December 18th, 1906

Born on December 18th, 1906

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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, 2023

A series of mass protests began in Belgrade, Serbia, alleging electoral irregularities in the Serbian parliament and Belgrade city assembly elections.

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, 1622

Portuguese forces and their Imbangala allies defeated the Kongo army at the Battle of Mbumbi.

December 18th, 1499

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

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

Same year
Born in 1906

75

Friedrich Karl Kaul

German screenwriter

*February 21st, 1906, Poznań †April 16th, 1981, East Berlin

67

Bernhard Rösler

German entrepreneur

*June 9th, 1906, Essen †December 2nd, 1973, Düsseldorf

75

Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)

*December 19th, 1906, Kamyanske †November 10th, 1982, Zareche

90

George Wald

Nobel laureate

*November 18th, 1906, New York City †April 12th, 1997, Cambridge

69

Hannah Arendt

German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

*October 14th, 1906, Lindener Marktplatz 2, Hannover †December 4th, 1975, Upper West Side

68

Josephine Baker

American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)

*June 3rd, 1906, St. Louis †April 12th, 1975, Paris

65

Maria Goeppert Mayer

German-born American theoretical physicist (1906-1972)

*June 28th, 1906, Katowice †February 20th, 1972, San Diego

71

Kurt Gödel

Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906-1978)

*April 28th, 1906, Brno †January 14th, 1978, Princeton

53

Jacques Becker

French screenwriter and film director (1906-1960)

*September 15th, 1906, 1st arrondissement of Paris †February 21st, 1960, 16th arrondissement of Paris

58

Diana Wynyard

English actress (1906-1964)

*January 16th, 1906, London †May 13th, 1964, London

98

Hans Bethe

German-American nuclear physicist

*July 2nd, 1906, Strasbourg †March 6th, 2005, Ithaca

95

Léopold Sédar Senghor

First president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)

*October 9th, 1906, Joal-Fadiouth †December 20th, 2001, Verson

100

Bruce Bennett

American actor (1906–2007)

*May 19th, 1906, Tacoma †February 24th, 2007, Los Angeles

79

Hermione Baddeley

British character actress of theatre, film and television (1906-1986)

*November 13th, 1906, Broseley †August 19th, 1986, Los Angeles

91

Henny Youngman

American comedian (1906-1998)

*March 16th, 1906, Liverpool †February 24th, 1998, Manhattan

61

Puyi

Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)

*February 7th, 1906, Prince Chun Mansion †October 17th, 1967, Peking Union Medical College Hospital

69

Luchino Visconti

Italian theatre, opera and cinema director (1906–1976)

*November 2nd, 1906, Milan †March 17th, 1976, Rome

84

Erik Rhodes

American actor and singer

*February 10th, 1906, El Reno †February 17th, 1990, Oklahoma City

74

Hans Asperger

Austrian pediatrician, medical theorist, and medical professor (1906-1980)

*February 18th, 1906, Vienna †October 21st, 1980, Vienna

64

Iris Tanner

British swimmer, Olympic silver medallist

*November 20th, 1906, Eastbourne †February 22nd, 1971, Alfriston

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1906 is a normal year and no leap year.

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