Historical Events In December - 18
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1963 Winifried P I Zillig, German composer/conductor (Opfer), dies at 58 on this day in history.
1964 On December - 18 "I Had a BaIl" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 199 performances
1965 On December - 18 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 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 this day in history.
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 "Coco" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 333 performances on this day in history.
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 Aleksandr T Tvardovski, Russ editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61 on December - 18.
1972 On this day in history uS began its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam
1973 On this day in history soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days
1973 Giulio Cesare Brero, composer, dies at 64 on December - 18.
1974 San Francisco Visitors Center at City Hall opens on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1978 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
1982 Flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 20 seconds on December - 18.
1982 On this day in history raymond Emery, cricketer (2 Tests NZ v WI 1952, 46 runs, 2 wkts), dies
1984 Christopher Guest (Saturday Night Live) and actress Jamie Lee Curtis are married in Los Angeles on this day in history.
1985 UN Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking" on December - 18.
1986 On December - 18 mamo Clark, actor (1 Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies
1987 On this day in history 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 "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode, shown for first time in over 30 years on December - 18.
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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