December 18 - Citizendia

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December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year It began on a Saturday and 31 days later ended on a Monday PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. December 2004: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September December 18, 2003 December 2003 - please do not remove the date header or category December 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - December 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - December 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 13 days remaining until the end of the year.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

Events

218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Roman Republic. Events By place Carthage A Carthaginian army under Hannibal attacks Rome's Spanish allies The Second Punic War (referred to as "The War Against Hannibal" by the Romans lasted from 218 to 201 BC and involved combatants in the western The Battle of the Trebia (or Trebbia) was the first major battle of the Second Punic War, fought between the Carthaginian forces of Hannibal Hannibal (Pronounced in Phoenician: Hanniba'al means " Ba'al is my grace " or " Ba'al has given me grace " 247 BC &ndash Carthage (Καρχηδών Karkhēdōn, Carthago from the Phoenician קרת חדשת phn-Latn Qart-ḥadašt meaning new town) refers The Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a Republican form of government a period which began with the overthrow of the
1271 - Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China. Early years Kublai Khan studied Chinese culture and became enamoured of it The Yuan Dynasty ( Pinyin: Yuáncháo Dai Ön Ulus (Дай Юан Улс was a ruling Dynasty founded by the Mongol leader Kublai China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
1620 - The Mayflower lands in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts delivering 102 Pilgrims. The Mayflower was the famous Ship that transported the English Separatists better known as the Pilgrims, from Southampton, England Pilgrims, or Pilgrim Fathers (or Pilgrim Mothers) is a name commonly applied to the early settlers of the Plymouth Colony in present-day Plymouth
1642 - Abel Tasman becomes first European to land in New Zealand. Abel Janszoon Tasman ( 1603 - October 10 1659) was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and Merchant. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island
1777 - The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, celebrating the recent victory by the Americans over General John Burgoyne in the Battle of Saratoga in October
1787 - New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional North American Holiday, which is a form of harvest festival. General John Burgoyne ( February 24, 1722 &ndash August 4, 1792) was a British army officer Politician Background See also Saratoga campaign The British plan and Howe's blunder The original conception of the campaign had been for Burgoyne with some eight October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme Law of the United States.
1793 - Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French royalists to Lord Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. For other related uses see Admiral Hood Samuel Hood 1st Viscount Hood ( 12 December 1724 &ndash 27 January Acquisition of the Lutine See also Siege of Toulon On 27 September 1793 the authorities in Toulon surrendered the city naval dockyards arsenal
1862 - American Civil War: In the Battle of Lexington, General Nathan Bedford Forrest defeats a Union force under Colonel Robert Ingersoll. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Nathan Bedford Forrest ( July 13, 1821 &ndash October 29, 1877) was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during
1865 - The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified by Georgia, fulfilling the two-thirds requirement for ratification, and abolishing Slavery in the United States. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit Slavery, and with limited exceptions such as those The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Abolitionism was a political movement of the 18th and 19th century which sought to make Slavery illegal particularly in the United States and British West Indies Slavery in the United States began soon after English colonists first settled Virginia in 1607 and lasted until the passage of the Thirteenth
1878 - John Kehoe, the last of the Molly Maguires is executed in Pennsylvania. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Molly Maguires were members of a secret Irish organization The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern
1888 - Richard Wetherill and his brother in-law discover the ancient Indian ruins of Mesa Verde. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Richard Wetherill (1858-1910 a member of a prominent Colorado ranching family was an amateur explorer in the discovery research and excavation of sites associated with the Mesa Verde National Park is a US National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Montezuma County, Colorado, United
1898 - Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the new land speed record going 39. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat ( 1867 - November 20 1903, Paris) was a French race car driver. 245 mph, in a Jeantaud electric car. The Jeantaud was a French Automobile manufactured in Paris from 1893 until 1906 This is the first recognized land speed record.
1900 - 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. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar History Upper Ferntree Gully was a farming area in its early days and formed the end of the electric train line from Melbourne. Gembrook is a small picturesque town located roughly 54 km from Melbourne 's CBD 0-9 Note for 4-4-0 2-6-4T 0-4-4-0 etc See Whyte notation or UIC classification A B A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. The Millimetre ( American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to The Puffing Billy Railway is a narrow gauge gauge Heritage railway in the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne, Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
1912 -The Piltdown Man, later discovered to be a hoax, is supposedly found in the Piltdown Gravel Pit, by Charles Dawson. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting The "Piltdown Man" is a famous hoax consisting of fragments of a skull and jawbone collected in 1912 from a gravel pit at Piltdown a village near Uckfield Charles Dawson (1864 &ndash 10 August 1916) was an amateur British Archaeologist who is credited and blamed with discoveries that turned out to be imaginative
1915 - U. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year S. President Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Bolling Galt Wilson. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. Edith Bolling Galt Wilson ( October 15, 1872 &ndash December 28, 1961) second wife of Woodrow Wilson, was First Lady of the
1916 - World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when forces under Chief of Staff Erich Von Falkenhayn suffers 337,000 casualties by the French. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Battle of Verdun was one of the most critical battles in World War I on the Western Front, fought between the German and French Erich von Falkenhayn ( 11 September 1861 &ndash 8 April 1922) was a German Soldier and Chief of the General Staff A casualty is a person who is the victim of an accident injury or trauma.
1932 - The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in the first ever NFL Championship Game. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit Michigan. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists#Proposed change to all featured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below Because of a blizzard, the game was moved from Wrigley Field to the Chicago Stadium, the field measuring 80 yards long. A blizzard is a severe Winter storm condition characterized by low Temperatures strong Winds and heavy blowing Snow Blizzards are formed when Wrigley Field is a Baseball Stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago The Chicago Stadium was a famed and historic indoor sports arena in Chicago Illinois.
1935 - The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Lanka Sama Samaja Party (literally Ceylon Equal Society Party in Sinhala: ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය in Tamil: லங்கா சமசமாஜக் Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island
1941 - Japan invades Hong Kong after British governor of Hong Kong, Mark Aitchison Young refuses to surrender to Japanese forces. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Sir Mark Aitchison Young, GCMG, (30 June 1886 &ndash 12 May 1974 楊慕琦 was a British administrator who became the Governor of Hong Kong
1944 - World War II: 77 B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base. The Fourteenth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force (NAF of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC Hankou ( Wade-Giles: Hankow is one of the three towns together with Wuchang and Hanyang, which are included in modern day Wuhan, the capital
1961 - Indonesia invades Netherlands New Guinea. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Netherlands New Guinea was the official name of Western New Guinea while it was a colonial possession of the Netherlands.
1966 - Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by Richard L. Walker. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. TemplateInfobox Planet.--> Epimetheus (ˌɛpɨˈmiːθiəs,, or This article deals with Richard L "Dixie" Walker American scholar and ambassador
1969 - Capital punishment in the United Kingdom: Home Secretary James Callaghan's motion to make permanent the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965, which had temporarily suspended capital punishment in England, Wales and Scotland for murder (but not for all crimes) for a period of five years, is carried by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office Leonard James Callaghan Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC (27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005 was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 Under English law, the Murder (Abolition of the Death Penalty Act 1965 is a statute abolishing the Death penalty for Murder in the United Kingdom Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords"
1972 - Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN or less commonly Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa was a Country on the northern half of Vietnam Operation Linebacker II was a US Seventh Air Force and US Navy Task Force 77 aerial bombardment campaign conducted against targets in the
1973 - Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The Soyuz programme (Союз saˈjus English: Union) is a Human spaceflight programme that was initiated by the Soviet Union in Soyuz 13 was a second test flight of the redesigned Soyuz capsule that first flew as Soyuz 12. An astronaut or cosmonaut (космона́вт) is a person trained Valentin Vitaliyevich Lebedev (Валентин Витальевич Лебедев born April 14, 1942 in Moscow) was a Soviet cosmonaut Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk (Пётр Ільі́ч Кліму́к Пётр Ильи́ч Климу́к born July 10, 1942 in Komarovka, Soviet Union Baikonur ( Kazakh: Байқоңыр Russian: Байконур formerly known as Leninsk, is a city in Kyzylorda Province of Kazakhstan The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
1987 - Larry Wall releases the first version of the Perl programming language. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Larry Wall (born September 27, 1954) is a Programmer and Author, most widely known for his creation of the Perl Programming NOTES FOR EDITORS "Perl" is not an acronym (read the "Name" section below A programming language is an Artificial language that can be used to write programs which control the behavior of a machine particularly a Computer.
1987 - Ivan Boesky is sentenced to three years in prison for insider trading. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Ivan Frederick Boesky (born March 6, 1937, in Detroit) was notable for his prominent role in a Wall Street Insider trading scandal
1989 - The European Community and the Soviet Union sign an agreement on trade and commercial and economic cooperation. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The European Community (EC is one of the Three pillars of the European Union (EU created under the Maastricht Treaty (1992 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 ^[1]
1996 - The Oakland, California school board passes a resolution officially declaring "Ebonics" a language or dialect. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U A board of education or a school Board or school committee is the title of the Board of directors of a school local School district African American Vernacular English ( AAVE) – also called African American English; less precisely Black English, Black Vernacular,
1997 - HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar HTML, an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant Markup language for Web pages It provides a means to describe the structure
1999 - NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program ASTER ( Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) is one of five remote sensory devices on board the Terra satellite launched into Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System ( CERES) is NASA climatological experiment from Earth orbit. MISR ( Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer) is a scientific instrument on the Terra satellite launched by NASA on December 18, 1999 MODIS ( Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) is a payload scientific instrument launched into Earth orbit by NASA in 1999 on board MOPITT ( Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere) is a payload scientific instrument launched into Earth Orbit by NASA on
2002 - 2003 California recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The 2003 California recall election was a special Election permitted under California law The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the state government whose responsibilities include making annual "State of the State" addresses Joseph Graham Davis Jr (born December 26 1942 better known as Gray Davis, is an American politician who served as California 's 37th Governor California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. A budget deficit occurs when an Entity (often a Government) spends more Money than it takes in

Births

1507 - Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. was a Daimyo of Suo province and a son of Ōuchi Yoshioki. In 1522 he fought the Amago clan along with his father Yoshioki to win the control 1551)
1602 - Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. Sir Simonds d'Ewes 1st Baronet ( December 18 1602, Milden, Suffolk, England - April 18 1650) was an Antiquary 1650)
1610 - Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist (d. Charles du Fresne sieur du Cange or Ducange ( Amiens, December 18, 1610 &ndash Paris, October 23, 1688) was 1688)
1620 - Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. Heinrich Roth ( December 18, 1620 in Augsburg Germany – June 20, 1668 in Agra) was a Missionary and pioneering 1668)
1661 - Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (d. Christopher Polhammar ( December 18, 1661 - August 30, 1751) better known as, which he took after his Ennoblement, was 1751)
1662 - James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish politician (d. Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a James Douglas 2nd Duke of Queensberry and 1st Duke of Dover ( 18 December 1662 - 6 July 1711) was a Scottish nobleman 1711)
1707 - Charles Wesley, English Methodist hymnist (d. Year 1711 ( MDCCXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1707 ( MDCCVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Biography Charles Wesley was the son of Susanna Wesley and Samuel Wesley. 1788)
1725 - Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (d. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Johann Salomo Semler ( December 18, 1725 &ndash March 14, 1791) was a German church historian and biblical commentator 1791)
1825 - Charles Griffin (general), American general (d. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Charles Griffin (December 18 1825 – September 15 1867 was a career officer in the United States Army and a Union general in the American Civil War. 1876)
1835 - Lyman Abbott, American author (d. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Lyman Abbott ( December 18 1835 - October 22 1922) was an American Congregationalist Theologian, Editor 1922)
1847 - Augusta Holmès, French composer (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Augusta Mary Anne Holmès ( December 18, 1847 - January 28, 1903) was a French Composer of Irish descent 1903)
1851 - Graciano Lopez Jaena, Filipino hero, orator and satirist (d. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Graciano López y Jaena ( December 18, 1856 - January 20, 1896) better known as Graciano López Jaena 1896)
1856 - Sir J. J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Sir Joseph John “JJ” Thomson, OM, FRS (18 December 1856 &ndash 30 August 1940 was a British Physicist and Nobel laureate The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1940)
1860 - Edward MacDowell, American composer and pianist (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Edward Alexander MacDowell (December 18 1860 - January 23 1908 was an American composer and pianist from the Romantic period, best known for his second 1908)
1863 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (d. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Franz Ferdinand ( December 18, 1863 &ndash June 28, 1914) was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Prince Imperial of 1914)
1870 - Saki, English writer (d. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hector Hugh Munro ( December 18, 1870 – November 14, 1916) better known by the Pen name Saki, was a British 1916)
1873 - Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (d. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Francis Burton Harrison ( December 18, 1873 &ndash November 21, 1957) was an American statesman who served in the United 1957)
1878 (N.S.) - Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Old Style (or OS) and New Style (or NS) are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party 1953)
1879 - Paul Klee, Swiss-born painter (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1940)
1886 - Ty Cobb, American baseball player (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (December 18 1886 – July 17 1961 nicknamed " The Georgia Peach," was a baseball player and is regarded by historians 1961)
1888 - Dame Gladys Cooper, English actress (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Dame Gladys Constance Cooper DBE ( 18 December 1888 &ndash 17 November 1971) was an Oscar -nominated English 1971)
1888 - Robert Moses, American public works official (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Robert Moses ( December 18 1888 – July 29 1981) was the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long 1981)
1890 - Edwin Armstrong, American inventor (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edwin Howard Armstrong ( December 18, 1890 &ndash January 31, 1954) was an American Electrical engineer and Inventor 1954)
1897 - Fletcher Henderson, American arranger and composer (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Fletcher Hamilton Henderson Jr ( December 18, 1897 &ndash December 28, 1952) was an American pianist bandleader Arranger 1952)
1904 - George Stevens, American film director (d. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on George Stevens ( December 18, 1904 - March 8, 1975) was an Academy Award -winning American motion picture 1975)
1907 - Bill Holland, American auto racer (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Bill Holland (born December 18 1907, died May 19 1984 was an American race car driver from North Carolina who won the Indianapolis 1984)
1908 - Paul Siple, American Antarctic explorer (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Paul Allman Siple ( December 18, 1908 &ndash November 25, 1968) was an American Antarctic explorer and Geographer 1969)
1910 - Abe Burrows, American playwright (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Abe Burrows ( December 18, 1910 &ndash May 17, 1985) was an American humorist author and director for Radio and 1985)
1911 - Jules Dassin, American film director (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Jules Dassin, born Julius Dassin ( &ndash) was an American Film director. 2008)
1912 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American General (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting General Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr ( December 18, 1912 &ndash July 4, 2002) was an United States Air Force general and commander of 2002)
1913 - Alfred Bester, American author (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alfred Bester ( December 18, 1913 - September 30, 1987) known to his friends as Alfie, was an American science fiction 1987)
1913 - Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm (18 December 1913 - 8 October 1992 was a German politician Chancellor of West Germany 1969&ndash1974 The Head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (Kanzler The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1992)
1913 - Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Raymond Joseph Meyer ( December 18 1913 &ndash March 17 2006) was an American men's collegiate basketball coach from 2006)
1916 - Douglas Fraser, Scottish-born American trade unionist (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Douglas Andrew Fraser ( December 18, 1916 &ndash February 23, 2008) was an American union leader 2008)
1916 - Betty Grable, American actress (d. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Betty Grable ( December 18, 1916 &ndash July 2, 1973) was an American Dancer Singer, and actress 1973)
1917 - Ossie Davis, American actor and activist (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ossie Davis ( December 18 1917 – February 4 2005) was an American Film Actor, director, 2005)
1927 - Ramsey Clark, U. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Ramsey Clark (born December 18 1927 is a lawyer and former United States Attorney General. S. Attorney General
1927 - Roméo LeBlanc, 25th Governor General of Canada
1928 - Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal
1929 - Gino Cimoli, American baseball player
1930 - Moose Skowron, American baseball player
1931 - Allen Klein, American rock and roll business manager
1931 - Alison Plowden, English historian (d. Roméo-Adrien LeBlanc PC CC CMM ONB CD (born December 18, 1927 in Memramcook, The Governor General of Canada ( French: Gouverneure générale du Canada, or: Gouverneur général du Canada) is the vice-regal representative Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Józef Glemp (born December 18, 1929) is a Polish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gino Nicholas Cimoli (born December 18, 1929, in San Francisco California) is a former Outfielder in Major League Baseball. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Joseph "Moose" Skowron Jr (born December 18, 1930) is a former Major League Baseball player primarily a First baseman. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Allen Klein (born December 18, 1931) is a controversial American businessman and record label executive Alison Margaret Chichele Plowden ( 18 December 1931 &ndash 17 August 2007) was an English historian and biographer well known for her 2007)
1932 - Roger Smith, American actor
1933 - Arthur Leigh Allen, Suspected Zodiac serial killer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Roger LaVerne Smith (born December 18, 1932) is an American television and film Actor and Scriptwriter. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arthur Leigh Allen ( December 18, 1933 – August 26, 1992) was the prime suspect in the Zodiac murders The Zodiac Killer is a Serial killer who operated in Northern California in the late 1960s 1992)
1934 - Boris Volynov, Soviet cosmonaut
1935 - Jacques Pépin, French chef
1936 - Malcolm Kirk, English professional wrestler (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Boris Valentinovich Volynov (Борис Валентинович Волынов born December 18, 1934 in Irkutsk) is a Soviet cosmonaut Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jacques Pépin (born December 18 1935) is a French Chef working in the United States. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Malcolm (Mal Kirk ( 18 December 1936 &ndash 24 August 1987) was an English Professional wrestler who went by 1987)
1938 - Chas Chandler, English musician (The Animals) (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bryan James "Chas" Chandler ( 18 December 1938 — 17 July 1996) was an English Musician, Record producer The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. 1996)
1938 - Joel Hirschhorn, American songwriter and composer (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Joel Hirschhorn, ( December 18 1938 &ndash September 18 2005) was an American Songwriter. 2005)
1938 - Roger E. Mosley, American actor
1939 - Michael Moorcock, English author
1939 - Harold E. Varmus, American scientist, Nobel laureate
1940 - Bramwell Morrison, member of Sharon, Lois & Bram
1941 - Wadada Leo Smith, American trumpeter and composer
1942 - Harvey Atkin, Canadian actor
1943 - Keith Richards, English guitarist (The Rolling Stones)
1943 - Alan Rudolph, American film director and screenwriter
1945 - Jean Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player
1946 - Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roger Earl Mosley (born December 18, 1938 in Los Angeles California) is an American Actor best known for his role as the helicopter Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939, in London) is an English writer primarily of Science fiction and fantasy who has also Harold Elliot Varmus (born December 18, 1939) is an American Nobel prize winning scientist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sharon Lois & Bram is the name of a Canadian children's musical trio composed of Sharon Trostin Hampson (born March 31, 1943, Sharon Lois & Bram is the name of a Canadian children's musical trio composed of Sharon Trostin Hampson (born March 31, 1943, Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith ( 18 December 1941 in Leland Mississippi) is a Trumpeter and composer working primarily in the fields of Avant-garde Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harvey Atkin (born December 18, 1942 in Toronto Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian Actor who has worked in feature films and Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943 is an English Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, producer and a founding member of The Rolling Alan Steven Rudolph (born 18 December 1943) is an American Film director and Screenwriter. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Jean Pronovost (born 18 December, 1945 in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec) is a retired professional Ice hockey right winger who played in the Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stephen Bantu Biko December 1946 &ndash 12 September 1977 was a noted anti-[[apartheid] activist in South Africa in the 1960s and early 1977)
1946 - Steven Spielberg, American film director
1948 - Bill Nelson, English musician (Be Bop Deluxe)
1948 - Laurent Voulzy, French singer and composer
1949 - David A. Johnston, American volcanologist, first to report 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bill Nelson (born William Nelson 18 December 1948) is a prolific Guitarist, Songwriter, painter and experimental Laurent Voulzy (born Lucien Voulzy on December 18, 1948 in Paris France) is a French singer and composer Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Alexander Johnston ( December 18, 1949 &ndash May 18, 1980) was a Volcanologist with the United States Geological The 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens, a volcano located in Washington state in the United States was a major volcanic eruption. 1980)
1950 - Gillian Armstrong, Australian film director
1950 - Randy Castillo, American drummer (Ozzy Osbourne) (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gillian Armstrong (born 18 December 1950 is an award-winning Australian director of feature films and documentaries Randolpho Francisco Castillo (born December 18 1950 - died March 26 2002 was best known as Ozzy Osbourne 's drummer in the 1980s and early 1990s John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer 2002)
1950 - Leonard Maltin, American film critic
1953 - Elliot Easton, American guitarist (The Cars)
1953 - Khas-Magomed Hadjimuradov, Chechen bard
1955 - Ray Liotta, American actor
1956 - Ron White, American comedian
1960 - Kazuhide Uekusa, Japanese economist
1961 - Brian Orser, Canadian figure skater
1962 - Renaldo Lapuz, Filipino-American Singer
1963 - Karl Dorrell, American football coach
1963 - Pauline Ester, French singer
1963 - Allan Kayser, American actor
1963 - Charles Oakley, American basketball player
1963 - Brad Pitt, American actor
1964 - "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, American professional wrestler
1964 - Don Beebe, American football player
1964 - Robson Green, English actor and singer
1965 - Mick Collins, American musician (The Gories, The Dirtbombs)
1965 - Tommy Davidson, American actor
1966 - Makiko Esumi, Japanese actress
1966 - Mille Petrozza, German singer (Kreator)
1967 - Toine van Peperstraten, Dutch sports journalist
1968 - Rachel Griffiths, Australian actress
1968 - Alejandro Sanz, Spanish singer
1968 - Casper Van Dien, American actor
1969 - Santiago Cañizares, Spanish footballer
1969 - Justin Edinburgh, English footballer
1969 - Akira Iida, Japanese racing driver
1970 - Anthony Catanzaro, American fitness model
1970 - Cowboy Troy, American rapper
1970 - DMX, American rapper and actor
1970 - Miles Marshall Lewis, American author
1970 - Victoria Pratt, Canadian actress and fitness model
1970 - Rob Van Dam, American professional wrestler
1970 - Johnny Yeo, English artist
1971 - Barkha Dutt, Indian journalist
1971 - Noriko Matsueda, Japanese composer
1971 - Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Spanish tennis player
1972 - DJ Lethal, Latvian-born American DJ (House of Pain, Limp Bizkit)
1972 - Raymond Herrera, American drummer (Fear Factory) and businessman
1974 - Peter Boulware, American football player
1974 - Kari Byron, artist and television personality
1974 - Euroboy, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro)
1974 - Bill Duggan, American television actor and host
1975 - Trish Stratus, Canadian professional wrestler
1975 - Masaki Sumitani, Japanese comedian
1976 - Koyuki, Japanese actress and model
1977 - José Acevedo, Dominican baseball player
1978 - Daniel Cleary, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 - Ali Curtis, American soccer player
1978 - Katie Holmes, American actress
1979 - Carlos, Portuguese footballer
1980 - Christina Aguilera, American singer
1982 - Dave Luetkenhoelter, American bassist (Kutless)
1983 - Darren Carter, English footballer
1983 - Steph Jones, American R&B singer
1985 - Tara Conner, 2006 Miss USA
1985 - Hana Soukupová, Czech supermodel
1987 - Miki Andō, Japanese figure skater
1987 - Ayaka, Japanese singer
1987 - Fernando Jara, Panamanian-American jockey
1989 - Ashley Benson, American actress
1989 - Ashley Slanina-Davies, Hollyoaks actress

Deaths

821 - Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans
1133 - Hildebert, French writer
1290 - King Magnus I of Sweden (b. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Leonard Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American Film critic and Film Historian. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. __FORCETOC__ Early years Elliot Easton (born Elliot Steinberg 18 December 1953, in Brooklyn New York) played Lead The Cars were an American rock band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s Khas-Magomed Hadjimuradov ( Хас-Магомед Хаджимурадов) (born December 18, 1953 in Kazakhstan) is a Chechen Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Raymond Liotta (born December 18, 1954) is an Emmy Award -winning and Golden Globe -nominated American Actor, best known Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ron White (born December 18, 1956) is a Grammy Award -nominated American stand-up comedian from Fritch Texas. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. was born December 18 1960 in Edogawa, Tokyo He is a Japanese Economist, economic analyst a former senior economist at Nomura Research Institute and chairman of the Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brian Orser OC (born December 18, 1961 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian retired professional Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Renaldo Lapuz (born December 18, 1962) is a American who auditioned on the seventh season of the television series American Idol Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Karl Dorrell (born December 18, 1963 in Alameda, California) is an American football Assistant coach with the Miami Pauline Ester (born Sabrina Ocon, born on December 18, 1963 in Toulouse) is a French Singer. Allan J Kayser II (born December 18, 1963) is an American Film and TV actor Charles Oakley (born December 18, 1963) is an American retired professional Basketball player who played power forward in the William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Steven Williams (born Steven Anderson on December 18 1964 This defiance was often shown by Austin flipping McMahon off and incapacitating him with the Don Lee Beebe (born December 18, 1964 in Aurora Illinois) is a former American football Wide receiver who played for the Buffalo Robson Golightly Green (born December 18, 1964 in Hexham, Northumberland) is an English Actor and Singer Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. This page concerns the musician For other Mick Collinses see Michael Collins. The Gories were a three-piece Garage punk band formed in Detroit in 1986 The Dirtbombs are a Garage rock band based in metro Detroit, Michigan, notable for blending diverse influences such as Punk rock and Tommy Davidson (born November 10, 1965) is an American film and television Actor. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. née Makiko Hirano (平野真紀子 Hirano Makiko, born 18 December 1966 in Shimane, Japan) is a Japanese model Miland "Mille" Petrozza (born December 18, 1966) is a German (of Italian - from Calabria descent guitarist and singer Kreator are a German Thrash metal band from Essen Germany. They started their career in 1982 under the name Tormentor Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Toine van Peperstraten (born December 18, 1967 in Achthuizen, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch sports journalist best known for hosting the Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rachel Anne Griffiths (born 18 December 1968 is an Australian Golden Globe - and SAG Award -winning Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award Alejandro Sanz, born Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro on December 18 1968 in Madrid, is an Award winning Spanish pop / Casper Robert Van Dien Jr (born December 18 1968) is an American Actor, best known for his role as Johnny Rico in Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. José Santiago Cañizares Ruiz (born December 18, 1969 in Puertollano, Ciudad Real) is a former Spanish football Justin Charles Edinburgh (born December 18, 1969 in Brentwood, Essex) is a former English professional football player is a Japanese racing driver that is currently competes in the GT300 category of the Super GT series Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anthony Catanzaro (born December 18, 1970) is an American male fitness model training consultant and bodybuilder Cowboy Troy (born Troy Coleman December 18, 1970 in Victoria Texas) is an American singer-songwriter Earl Simmons (born December 18, 1970) better known by his Stage name DMX, is an American rapper and actor who rose to fame in the Miles Marshall Lewis (born December 18, 1970) is an American pop culture critic essayist literary editor fiction writer and music journalist Victoria Ainsle Pratt (born December 18, 1970 in Chesley, Ontario) is a Canadian actress and fitness model Robert "Rob" Alexander Szatkowski Another venture that Van Dam produces is RVDTV reality based programming looking at the life of Rob Van Dam Jonathan Yeo (born 1970 is a British artist known for his distinctive portraits that combine "photographic realism with a painterly touch" Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Barkha Dutt (born December 18, 1971) is a Indian TV journalist with New Delhi Television ( NDTV) is a Japanese Video game music Composer and Musician. Her works include Front Mission, which she co-composed with Yoko Shimomura Aránzazu (Arantxa Isabel Maria Sanchez Vicario (born December 18 1971 in Barcelona) is a former World No Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leor Dimant (Leors Dimants born December 18, 1972 in Riga, Latvia) better known as DJ Lethal, is a Turntablist House of Pain was an Irish -styled American Hip-hop group who released three albums in the early to mid 1990s before lead rapper Everlast Limp Bizkit is an American Nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Raymond Herrera (born December 18, 1972) is a Drummer and one of the original members of the Industrial / Fear Factory is an American heavy metal band The band formed in 1989 and have released seven full-length Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Peter Nicholas Boulware (born December 18, 1974) is a former American football Linebacker who played for the Baltimore Ravens. Kari Elizabeth Byron (born December 18, 1974) is a San Francisco -based Artist and television personality best known for her featured role on This article is about the guitar player for the Pet Shop Boys song see Euroboy (song. Turbonegro ( Turboneger in Norway is a Norwegian Punk band that combines Hard rock and punk rock into a style the band describes Bill Duggan (born December 18, 1974) is an American actor He was raised in San Francisco California. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Patricia Anne Stratigias (born December 18 1975 strætɨˈdʒiːəs better known as Trish Stratus, is a former fitness model, former professional wrestler is the performing name of, a Japanese comedian, Wrestler and Tarento ("talent" Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Koyuki (小雪 full name Koyuki Katō (born 18 December 1976) is a Japanese model and Actress Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays José Omar Acevedo (born December 18, 1977 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a right-handed Major League Baseball Pitcher Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Daniel Cleary (born 18 December, 1978 in Harbour Grace Newfoundland) is a professional Ice hockey winger playing for the Detroit Ali Curtis (born December 18, 1978) is a former American Soccer forward. Kate "Katie" Noelle Holmes (born December 18 1978 is an American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Joey Potter on The WB television Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Carlos Alberto Fernandes, (born 18 December 1979 in Kinshasa) is a Portuguese football goalkeeper who is on loan at Foolad F Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Christina María Aguilera (born December 18 1980 is an American pop / R&B Singer and Songwriter. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Dave "Lucky" Luetkenhoelter (born December 18, 1982) is the Bassist for the Christian rock band Kutless. Kutless is a Christian / Alternative rock band formed in 2000 Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Darren Anthony Carter (born 18 December 1983 in Solihull, England) is an English football midfielder who plays for Preston North Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Steph Jones (born July 3 1983 in Houston, Texas) also known as Mr Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Tara Elizabeth Conner (born on 18 December 1985 in Dallas Texas) She was allowed to retain her title and entered a drug rehabilitation program The Miss USA Beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant Hana Soukupová (born December 18, 1985) is a Czech model. Soukupová was born in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia (now Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Career Ando was born in Nagoya, Japan in 1987 She began skating in 1996 at the age of born is a Japanese female singer signed to Warner Music Japan. Fernando Jara (born December 18, 1987 in Panama) is thoroughbred horse racing Jockey in the United States. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Ashley Victoria Benson (born December 18, 1989 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress and model Ashley Slanina-Davies (sometimes shortened to Ashley Davies) (born 18 December 1989) is an English actress born in Standish, Events By Place Asia Tang Mu Zong becomes emperor of China. Births Deaths Theodulf of Orléans (ca 750-60 to 821 was the Bishop of Orléans (ca Hildebert of Lavardin or Hildebert of Tours (c 1055&ndash December 18, 1133) was a French writer and ecclesiastic Magnus I of Sweden may refer to Magnus I of Gothenland, also called Magnus the Strong who was first Magnus to be king in Sweden but was regarded as usurper 1240)
1442 - Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. Pierre Cauchon (b 1371 in Rheims, d December 1442 in Rouen) Bishop of Beauvais. 1371)
1495 - King Alphonso II of Naples (b. Alfonso II of Naples ( November 4, 1448 &ndash December 18, 1495) also called Alfonso II d'Aragon, though he was King of Naples 1448)
1692 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. Veit Ludwig von Seckendorf ( December 20, 1626 - December 18, 1692) German Statesman and scholar was a member of a German 1626)
1737 - Antonio Stradivari, Italian violin maker (b. Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Antonio Stradivari (1644 &ndash December 18 1737 was an Italian Luthier, a crafter of Stringed instruments such as Violins cellos 1644)
1787 - Francis William Drake, British Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (b. Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Francis William Drake (baptized August 22, 1724 &ndash December 18, 1788) born in Buckland Monachorum, Devon the third 1724)
1787 - Soame Jenyns, English writer (b. Year 1724 ( MDCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Soame Jenyns ( 1 January 1704 &ndash 18 December 1787) was an English Writer. 1704)
1799 - Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Jean-Étienne Montucla ( September 5, 1725 &ndash December 18, 1799) was a French Mathematician. 1725)
1803 - Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (b. Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Johann Gottfried von Herder ( August 25, 1744 December 18, 1803) was a German philosopher, Poet, and Literary 1744)
1829 - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (b. Year 1744 ( MDCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet Chevalier de Lamarck ( August 1, 1744 &ndash December 18, 1829) was a French Soldier 1744)
1843 - Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. Year 1744 ( MDCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common General Thomas Graham 1st Baron Lynedoch, GCB, GCMG ( 19 October 1748 &ndash 18 December 1843) was a Scottish 1748)
1848 - Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. Year 1748 ( MDCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Bernard (Bernhard Placidus Johann Nepomuk Bolzano ( &ndash December 18, 1848) was a Bohemian Mathematician, theologian, 1781)
1869 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American composer and pianist (b. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Louis Moreau Gottschalk ( May 8, 1829 &ndash December 18, 1869) was an American Composer and Pianist, best known 1829)
1880 - Michel Chasles, French mathematician (b. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Michel Chasles (15 November 1793 &ndash 18 December 1880 was a French Mathematician. 1793)
1936 - Andrija Mohorovičić, Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav seismologist (b. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrija Mohorovičić (ˈandrija mɔhɔːrɔvitʃiʨ ( January 23 1857 &ndash December 18, 1936) was a notable Croatian Meteorologist 1857)
1966 - Tara Browne, British socialite (b. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Tara Browne ( 4 March 1945 – 18 December 1966) was a young London Socialite and issue of peerage as a member 1945)
1971 - Bobby Jones, American golfer (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr (March 17 1902 &ndash December 18 1971 was one of the greatest Golfers to compete on a national and international level 1902)
1971 - Diana Lynn, American actress (b. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Diana Lynn ( October 7, 1926 &ndash December 18, 1971) was an American actress. 1926)
1973 - Allama Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Allamah Rasheed Turabi was a prominent and distinguished Pakistani Scholar, Religious Leader, Public speaker, Poet 1908)
1974 - Harry Hooper, American baseball player (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Harry Bartholomew Hooper ( August 24, 1887 &ndash December 18, 1974) was a Major League Baseball player in the early 20th century 1887)
1975 - Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Theodosius Grygorovych Dobzhansky, also known 1900)
1980 - Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the USSR (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Alexey Nikolayevich Kosygin (Алексе́й Никола́евич Косы́гин Aleksej Nikolajevič Kosygin; February 20 1904 - December Premier of the Soviet Union is the commonly used English term for the offices of Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (Председатель 1904)
1982 - Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German pilot (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Hans-Ulrich Rudel ( July 2, 1916 – December 18, 1982) was a Stuka dive-bomber pilot during World War II. 1916)
1985 - Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Ngô Xuân Diệu ( February 2, 1916 &ndash December 18, 1985) more commonly known by the pen name Xuân Diệu, was a prominent 1916)
1987 - Conny Plank, German record producer and musician (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Konrad "Conny" Plank (frequently spelled Planck) ( May 3, 1940 in Germany – December 18, 1987 in Cologne 1940)
1990 - Anne Revere, American actress (b. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Anne Revere ( June 25 1903 &ndash December 18 1990) was an Academy Award - and Tony Award -winning American 1903)
1990 - Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Paul Tortelier ( March 21, 1914 - December 18, 1990) was a French cellist and Composer. 1914)
1991 - George Abecassis, English Formula 1 driver (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. George Abecassis DFC (born in Chertsey, Surrey, March 21, 1913 - died in Ibstone, Nr 1913)
1992 - Mark Goodson, American game show producer (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Mark Goodson ( January 14, 1915 &ndash December 18, 1992) was a successful American Television producer who specialized 1915)
1993 - Charizma, American rapper (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Charles Hicks (1973 &ndash December 18 1993 aka Charizma was an MC from Milpitas, California, United States. 1973)
1993 - Sam Wanamaker, American actor (b. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Sam Wanamaker ( June 14, 1919 &ndash December 18, 1993) was an American Film director and Actor, credited 1919)
1994 - Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Roger Apéry ( November 14 1916 – December 18 1994) was a Greek - French Mathematician most remembered for 1916)
1995 - Konrad Zuse, German engineer and computing pioneer (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Konrad Zuse (ˈkɔnʁat ˈtsuːzə June 22, 1910 Berlin - December 18, 1995 Hünfeld) was a German 1910)
1995 - Brian Brockless, English organist ([[b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Brian Brockless ( 21 January 1926, London - 18 December 1995) was an English Composer, Organist and 1926)
1996 - Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Yulii Borisovich Khariton ( Ю́лий Бори́сович Харито́н, February 27, 1904 - December 18, 1996) was a Soviet 1904)
1997 - Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Christopher Crosby "Chris" Farley (February 15 1964 &ndash December 18 1997 was an American Comedian and Actor. 1964)
1998 - Lev Demin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Lev Stepanovich Dyomin ( Russian: Лев Степанович Дёмин born January 11, 1926, in Moscow, died December 18, 1926)
1999 - Robert Bresson, French film director (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Robert Bresson (ʁɔbɛʁ bʁɛˈsɔ̃ in French ( September 25, 1901 &ndash December 18, 1999) was a French Film director 1907)
2000 - Stan Fox, American race car driver (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Stan Fox (born July 7, 1952 in Janesville Wisconsin; died December 18, 2000, near Waiouru New Zealand) was a United 1952)
2000 - Randolph Apperson Hearst, son of W. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Randolph Apperson Hearst ( December 2, 1915 &ndash December 18, 2000) was the last surviving son of William Randolph Hearst. Randolph Hearst and father of Patty (b. 1915)
2000 - Kirsty MacColl, English singer and songwriter (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Kirsty Anna MacColl ( 10 October, 1959 &ndash 18 December, 2000) was an English Singer-songwriter. 1959)
2001 - Gilbert Bécaud, French singer (b. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Gilbert Bécaud (24 October 1927 &ndash 18 December 2001 was a French Singer, Composer and Actor, known as Monsieur 100000 Volts 1927)
2001 - Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dimitris Dragatakis ( 22 January 1914 – 18 December 2001) was a Greek Composer of classical music. 1914)
2002 - Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor-General of Canada (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Ramon John Hnatyshyn PC CC CMM CD QC FRHSC (''hc'' (commonly known as Ray Hnatyshyn, anglicized The Governor General of Canada ( French: Gouverneure générale du Canada, or: Gouverneur général du Canada) is the vice-regal representative 1934)
2002 - Wayne Owens, former U. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Douglas Wayne Owens ( May 2 1937 – December 18, 2002) was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Utah's S. Congressman (D-Utah) (b. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. 1937)
2004 - Anthony Sampson, British journalist and biographer (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Anthony Terrell Seward Sampson ( 3 August 1926 &ndash 18 December 2004) was a British writer and journalist 1926)
2005 - Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alan Manners Voorhees (December 17 1922 &ndash December 18 2005 was an transportation engineer and urban planner who designed many large public works in the 1922)
2006 - Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera (; March 24 1911 – December 18 2006 was an influential American Animator, director, producer 1911)
2006 - Ruth Bernhard, American photographer (1905)
2006 - Mike Dickin, British radio broadcaster (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ruth Bernhard ( October 14 1905 &ndash December 18 2006) was an American Photographer. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Mike Dickin ( September 28 1943 &ndash December 18, 2006) was a late-night host on the 1943)
2006 - Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author, journalist and political activist (b. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shaukat Siddiqui ( March 20, 1923 - December 18 2006) was an eminent Urdu novelist and fiction writer of Pakistan. 1923)
2007 - Gerald Le Dain, Canadian Supreme Court judge (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Gerald Eric Le Dain ( November 27, 1924 &ndash December 18, 2007) was a Canadian lawyer and judge who sat on the Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Canada ( French: Cour suprême du Canada) is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeal in the Canadian 1924)
2007 - Jack Linkletter, American television host, son of Art Linkletter (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jack Linkletter ( November 20, 1937 &ndash December 18, 2007) Early life Linkletter was born as Arthur Jack Linkletter A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event Art Linkletter (born Gordon Arthur Kelly on July 17 1912 in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan, Canada) was the host of two of the longest-running 1937)
2007 - Bill Strauss, American writer on generations, satirist, and founder of the Capitol Steps (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Strauss and Howe ( William Strauss and Neil Howe) are authors and speakers known for their theories about a recurrent cycle of Generations in history A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms Generation (from the Greek γενεά) also known as procreation, is the act of producing Offspring. Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human The Capitol Steps is an American political Satire group It has been performing since 1981, and has released approximately thirty albums consisting 1947)

Holidays and observances

New Jersey Day - A celebration to New Jersey's admission to the union
Roman festivals - Feast of Epona (during Saturnalia)
R.C. Saints - Gatianus of Tours, O Adonai, Our Lady of Expectation
Also see December 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Niger - Republic Day (autonomous in 1958)
Greek Orthodox Church – Feast of Sebastian the Martyr

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Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New Jersey Day is a celebration to commemorate New Jersey 's admission to the union Roman holidays generally were celebrated to worship and celebrate a certain god or mythological occurrence and consisted of religious observances various festival traditions and usually In Gallo-Roman religion Celtic mythology without citing a specific instance of Celtic mythology where Epona appears please --> Epona '''po''' nə Saturnalia is the feast with which the Romans commemorated the dedication of the temple of the god Saturn The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints Gatianus ( Catianus Gatianus Gratianus; Cassien Gatien Gratien ( 3rd century CE was the founding Bishop of the See of Tours. The O Antiphons are Antiphons used at daily prayer in the evenings of the last days of Advent in various Liturgical Christian traditions This ecumenical article is about general Christian views on and veneration of the Virgin Mary Dec 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Dec 19 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on Dec Niger ( or /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/) officially the Republic of Niger, is a Landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. Republic Day is the name of a Public holiday in several countries to commemorate the day when they first became Republics January 9th in Republika Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Church of Greece ( Greek: Ekklēsía tês Helládos, ekliˈsia tis eˈlaðos is one of the fifteen Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches Sebastian is a given name derived from a Latin name meaning "from Sebaste

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