Historical Events In December - 18

1963  Winifried P I Zillig, German composer/conductor (Opfer), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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

1965  On this day in history borman and Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII mission  

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

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

1966  Gene Gauntier, dies in Cuernavaca Mexico on this day in history.  

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

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

1969  Britain abolishes death penalty on this day in history.  

1969  On this day in history "Coco" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 333 performances  

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

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

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

1972  US began its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam on this day in history.  

1973  On this day in history soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days  

1973  Giulio Cesare Brero, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history cyril Ritchard, actor (Peter Pan), dies at 80  

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  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  On this day in history alexei N Kosygin, Soviet PM (1964-80), suffers heart attack at 76  

1981  Mehmet Shehu, PM Albania (1954-81)/"US-Russ spy", commits suicide on December - 18.  

1982  Flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 20 seconds on December - 18.  

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

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

1985  UN Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking" on this day in history.  

1986  Mamo Clark, actor (1 Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies on December - 18.  

1987  On this day in history benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's future pres, marries Asif Ali Zardari  

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

1989  "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode, shown for first time in over 30 years on this day in history.  

1990  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of Ōuchi 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 December - 18 birth of simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)  

1610  Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist was born on this day in history.  

1620  On December - 18 birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)  

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

0821  On this day in history death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans  

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

1290  Death of King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240) on this day in history.  

1442  On December - 18 death of pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)  

1495  Death of King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448) on this day in history.  

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.