pennsylvania. The Molly Maguires, an Irish secret society that had allegedly been responsible for some incidences of vigilante justice in the coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania   

1979  Stanley Barrett first to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH) on December - 18.   

1980  Bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Square Garden on December - 18.   

1980  Alexei N Kosygin, Soviet PM (1964-80), suffers heart attack at 76 on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history mehmet Shehu, PM Albania (1954-81)/"US-Russ spy", commits suicide   

1982  On this day in history flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 20 seconds   

1982  Raymond Emery, cricketer (2 Tests NZ v WI 1952, 46 runs, 2 wkts), dies on December - 18.   

1984  On December - 18 christopher Guest (Saturday Night Live) and actress Jamie Lee Curtis are married in Los Angeles.   

1985  On December - 18 uN Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking"   

1986  Mamo Clark, actor (1 Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies on this day in history.   

1987  Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's future pres, marries Asif Ali Zardari on December - 18.   

1987  On December - 18 federal Judge Morris E. Lasker sentenced Ivan Boesky,the once mighty arbitrageur to a three-year prison term   

1989  "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode, shown for first time in over 30 years on December - 18.   

1990  On December - 18 anne Revere, actress (National Velvet), dies of pneumonia at 87   

1991  DeForest Kelly, who portrayed Dr. "Bones" McCoy on Star Trek, gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on December - 18.   

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

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer was born on December - 18.   

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

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1633  On December - 18 birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised   

0468  On December - 18 death of huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita   

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

1133  On December - 18 death of hildebert, French writer   

1290  Death of King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240) on December - 18.   

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  Death of John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed on this day in history.   

1565  Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on December - 18.