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:
- 1776 - North Carolina Constitution is ratified.
- 1787 - New Jersey is the third state to ratify the United States constitution.
Births:
- 1626 - Christina of Sweden, Queen of Sweden (+ 1689)
- 1714 - Esterházy of Galántha, field marshal (+ 1790)
- 1879 - Paul Klee, painter and graphic artist (_+ 1940)
- 1886 - Ty Cobb, baseball player
- 1890 - Edwin Armstrong, inventor
- 1904 - George Stevens, director
- 1913 - Willy Brandt, German Bundeskanzler and recipient of Nobel Prize in peace 1971 (+ 1992)
- 1927 - Ramsey Clark, U.S. Attorney General during Lyndon Johnson's presidency
- 1928 - Jozéf Glemp, cardinal and primate of Poland
- 1943 - Keith Richards, guitarist (the Rolling Stones)
- 1946 - Steven Spielberg, movie director
- 1946 - Steven Biko, anti-apartheid activist
- 1950 - Leonard Maltin, movie critic
- 1955 - Ray Liotta, actor
- 1963 - Brad Pitt, actor
Deaths:
- 821 - Theodulf, bishop of Orleans, France
- 1737 - Antonio Stradivari, violin maker
- 1980 - Alexei Kosygin, former Soviet premier
- 1995 - Konrad Zuse, engineer and computing pioneer
- 1998 - Robert Bresson, film director
- 2001 - Gilbert Bécaud, singer
Holidays and Observances:
See Also:
December 17 - December 19 - November 18 - January 18 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December