Historical Events In December - 18

1963  Winifried P I Zillig, German composer/conductor (Opfer), dies at 58 on December - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history "La Grusse Valise" closes at 54th St Theater NYC after 7 performances   

1966  On this day in history dr Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS   

1966  On December - 18 gene Gauntier, dies in Cuernavaca Mexico   

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

1968  On December - 18 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1969  On December - 18 britain abolishes death penalty   

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

1970  "Me Nobody Knows" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 587 perfs on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history people United To Save Humanity (PUSH) forms by Jesse Jackson in Chic   

1971  On this day in history aleksandr T Tvardovski, Russ editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61   

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  Giulio Cesare Brero, composer, dies at 64 on December - 18.   

1974  On this day in history san Francisco Visitors Center at City Hall opens   

1976  George Emmett, cricketer (Engld opener v Aust Old Trafford 1948), dies on December - 18.   

1977  Cyril Ritchard, actor (Peter Pan), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1978  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 on December - 18.   

1979  On December - 18 stanley Barrett first to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH)   

1980  On December - 18 bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Square Garden   

1980  On December - 18 alexei N Kosygin, Soviet PM (1964-80), suffers heart attack at 76   

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

1982  On December - 18 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 this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history christopher Guest (Saturday Night Live) and actress Jamie Lee Curtis are married in Los Angeles.   

1985  On this day in history uN Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking"   

1986  On December - 18 mamo Clark, actor (1 Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies   

1987  On December - 18 benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's future pres, marries Asif Ali Zardari   

1987  On this day in history federal Judge Morris E. Lasker sentenced Ivan Boesky,the once mighty arbitrageur to a three-year prison term   

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

1990  Anne Revere, actress (National Velvet), dies of pneumonia at 87 on December - 18.   

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

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1507  On this day in history birth of ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)   

1562  On December - 18 birth of philipp Dulichius, composer   

1569  On this day in history birth of jakob Hassler, composer   

1602  On this day in history birth of simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1633  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans   

1133  On this day in history death of hildebert, French writer   

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

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

1495  On December - 18 death of king Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448)   

1505  Death of John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed on December - 18.   

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