12-18-2013, 06:13 AM
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December 18th
1737 ~ Death of Antonio Stradivari, Italian violin maker.
1786 ~ Birthday of Carl Maria von Weber, Composer.
1912 ~ Official presentation of the discovery of Piltdown Man.
1936 ~ Death of Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian seismologist.
1957 ~ The first U.S. civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity went online.
1989 ~ The British Labour Party under Neil Kinnock dropped its policy on trade union closed shops.
1996 ~ "Ebonics" was declared a language or dialect by the outgoing school board of Oakland, California, whose vote was overturned by the incoming board. The Clinton administration declared "black English" a form of slang that did not belong in the classroom.
2002 ~ California Governor Grey Davis announced that the state would face a budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier. The budget issue was used to support his 2003 recall from office.
2006 ~ Death of Joseph Barbera, of Hanna-Barbera, creators of The Flintstones, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, and Yogi Bear.
2010 ~ Governmental protests begin in Tunisia, which brought about the Arab Spring!
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