Page 7: Historical Events In December - 18

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

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

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

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

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

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

1969  Britain abolishes death penalty on December - 18.   

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

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

1971  People United To Save Humanity (PUSH) forms by Jesse Jackson in Chic on this day in history.   

1971  On December - 18 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 December - 18 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 December - 18.   

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

1980  On this day in history bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Square Garden   

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

1981  On December - 18 mehmet Shehu, PM Albania (1954-81)/"US-Russ spy", commits suicide   

1982  Flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 20 seconds on this day in history.   

1982  On December - 18 raymond Emery, cricketer (2 Tests NZ v WI 1952, 46 runs, 2 wkts), dies   

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

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  Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's future pres, marries Asif Ali Zardari on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 18 birth of ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)   

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer was born on December - 18.   

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 18.   

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

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

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

1133  On December - 18 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1565  On December - 18 benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62