| Date | Text | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 18 Dec 1950 | Gillian Armstrong: Melbourne, Victoria -- Director (High Tide, Mrs Soffel) | |||
| 18 Dec 1950 | Martha Johnson: Toronto, Ontario -- Rocker (M+M) | |||
| 18 Dec 1950 | Gillian Armstrong, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter | |||
| 18 Dec 1950 | Randy Castillo, American drummer (Red Square Black and Mötley Crüe) (d. 2002) | |||
| 18 Dec 1950 | Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lankan general and politician | |||
| 18 Dec 1950 | Leonard Maltin, American historian, author, and critic | |||
| 18 Dec 1950 | Johnny Hyde, Russian-American talent agent (b. 1895) | |||
| 18 Dec 1950 | birth Martha Johnson, Martha And The Muffins, (1980 UK No.10 single, 'Echo Beach'). | |||
| 18 Dec 1950 | Leonard Maltin New York NY, movie critic (Entertainment Tonight) | |||
| 18 Dec 1950 | Gillian Armstrong Melbourne Australia, director (High Tide, Mrs Soffel) | |||
| 18 Dec 1950 | Martha Johnson Toronto Ontario, rocker (M+M) | |||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 18 Dec 1975 | Michael Barry: Toronto, Ontario -- Cyclist (1996 Olympics) | |||
| 18 Dec 1975 | Sia, Australian singer-songwriter | |||
| 18 Dec 1975 | Randy Houser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist | |||
| 18 Dec 1975 | David O'Doherty, Irish comedian, actor, and singer | |||
| 18 Dec 1975 | Trish Stratus, Canadian wrestler and actress | |||
| 18 Dec 1975 | Masaki Sumitani, Japanese wrestler and comedian | |||
| 18 Dec 1975 | Vincent van der Voort, Dutch darts player | |||
| 18 Dec 1975 | Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist and biologist (b. 1900) | |||
| 18 Dec 1975 | birth Sia (Sia Kate Isobelle Furler), Australian singer and songwriter who scored the 2014 US No.1 album 1000 Forms of Fear. | |||
| 18 Dec 1975 | Michael Barry Toronto Ontario, cyclist (Olympics-96) | |||
| 18 Dec 1975 |
death Theodosius Dobzhansky Died 18 Dec 1975 at age 75 (born 25 Jan 1900). Ukrainian-American geneticist and evolutionist whose work had a major influence on 20th-century thought and research on genetics and evolutionary theory. He made the first significant synthesis of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution with Gregor Mendel's theory of genetics in his book Genetics and the Origin of Species (1937). From 1918 his research gave experimental evidence that genes could vary far more than geneticists had previously believed. Thus, successful species tend to have a wide variety of genes that, while redundant in its present environment, do provide a species as a whole with genetic diversity. Such diversity enables the species to adapt effectively to changes in the surrounding environment—the basis for modern evolutionary theory. |
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| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 18 Dec 2000 | Stan Fox, American race car driver (b. 1952) | |||
| 18 Dec 2000 | Randolph Apperson Hearst, American businessman (b. 1915) | |||
| 18 Dec 2000 | Kirsty MacColl, English singer-songwriter (b. 1959) | |||
| 18 Dec 2000 | UK singer, songwriter Kirsty MacColl was killed in a boating accident off the coast of Mexico when a speedboat hit her. MacColl was aged 41. McColl and her sons were diving at the Chankanaab reef, of Cozumel, Mexico in a designated diving area that watercraft were restricted from entering. MacColl saw the boat coming before her sons did; Louis (then 13) was not in the boat's path, but Jamie (then 15) was. She was able to push him out of the way (he sustained minor head and rib injuries) but in doing so, she was hit by the boat and killed instantly. | |||
| 18 Dec 2000 | *NSYNC fan Danielle McGuire filed suit against group member Justin Timberlake, alleging that he harassed and verbally assaulted her. McGuire, 15, filed suit in St. Louis, Missouri, charging Timberlake with false imprisonment of a minor. | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 18 Dec 2005 | Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922) | |||
| 18 Dec 2005 | The Chadian Civil War begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring Sudan, launch an attack in Adré. | |||
| 18 Dec 2005 | Fairytale of New York was voted the favourite Christmas song ever in a VH1 poll. The song by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl took the top spot, Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You, was voted into 2nd place and Wham's Last Christmas came third. Other songs voted into the Top 10 were, Mistletoe and Wine, Sir Cliff Richard at No.4, Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade at No.5, I Wish it could be Christmas Everyday, Wizzard, No.6, Christmas Time, The Darkness, No.7, Saviour's Day, Sir Cliff Richard No.8, Do They Know It's Christmas (1984), Band Aid at No.9 and Lonely This Christmas by Mud at No.10. | |||
| 18 Dec 2005 | Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drink or drugs after being stopped by police in east London. Police said the 26-year-old had been driving erratically. Officers sent suspicious substances found in the vehicle for analysis, Doherty was released on bail. | |||
| 18 Dec 2005 | UK pop-folk act Nizlopi were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'JCB Song', their only No.1 hit. | |||
| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 18 Dec 2010 | Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player and manager (b. 1916) | |||
| 18 Dec 2010 | Jacqueline de Romilly, French philologist, author, and scholar (b. 1913) | |||
| 18 Dec 2010 | Tasso Kavadia, Greek actress (b. 1921) | |||
| 18 Dec 2010 | Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian economist and politician, Italian Minister of Economy and Finances (b. 1940) | |||
| 18 Dec 2010 | James Pickles, English judge and journalist (b. 1925) | |||
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