Historical Birthdays for Tomorrow

🎂 Famous Historical Birthdays - December 18, 2025

1865 1st US cattle importation law passed

1858 Passy, at Paris: 1st "Samedi soir" i/d villa of lovers Rossini

1941 Japanse troops land on Hong Kong

1936 1st giant panda imported into US

1948 WDSU TV channel 6 in New Orleans, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting

1917 Soviet regiment (Stalin/Lenin) declares Finland Independent

1878 French SS Byzantin sinks after collision in Dardanellen, 210 killed

1892 "Nutcracker Suite," Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, premieres

1832 Charles Darwins visits Vurland

1996 TV industry execs agree to adopt a ratings system

1890 Lugards expedition to Mengo/Kampala, Uganda

1603 Admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies

1983 NBA San Diego Clippers ends 29 game road losing streak

1991 General Motors announces closing of 21 plants

1994 Norman, Couples & Azinger wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Golf Challenge

1989 "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode, shown for 1st time in over 30 years

1964 "I Had a BaIl" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 199 performances

1920 1st US postage stamps printed without the words United States or US

1849 William Bond obtains 1st photograph of Moon through a telescope

1994 Socialist Party (ex-communist) wins Bulgaria parliamentary election

1961 India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao & Diu

1970 "Me Nobody Knows" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 587 perfs

1948 Indonesia begins it's 2nd political election

1987 Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's future pres, marries Asif Ali Zardari

1859 South Carolina declared an "independent commonwealth"

1965 Borman & Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII mission

1965 Kenneth LeBel jumps 17 barrels on ice skates

1898 Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph)

1964 During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home

1962 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR

1993 Kevin Scott skates world record 1K (1:12.54)

1905 H V Hordern takes 8-81 in 2nd innings of F-C debut (NSW v Qld)

1945 Uruguay joins UN

1947 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Optissima Pax

1839 1st celestial photograph (of Moon) made in US, John Draper, NYC

1958 1st test project of Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equip

1977 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 42, Nate Thumond

1963 Muskegon, Michigan gets 3' of snow

1990 NL releases short list of teams for 1993 NL expansion

1813 British take Ft Niagara in War of 1812

1956 Phil Rizzuto signs as NY Yankee radio-TV announcer

1980 Vietnam adopts constitution

1956 Israeli flag hoisted on Mount Sinai

1970 Polish uprising fails

1862 Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid)

1974 SF Visitors Center at City Hall opens

1984 73rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats USA in Gothenburg (4-1)

1799 George Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon

1930 Bradman scores 258 NSW v South Aust, 289 mins, 37 fours

1996 Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe & England

1777 1st national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender

1973 Soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days

1865 13th Amendment ratified, slavery abolished

1971 US dollar devalued 7.9% in Holland ($1=џ3,245)

1958 Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day)

1118 Alfonso van Aragўn occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden

1980 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts minister Van Agts abortion laws

1979 Stanley Barrett 1st to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH)

1965 "La Grusse Valise" closes at 54th St Theater NYC after 7 performances

1970 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1956 Japan admitted to UN

1994 General Hospital stars Kristina Malandro & Jack Wagner wed

1973 Yanks sign Dick Williams as manager, overturned later by AL Pres

1952 Ellis W Ryan resigns as Cleve Indians president

1961 KAIL TV channel 53 in Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting

1963 Clarke runs world record 10k (28:15.6)

1962 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow

1994 Darryl Strawberry pleads not guilty on tax evasion charges

1935 Edward Benes becomes president of Czechoslovakia

1915 Pres Wilson, widowed the year before, marries Edith Bolling Galt

1796 1st US newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor)

1935 Bradman scores 117 in his 1st Shield cricket match for South Australia

1953 KMID TV channel 2 in Midland & Odessa, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting

1972 US begins its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam

1969 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1969 "Coco" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 333 performances

1976 Soviet dissident Viktor Bukovskiexchanged for Chile CP-leader Corvalan

1964 "The Pink Panther" cartoon series premieres (Pink Phink)

1936 Queensland cricket all out for 49 v Vic, Fleetwood-Smith 7-17

1939 Finnish army recaptures Agl„j„rvi

1978 USSR performs underground nuclear test

1961 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 78 points vs LA

1966 Dr Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS

1869 Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its 1st game

1990 NL announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St Petersburg, & Wash DC as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion (Miami & Denver win)

1957 Shippingport Atomic Power Stn, 1st nuke plant to generate electricity

1962 WAIQ TV channel 26 in Montgomery, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting

1936 Su-Lin, 1st giant panda to come to US from China, arrives in SF

1774 Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia

1932 Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in 1st NFL playoff game

1985 "Jerry's Girls" opens at St James Theater NYC for 139 performances

1991 DeForest Kelly (Dr McCoy on Star Trek) gets a star in Hollywood

1985 UN Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking"

1946 TV's 1st network dramatic serial "Faraway Hill" ends 2 month run

1961 For 2nd cons year, AP names Wilma Rudolph female athlete of year

1964 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1986 Mr Gates, serves as acting director of CIA

1969 Britain abolishes death penalty

1894 Cricket day 4 1T Aus v Eng England following on 4-268, 7 in front

1980 Bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Sq Garden

1352 Etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI

1956 "To Tell the Truth" debuts on CBS-TV

1971 People United To Save Humanity (PUSH) forms by Jesse Jackson in Chic

1923 International zone of Tangier set up in Morocco

1988 5th meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets win & eliminate Giants from playoffs

1971 1st Candlelight Processional

1989 Athol Fugard's "My Children, My Africa," premieres in NYC

1982 Flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 20 seconds

1949 Phila Eagles beat LA Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game

1958 1st voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower

1944 Nazi occupiers of Amsterdam destroy electricity plants

1787 New Jersey becomes 3rd state to ratify constitution

1783 English king George III fires govt of Portland

1966 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1944 Destroyers "Hull," "Spence" & "Monaghan" sink in typhoon (Philippines)

1892 Anton Bruckner's 8th Symphony, premieres

1976 "Wonder Woman" debuts on ABC

1971 CBS radio cancels Saturday morning band concerts

1994 "What's Wrong With this Pic?" closes at Circle in Sq NYC after 12 perf

1988 Seattle Seahawks win their 1st ever division title with 9-7 record

1899 Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts appointed Brit supreme commander in S Africa

1978 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1987 Ivan F Boesky sentenced to 3 years for insider trading

1961 Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles

1992 FCC vote 4-1 to allow Infinity to purchase Cook Inlet stations

1976 "A Star is Born," with Barbra Striesand, premieres

1994 "Comedy Tonight" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 8 performances

1953 KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting

1980 IRA's Sean McKenna becomes critically ill, ends hunger strike

1959 Sammy Baugh named 1st coach of NY Titans (AFL)

1960 General Meeting of UN condemns apartheid

1719 Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children"

1968 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1941 German submarine U-434 sinks

1406 Anton van Bourgondi‰s becomes duke of Brabant

1977 Dutch Antilles: premier Boy Rozendal points independence off

1621 English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation

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