Date | Text | |||
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100 years anniversary | ||||
18 Dec 1924 | Cicely Tyson, American actress | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
18 Dec 1949 | Joni Flynn: Assam, India -- Actress (Octopussy) | |||
18 Dec 1949 | Philadelphia Eagles beat LA Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game | |||
18 Dec 1949 | David A. Johnston, American volcanologist and geologist (d. 1980) | |||
18 Dec 1949 | Joni Flynn Assam India, actress (Octopussy) | |||
18 Dec 1949 | Philadelphia Eagles beat Los Angeles Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
18 Dec 1974 | Peter Boulware: Linebacker (Baltimore Ravens) | |||
18 Dec 1974 | San Francisco Visitors Center at City Hall opens | |||
18 Dec 1974 | Peter Boulware, American football player and politician | |||
18 Dec 1974 | Kari Byron, American sculptor and television host | |||
18 Dec 1974 | Bill Duggan, American actor | |||
18 Dec 1974 | Mutassim Gaddafi, Libyan colonel (d. 2011) | |||
18 Dec 1974 | Knut Schreiner, Norwegian singer, guitarist, and producer (Turbonegro, Euroboys, and Mirror Lakes) | |||
18 Dec 1974 | Harry Hooper, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1887) | |||
18 Dec 1974 | Peter Boulware linebacker (Baltimore Ravens) | |||
18 Dec 1974 | San Francisco Visitors Center at City Hall opens | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
18 Dec 1999 | Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter (b. 1901) | |||
18 Dec 1999 | NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT. | |||
18 Dec 1999 | The Spice Girls unveiled their waxwork look-alikes at Madame Tussaud's, London. Each model had cost £35,000 to make. | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
18 Dec 2004 | Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (b. 1926) | |||
18 Dec 2004 | A guitar played by George Harrison and John Lennon sold for £294,000 ($570,000) at auction in New York. The Gibson SG guitar was used by Harrison from 1966 to 1969, including the recording of Revolver, and by Lennon during White Album sessions. Other items sold in the Christie's auction included a letter by Kurt Cobain, which fetched £10,000 ($19,400), and a school book report by Britney Spears (£1,000). | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
18 Dec 2014 | Donald J. Albosta, American soldier and politician (b. 1925) | |||
18 Dec 2014 | Gideon Ben-Yisrael, Israeli politician (b. 1923) | |||
18 Dec 2014 | Larry Henley, American singer-songwriter (The Newbeats) (b. 1937) | |||
18 Dec 2014 | Virna Lisi, Italian actress (b. 1936) | |||
18 Dec 2014 | Mandy Rice-Davies, English model and actress (b. 1944) | |||
18 Dec 2014 | Robert Simpson, American meteorologist and author (b. 1912) | |||
18 Dec 2014
Robert Simpson |
death Robert Simpson Robert Simpson, 102, American meteorologist and co-developer of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale |