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December 18: 1661 - Birth of Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (d. 1751) 1799 - Death of Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725) 1829 - Death of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (b. 1744) 1856 - Birth of Sir J. J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1940)
2015 – Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in Great Britain, closes. 2017 – Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501, derailed near DuPont, Washington, a city in United States near Olympia, Washington killing six people, and injuring 70 others.
Children. 6. Awards. Full list. William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
1271 – Mongol ruler Kublai Khan established the Yuan dynasty in present-day Mongolia and China. refimprove section. 1854 – The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada abolished the seigneurial system of New France . lead too long.
December 18: National Day in Qatar Atlas rocket carrying SCORE 1622 – Portuguese forces and their Imbangala allies defeated the Kongo army at the Battle of Mbumbi .
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Famous Birthdays is an American website based in Santa Monica, California, which is dedicated to cataloging the birthdays of famous people and compiling other facts about them.
Our guide features the best gifts to make people with December birthdays feel special and celebrated, separate from the month's holidays. 14 gifts to make December birthdays feel special Skip to ...
November 28. November 28 is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 33 days remain until the end of the year.
1431 – Hundred Years' War: Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris. [3] 1497 – Vasco da Gama passes the Great Fish River at the southern tip of Africa, where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.