18TH
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"SAINTS RUFUS & ZOSIMUS; ST
FLANNAN; ST WINEBALD; ST GATIAN; & ST SAMTHAN." |
| 18TH |
1836 |
COLONEL LIGHT’S PROPHECY SAYS ONE DAY THE PORT RIVER
MIGHT BECOME THE CHANNEL OF EXPORT OF A GREAT COMMERCIAL CAPITAL. |
| 18TH |
1846 |
COPPER FIRST DISCOVERED IN WESTERN
AUSTRALIA. |
| 18TH |
1865 |
THE USA ABOLISHED SLAVERY WITH THE RATIFICATION OF THE 13TH
AMENDMENT. |
| 18TH |
1872 |
OPALS FIRST DISCOVERED IN AUSTRALIA AT
LISTOWEL DOWNS, QUEENSLAND. |
| 18TH |
1894 |
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WOMEN GIVEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE. |
| 18TH |
1898 |
THE AUTOMOBILE SPEED RECORD IS SET AT
63 kph. |
| 18TH |
1912 |
THE IMMIGRATION OF ILLITERATE PERSONS TO THE USA WAS
PROHIBITED BY CONGRESS. |
| 18TH |
1915 |
U.S. "PRESIDENT WILSON,"
WIDOWED THE PREVIOUS YEAR, MARRIES "EDITH BOLLING GALT." |
| 18TH |
1958 |
THE FIRST VOICE FROM SPACE IS THAT OF "PRESIDENT
EISENHOWER;" A RECORDED CHRISTMAS MESSAGE. |
| 18TH |
1965 |
KENNETH LeBELL" JUMPS 17 BARRELS
ON ICE SKATES. |
| 18TH |
1969 |
BRITAIN ABOLISHES THE DEATH PENALTY. |
| 18TH |
1970 |
DIVORCE BECAME LEGAL IN ITALY. |
| 18TH |
1979 |
"MOTHER TERESA" IS AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. |
| 18TH |
1979 |
THE SOUND BARRIER ON LAND WAS BROKEN
FOR THE FIRST TIME BY "STANLEY BARRETT" DRIVING AT 739.6mph, IN CALIFORNIA. |
| 18TH |
1991 |
"SIR JAMES HARDY" MARRIED MODEL, "JOAN
McINNES." |
| 18TH |
1991 |
ACTOR, "DeFORREST KELLY" GETS
A STAR IN HOLLYWOOD. |
| 18TH |
2000 |
BRITISH SINGER "KIRSTIE McCOLL," 41, DIED AFTER
BEING STRUCK BY A SPEEDBOAT WHILE SNORKELLING OFF THE COAST NEAR COZUMEL, MEXICO. |
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