This Day in History
18 Dec 1118
Alfonso van Aragon occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden
18 Dec 1385
Peace of Tournai (Dutch - Doornik) signed between the Burgundian Duke Philip II and the rebellious city of Ghent
18 Dec 1603
First fleet of the Dutch East India Company under Admiral Steven van der Haghen departs for the East-Indies
18 Dec 1621
English parliament accept unanimously Protestation
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The Tokens earn a #1 hit with The Lion Sleeps Tonight
The song that topped the Billboard pop chart on December 18 1961 was an instant classic that went on to become one of the most successful pop songs of all tim...
Piltdown Man discovered
After three years of digging in the Piltdown gravel pit in Sussex England amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson announces the discovery of two skulls that appe...
Mayflower docks at Plymouth Harbor
On December 18 1620 the British ship Mayflower docked at modern-day Plymouth Massachusetts and its passengers prepared to begin their new settlement Plymou...
Japan invades Hong Kong
On this day Japanese troops land in Hong Kong and a slaughter ensues.A week of air raids over Hong Kong a British crown colony was followed up on December 17...
Nixon orders the initiation of Operation Linebacker II
The Nixon administration announces that the bombing and mining of North Vietnam will resume and continue until a settlement is reached.On December...
Ty Cobb is born
On this day in 1886 the often controversial baseball legend Ty Cobb is born in Narrows Georgia. From the beginning of his career a shadow seemed to hover ove...
Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Bolling Galt
On this day in 1915 President Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt in Washington D.C. The bride was 43 and the groom was 59. It was the second marriage for Wilso...
Wetherill and Mason discover Mesa Verde
While searching for stray cattle in the isolated canyons of southwest Colorado Richard Wetherill and his brother-in-law stumble upon the magnificent ancient In...
Short story writer H.H. Munro is born in Burma
On this day H.H. Munro better known as short story writer Saki is born in Burma.The son of a Burma police officer Munro was sent to live with his tyrannical...
Director Steven Spielberg born
On this day in 1946 Steven Spielberg who will become one of the most successful directors in modern movie history with such blockbusters as Jaws E.T. The Ex...
Power plant burns in Venezuela
A power plant fire begins in Venezuela on this day in 1982. By the time it ended the fire killed 128 people and injured hundreds more. Half the capital city of...
The death of Molly-ism
John Kehoe the last of the Molly Maguires is executed in Pennsylvania. The Molly Maguires an Irish secret society that had allegedly been responsible for som...
Battle of Lexington, Tennessee
On this day in 1862 Confederate cavalry leader General Nathan Bedford Forrest routs a Union force under the command of Colonel Robert Ingersoll on a raid into ...
Nixon announces start of Christmas Bombing of North Vietnam
Following the breakdown of peace talks with North Vietnam just a few days earlier President Richard Nixon announces the beginning of a massive bombing campaign...
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang opens in New York
On this day in 1968 the musical film Chitty Chitty Bang Bangopens in New York City. The movie featured Dick Van Dyke who had made a splash four ...
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