12-18-2004, 07:47 AM
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December 18th
1642 ~ Abel Tasman landed at Mohua Golden Bay becoming the first European in New Zealand.
1737 ~ Death of Antonio Stradivari, Italian violin maker.
1786 ~ Birthday of Carl Maria von Weber, Composer.
1863 ~ Birthday of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (d. 1914)
1865 ~ Slavery was abolished in the United States, with the passing of the 13th Amendment.
1912 ~ Piltdown Man "discovered"
1916 ~ Battle of Verdun ended, with an estimated 700,000 casualties.
1936 ~ Death of Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian seismologist.
1946 ~ Birthday of Steven Spielberg, movie director.
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.
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