December 18th, 1805

Born on December 18th, 1805

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What happened on December 18th?

December 18th, 2017

An Amtrak Cascades passenger train derailed near DuPont, Washington, killing three people and injuring sixty-five others.

December 18th, 2009

The Copenhagen Summit on climate change ended with the drafting of the non-binding Copenhagen Accord.

December 18th, 1979

Mohammad Mofatteh, an Iranian philosopher, was assassinated by the Furqan Group.

December 18th, 1969

On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the sixth James Bond film and the only one to star George Lazenby, premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London.

December 18th, 1966

Epimetheus, one of the moons of Saturn, was discovered, but was mistaken for Janus; it took twelve years to determine that they are two distinct objects sharing the same orbit.

December 18th, 1963

Ghanaian and other African students organized a protest in Moscow's Red Square in response to the alleged murder of medical student Edmund Assare-Addo.

December 18th, 1958

The United States launched SCORE (rocket pictured), the world's first communications satellite.

December 18th, 1939

Second World War: The Luftwaffe won a victory over the Royal Air Force in the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, greatly influencing both sides' future aerial warfare strategy.

December 18th, 1932

Playing indoors at Chicago Stadium on a modified American football field, the Chicago Bears defeated the Portsmouth Spartans in the first playoff game of the National Football League.

December 18th, 1913

The Jew's Christmas, the first American film to include a rabbi as a character, was released.

December 18th, 1898

Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat (pictured) set the first official land speed record, averaging 63.16 km/h (39.245 mph) over 1 km (0.62 mi) in Achères, France.

December 18th, 1867

In Angola, New York, the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged 40 feet (12 m) down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in approximately 49 deaths.

December 18th, 1499

Muslims in Granada began a rebellion against their Castilian rulers in response to forced conversions to Catholicism.

December 18th, 1865

US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the United States.

December 18th, 1793

Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 18th

Born on December 18th, 1805

55

Adolphe Dumas

French poet and writer (1805-1861)

*December 18th, 1805, Bompas †August 15th, 1861, Dieppe

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Who's birthday is on December 18th?

22

Billie Eilish

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 18th, 2001, Los Angeles

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

74

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953

*December 18th, 1878, Gori †March 5th, 1953, Kuntsevo Dacha

46

Vanessa Trump

American model and actress

*December 18th, 1977, New York City

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

81

Ulrich Wilcken

German historian (1862–1944)

*December 18th, 1862, Szczecin †December 10th, 1944, Baden-Baden

84

Roger Smith

American actor, film producer and screenwriter (1932–2017)

*December 18th, 1932, South Gate †June 4th, 2017, Sherman Oaks

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

82

John Hall

New Zealand politician (1824-1907)

*December 18th, 1824, Kingston upon Hull †June 25th, 1907, Christchurch

60

Brad Pitt

American actor and filmmaker

*December 18th, 1963, Shawnee

57

Marie-Guillemine Benoist

French painter (1768–1826)

*December 18th, 1768, Paris †October 8th, 1826, Paris

78

Willy Brandt

Chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974), SPD

*December 18th, 1913, Sankt Lorenz †October 8th, 1992, Unkel

53

Ernest Hoschedé

French businessman

*December 18th, 1837, Paris †March 18th, 1891, 9th arrondissement of Paris

43

Christina Aguilera

American singer

*December 18th, 1980, Staten Island

50

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary (1863–1914)

*December 18th, 1863, Graz †June 28th, 1914, Sarajevo

75

William Allen

American politician, 31st Governor of Ohio (1803-1879)

*December 18th, 1803, Edenton †July 11th, 1879, Chillicothe

63

Edwin Howard Armstrong

American electrical engineer and inventor

*December 18th, 1890, Manhattan †February 1st, 1954, New York City

22

Səbuhi Abdullazadə

Azerbaijani footballer

*December 18th, 2001, Azerbaijan

62

Angie Stone

American singer and actress

*December 18th, 1961, Columbia

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Born in 1805

38

Joseph Smith

Founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (1805–1844)

*December 23rd, 1805, Sharon †June 27th, 1844, Carthage

70

Hans Christian Andersen

Danish writer (1805–1875)

*April 2nd, 1805, Odense †August 4th, 1875, Copenhagen

66

Hugo von Mohl

German botanist (1805–1872)

*April 8th, 1805, Stuttgart †April 1st, 1872, Tübingen

60

William Rowan Hamilton

Irish mathematician and astronomer

*August 4th, 1805, Dublin †September 2nd, 1865, Dublin

66

Giuseppe Mazzini

Italian nationalist activist, politician, journalist and philosopher

*June 22nd, 1805, Genoa †March 10th, 1872, Pisa

73

Frederick Smith

British entomologist (1805 – 1879)

*December 30th, 1805, London †February 16th, 1879

89

Ferdinand de Lesseps

French diplomat and entrepreneur, developer of the Suez Canal

*November 19th, 1805, Versailles †December 7th, 1894, Guilly

53

Alexis de Tocqueville

French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs (1805-1859)

*July 29th, 1805, Paris †April 16th, 1859, Cannes

63

Thomas Graham

Chemist (1805–1869)

*December 20th, 1805, Glasgow †September 11th, 1869, London

43

Sarah Fuller Flower Adams

English poet, hymnwriter

*February 22nd, 1805, Old Harlow †August 14th, 1848, Greater London

73

William Lloyd Garrison

American journalist and abolitionist

*December 10th, 1805, Newburyport †May 24th, 1879, New York City

75

Louis Auguste Blanqui

French socialist and political activist (1805-1881)

*February 7th, 1805, Puget-Théniers †January 1st, 1881, Paris

59

Robert Fitzroy

Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

*July 5th, 1805, Bury St Edmunds †April 30th, 1865, London

54

Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet

German mathematician (*1805 – †1859)

*February 13th, 1805, Düren †May 5th, 1859, Göttingen

70

Marie d'Agoult

Franco-German romantic author and historian (1805-1876)

*December 31st, 1805, Frankfurt †March 5th, 1876, Paris

87

John Obadiah Westwood

English entomologist and archaeologist (1805-1893)

*December 22nd, 1805, Sheffield †January 2nd, 1893, Oxford

56

Jonas Furrer

Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1805-1861)

*March 3rd, 1805, Winterthur †July 25th, 1861, Bad Ragaz

70

Ferenc Toldy

Hungarian literary critic

*August 10th, 1805, Buda †December 10th, 1875, Budapest

80

Tomás Villalba

Uruguayan politician

*December 9th, 1805, Dolores †July 12th, 1886, Montevideo

44

Juan Arolas

Spanish writer

*June 20th, 1805, Barcelona †November 25th, 1849, Valencia

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1805 is a normal year and no leap year.

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