December 18
December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 13 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1626 - Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689)
- 1714 - Esterházy of Galántha, field marshal (d. 1790)
- 1786 - Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (d. 1826)
- 1835 - Lyman Abbott, American author (d. 1922)
- 1847 - Augusta Holmès, French composer (d. 1903)
- 1863 - Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (d. 1914)
- 1870 - Saki, writer (d. 1916)
- 1879 - Paul Klee, Swiss painter and graphic artist (d. 1940)
- 1886 - Ty Cobb, American baseball player (d. 1961)
- 1888 - Robert Moses, New York public works official (d. 1981)
- 1888 - Gladys Cooper, actress (d. 1971)
- 1890 - Edwin Armstrong, American inventor (d. 1954)
- 1897 - Fletcher Henderson, jazz musician (d. 1952)
- 1904 - George Stevens, American director (d. 1975)
- 1912 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American general (d. 2002)
- 1913 - Alfred Bester, American science fiction author (d. 1987)
- 1913 - Willy Brandt, German Chancellor (d. 1992)
- 1916 - Betty Grable, actress (d. 1973)
- 1917 - Ossie Davis, actor
- 1927 - Ramsey Clark, U.S. Attorney General during Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency
- 1928 - Józef Glemp, cardinal and primate of Poland
- 1934 - Boris Volynov, cosmonaut
- 1939 - Michael Moorcock, science fiction author
- 1943 - Keith Richards, British guitarist (the Rolling Stones)
- 1946 - Steven Spielberg, movie director
- 1946 - Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 1977)
- 1950 - Gillian Armstrong, film director
- 1950 - Leonard Maltin, movie critic
- 1955 - Ray Liotta, actor
- 1961 - Brian Orser, figure skater
- 1963 - Brad Pitt, American actor
- 1964 - Star Cullars, musician (P Funk)
- 1970 - DMX, rapper
- 1975 - Trish Stratus, WWE performer
- 1978 - Katie Holmes, American actress
- 1980 - Christina Aguilera, American singer
Deaths
- 821 - Theodulf, bishop of Orléans (b. c.760)
- 1290 - Magnus I of Sweden, king of Sweden 1275-1290 (b. 1240)
- 1737 - Antonio Stradivari, Italian violin maker (b. 1644?)
- 1869 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American composer, pianist (b. 1829
- 1936 - Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian seismologist (b. 1857)
- 1971 - Bobby Jones, golfer (b. 1902)
- 1980 - Alexei Kosygin, former Soviet premier
- 1990 - Paul Tortelier, French musician (b. 1914)
- 1992 - Mark Goodson, game show producer (b. 1915)
- 1993 - Sam Wanamaker, actor (b. 1919)
- 1995 - Konrad Zuse, German engineer and computing pioneer (b. 1910)
- 1997 - Chris Farley, American actor, comedian (b. 1964)
- 1998 - Lev Demin, cosmonaut (b. 1926)
- 1999 - Robert Bresson, French film director (b. 1907)
- 2000 - Kirsty MacColl, British musician (b. 1959)
- 2001 - Gilbert Bécaud, singer (b. 1927)
- 2002 - Ray Hnatyshyn, former Canadian Governor-General (b. 1934)
Holidays and observances
December 17 - December 19 - November 18 - January 18 -- listing of all days
