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December 18 The argument over women's rights in Victoria was lampooned in this Melbourne Punch cartoon of 1887 1894 – South Australia is the first colony to give women equal franchise with men.
December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... [18] 1859 – Paul César Helleu, French painter and illustrator (d. 1927)
Buddha's Birthday or Buddha Day (also known as Buddha Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, and Buddha Pournami) is a primarily Buddhist festival that is celebrated in most of South, Southeast and East Asia, commemorating the birth of the prince Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Gautama Buddha and founded Buddhism.
Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar [a] (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician.Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, including solutions to mathematical problems then considered unsolvable.
December 8 is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1864 – Camille Claudel, French illustrator and sculptor (d. 1943) [18]
December 27 is the 361st day of the year ... 1459 – John I Albert, King of Poland (d. 1501) [18] 1481 – Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, ...
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Leo Wright (December 14, 1933 –January 04, 1991), American alto saxophonist, would have turned 90 this year. Charlie Rich (December 14, 1932 –July 25, 1995), country musician, would have turned 91 this year. Phineas Newborn, Jr. (December 14, 1931 –May 26, 1989), American pianist, would have turned 92 this year.