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It happened one 18 December
1620 : Pilgrims of the Mayflower went ashore at Plymouth harborOn 18 December 1620, the Pilgrims of the Mayflower, originally from Nottinghamshire, arrive in a natural harbor of Cape Cod Bay. They left on September 6, 1620 to found a new world and after a hard journey and having located a suitable place to go ashore, could finally leave the ship and found their first settlement. |
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1914 : Egypt came under British controlOn December 18, 1914, Egypt came under the control of the English. The country was formerly under Turkish sovereignty. |
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1916 : End of the Battle of VerdunAfter 10 months of a battle that claimed nearly a million French and German soldiers, the battle of Verdun ended December 18, 1916. |
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1978 : Cleveland went bankruptOn December 18, 1978, the city of Cleveland, Ohio, was declared bankrupt. 10,000 city employees were laid off. |
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2009 : Arbeit Macht Frei stolenOn December 18, 2009, the sign Arbeit Macht Frei (work makes free) was stolen from the site of Auschwitz in Poland. The Nazis had placed it on the entrance gate of the extermination camp, to suggest that it was a labor camp, even if the people who came just to get out in the form of ashes were not likely to think that this could be the case. The sign was found the next day, cut into three pieces. |
Latest news : 18 December
| Niger Republic Day The Republic Day in Niger, marks the founding of the republic and the presidency of the republic on December 18, 1958. |
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| Qatar National Day |
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| International Migrants Day On December 4, 2000, taking into account the increasing number of migrants worldwide, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 18 December as International Migrants Day (resolution 55/93). It chose this date because the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families was adopted on December 18, 1990. |
Quote of the day : 18 December
| Voltaire I decided to be happy because it's good for health. |
Birthdays : 18 December
| Paul Klee, Swiss painter (1879) | |
| Jules Dassin, American director (1911) | |
| Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany (1913) | |
| Betty Grable, Actress (1916) | |
| Keith Richards, English guitarist (1943) | |
| Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist (1946) | |
| Steven Spielberg, American director (1946) | |
| Laurent Voulzy, French author, composer and interpreter (1948) | |
| Ray Liotta, Actor (1954) | |
| Brian Orser, Canadian figure skater (1961) | |
| Brad Pitt, American actor (1963) | |
| Casper Van Dien, Actor (1968) | |
| Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Spanish tennis player (1971) | |
| Katie Holmes, American actress (1978) | |
| Christina Aguilera, American singer (1980) | |
| Hana Soukupová, Czech supermodel (1985) |
They left us one 18 December
| Auguste Valensin, French philosopher and Jesuit (1953) | |
| Bobby Jones, American golfer (1971) | |
| Robert Bresson, French director (1999) | |
| Gilbert Bécaud, Singer (2001) | |
| Jean Dieuzaide, French photographer (2003) | |
| Joseph Barbera, American drawer (2006) | |
| Václav Havel, Czech writer and politician (2011) |
Tip of the Day : 18 December
Pour redonner vie à vos feutres secsSi votre feutre devient sec, il suffit de mettre 3 gouttes de vinaigre blanc sur la mèche du feutre en ouvrant le capuchon du dessous. Et c'est reparti pour un tour ! |
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