12-18-2005, 09:20 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 ~ With the proclamation by Secretary of State William Seward, of the passing of the 13th Amendment, slavery was abolished in the United States.
1912 ~ Official presentation of the discovery of Piltdown Man.
1936 ~ Death of Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian seismologist.
1946 ~ Birthday of Steven Spielberg, movie director.
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 subsequently 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.
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