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On December 18, the United States began Operation Linebacker II, the most massive aerial bombardment ever made of North Vietnam. [ 37 ] Born: Chris Grant , Australian rules football star; in Daylesford, Victoria
The Politburo approved the proposal on December 14, followed by the CPSU Central Committee on December 26, and the announcement was made public on January 14. [ 19 ] Louis G. Cowan was fired from his job as President of the CBS Television Network as a result of the quiz show scandals of 1959.
Ipswich Town F.C. scored a 2–0 upset win over Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in an English soccer football match that would turn out to have been fixed. On April 12, 1965, The People, a London tabloid newspaper, would break the story that three of the Sheffield players, including a national team player, Peter Swan, had bet on their team to lose, and had made a £100 profit.
1818 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1818th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 818th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1810s decade. As of the start of 1818, the ...
December 7 – Marshal Ney is executed in Paris, near the Jardin du Luxembourg. December 23 – The novel Emma by Jane Austen is first published, anonymously in London, dated 1816. December 25 – The Handel and Haydn Society , the oldest continuously performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance, in Boston .
December 18, 1946 (Wednesday) [ edit ] The International Monetary Fund established its first par values and exchange rates, pegged against gold and the U.S. dollar, for the currencies of 32 of its member nations, with the 39 nations to pay in their subscriptions before March 1, 1947, for the privilege of borrowing from the World Bank.
Prosecutors in Santa Barbara, California, announce that they will file charges against the singer Michael Jackson on December 18 or 19. A major expansion of British airports is announced by the UK government, with Stansted, Heathrow and Birmingham set to gain extra runways.
Eleven people attending a rock concert were trampled to death during a crowd rush for unreserved seats before The Who rock concert at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati. [6] [7] The concert took place as scheduled, 45 minutes later, after coliseum officials determined that the stampede— of people forced up against a locked door— had taken place outside of the arena seating area.