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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 20th December 2018   
   20 Dec 18 03:53:53   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-111b-this   
      
   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   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   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   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   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   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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