• Today in History for 20th December 2018

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    Historical Events

    1892 - Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, NY

    1907 - Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91

    1912 - Paul Claudels "L'Annonce Faite à Marie" premieres in Paris

    1918 - Eugene O'Neill's "Moon of the Caribees" premieres in NYC

    1944 - Archbishop De Young and bishop Huibers condemn black market

    1978 - H. R. Haldeman, Nixon's White House Chief of Staff released from jail

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    Famous Birthdays

    1758 - Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer (d. 1832)

    1833 - Samuel Mudd, American physician (imprisoned for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth), born in Charles Country, Maryland (d. 1833)

    1861 - Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (d. 1926)

    1943 - Angel Tompkins, American actress (Gloria-Search), born in Albany, California

    1972 - Scott Slutzker, American football tight end (Indianapolis Colts), born in Oakland, California

    1983 - Adrián Varela, Mexican singer, born in Culiacán, Mexico

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    Famous Deaths

    860 - King Ethelbald of Wessex

    1022 - Elvira Mendes, wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)

    1679 - Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75

    1965 - Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, German anthropologist (classified human into races), dies at 73

    2009 - Mairoon Ali, Trinidadian comedienne and actress (b. 1954)

    2017 - Bernard Francis Law, disgraced American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (1982-2002), dies at 86

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