Historical Events In December - 18

1888  On December - 18 gladys Cooper, Lewisham England, actress (My Fair Lady)   

1890  Frederick Lugard occupies Uganda for British East Africa Company on December - 18.   

1890  On December - 18 lugards expedition to Mengo/Kampala, Uganda   

1890  On this day in history edwin Howard Armstrong, NYC, radio pioneer inventor (FM)   

1892  "Nutcracker Suite," Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, premieres on this day in history.   

1892  Richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosaurus), dies at 88 on December - 18.   

1894  South Australian women given the vote on this day in history.   

1894  Cricket day 4 1T Aus v Eng England following on 4-268, 7 in front on this day in history.   

1897  On December - 18 fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker   

1897  Carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of parliament, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1898  At a site near Paris, France, Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the world's first official automobile land speed record of 39 miles per hour on December - 18.   

1898  Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph) on December - 18.   

1898  On December - 18 jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist   

1899  Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts appointed Brit supreme commander in S Africa on this day in history.   

1899  John William Glover, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1900  On December - 18 the Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.   

1903  Panama Canal Zone acquired 'in perpetuity', by the USA for an annual rent on this day in history.   

1904  On December - 18 george Stevens, US director (Alice Adams, Penny Serenade)   

1905  On this day in history h V Hordern takes 8-81 in 2nd innings of F-C debut (NSW v Qld)   

1905  On this day in history richard Sturzenegger, composer   

1906  Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher on December - 18.   

1907  Christopher Fry, Bristol England, playwright (Ring Around the Moon) on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history celia Johnson, England, actress (Happy Breed, Brief encounter)   

1909  Mona Barrie, [Smith], London England, actress (Dawn on Great Divide) on December - 18.   

1910  Abe Burrows, Bkln NY, Broadway composer (Guys & Dolls 1951 TONY) on December - 18.   

1911  On December - 18 helen Vlachos, journalist   

1911  Alberto Randegger, composer, dies at 79 on December - 18.   

1912  On December - 18 he Piltdown Man, later discovered to be a hoax, is supposedly found in the Piltdown Gravel Pit, by Charles Dawson.   

1913  On this day in history the birth of Willy Brandt, German statesman   

1913  Alfred Bester, US, science fiction author (Decievers, Starlight) on December - 18.   

1914  On this day in history jerry Zipkin, socialite   

1915  President Wilson, widowed the year before, marries Edith Bolling Galt on December - 18.   

1915  On December - 18 pres Wilson, widowed the year before, marries Edith Bolling Galt   

1915  On December - 18 dario Mangiarotti, Italy, fencing, gold, 2 silver (Olympic-1948, 52)   

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

1562  On this day in history birth of philipp Dulichius, composer   

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on December - 18.   

1602  On December - 18 birth of simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)   

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

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

0468  Death of Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on December - 18.   

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

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

1290  On this day in history death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)   

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

1495  Death of King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448) on December - 18.   

1505  On December - 18 death of john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed   

1565  On this day in history benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62