Historical Events In December - 18

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

1964  "I Had a BaIl" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 199 performances on December - 18.   

1965  Borman and Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII mission on this day in history.   

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

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

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  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR on December - 18.   

1969  On this day in history britain abolishes death penalty   

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

1970  On December - 18 "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  Aleksandr T Tvardovski, Russ editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61 on December - 18.   

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

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

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

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

1976  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1980  Bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Square Garden on this day in history.   

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

1981  On December - 18 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  Christopher Guest (Saturday Night Live) and actress Jamie Lee Curtis are married in Los Angeles on this day in history.   

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

1987  On December - 18 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 December - 18.   

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

1633  Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised was born on this day in history.   

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

0821  Death of Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on December - 18.   

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 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  On this day in history benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62