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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.
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)
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 .
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.
Josh Homme, American singer and guitarist of Queens of the Stone Age, turns 51. Peter Trunk (May 17, 1936 –December 31, 1973), German bass player, would have turned 88 this year. David Izenzon (May 17, 1932 –October 06, 1979), American bass player, would have turned 92 this 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.
Billie Eilish, American singer and songwriter, turns 22. DMX (December 18, 1970 –April 9, 2021), American rapper, would have turned 53 this year. Randy Castillo (December 18, 1950 –March 26, 2002), American drummer, would have turned 73 this year.
Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February.