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December 18
1787 - New Jersey became the third state to ratify the Constitution.
1865 - The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, abolishing slavery in the United States.
1892 - Peter Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" premiered at St. Petersburg's Maryinsky Theatre.
1915 - President Woodrow Wilson, widowed the year before, married Edith Bolling Galt.
1916 - During World War I, the 10-month Battle of Verdun ended with French troops succeeding in repulsing a major German offensive.
1917 - Congress passed the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors” and sent it to the states for ratification.
1940 - Adolf Hitler signed a secret directive ordering preparations for a Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. (Operation Barbarossa was launched in June 1941.)
1944 - The Supreme Court upheld the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans.
1956 - Japan was admitted to the United Nations.
1957 - The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania became the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States. (It was decommissioned in 1982.)
1958 - The world's first communications satellite was launched by the United States aboard an Atlas rocket.
1969 - The British Parliament abolished the death penalty for murder.
1972 - The United States began the heaviest bombing of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
1987 - Ivan F. Boesky was sentenced to three years in prison for plotting Wall Street's biggest insider-trading scandal.
1998 - The House of Representatives debated articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton.
2000 - George W. Bush received 271 votes in the delayed Electoral College balloting.
2003 - A judge in Seattle sentenced confessed Green River killer Gary Ridgeway to 48 consecutive life terms.
2003 - Two federal appeals courts ruled the U.S. military could not indefinitely hold prisoners without access to lawyers or American courts.
2003 - A jury in Chesapeake, Virginia, convicted teenager Lee Boyd Malvo of two counts of murder in the Washington-area sniper shootings. (He was later sentenced to life in prison without parole.)
2008 - A U.N. court in Tanzania convicted former Rwandan army Col. Theoneste Bagosora of genocide and crimes against humanity for masterminding the killings of more than half a million people in a 100-day slaughter in 1994.
2009 - Reality TV stars Jon and Kate Gosselin, parents of eight children, divorced.
2010 - The U.S. Senate voted 65 to 31 in favor of repealing the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Clinton-era military policy that forbids openly gay men and women from serving in the military.
2018 - The Trump administration banned bump stocks, the firearm attachments that allowed semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns, and gave gun owners until late March to turn in or destroy the devices.
2018 - The president authorized the Defense Department to create a new Space Command, an effort to better organize and advance the military’s operations in space.
2018 - Arizona’s governor appointed U.S. Rep. Martha McSally to replace Sen. Jon Kyl in the seat that had belonged to the late John McCain, sending the GOP congresswoman back to Washington just a month after she lost a tight race for the state’s other U.S. Senate seat.
Birthdays
22 - Ronald Acuna Jr. (baseball player)
27 - Bridgit Mendler (actress/singer)
29 - Victor Hedman (hockey player)
30 - Ashley benson (actress)
30 - Emily Atack (actress)
31 - Lyrica Anderson (singer)
39 - Christina Aguilera (singer)
41 - Ravi Patel (actor)
41 - Katie Holmes (actress)
41 - Josh Dallas (actor)
43 - Randy Houser (country singer)
44 - Sia (singer)
44 - Trish Stratus (professional wrestler)
48 - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (tennis player)
49 - DMX (rapper)
49 - Rob Van Dam (professional wrestler)
49 - Cowboy Troy (country singer)
51 - Casper Van Dien (actor)
51 - Rachel Griffiths (actress)
54 - Shawn Christian (actor)
55 - "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (professional wrestler)
56 - Brad Pitt (actor)
58 - Angie Stone (singer)
63 - Ron White (comedian)
65 - Ray Liotta (actor)
66 - Elliot Easton (musician)
69 - Leonard Maltin (movie critic)
73 - Steven Spielberg (producer/director)
76 - Keith Richards (singer)
81 - Roger Mosley (actor)
95 - Cicely Tyson (actress)
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Today in Sports History - December 18
1886 - Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb was born in Narrows, Georgia.
1949 - The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Los Angeles Rams 14-0 in the NFL Championship Game.
1961 - Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scored 78 points against the Los Angels Lakers.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain scored 62 points against the St. Louis Hawks.
1977 - The Cleveland Cavaliers retired Nate Thurmond's #42.
1983 - Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers scored his 100th point of the season.
1983 - The San Diego Clippers ended an NBA road losing streak of 29 games.
1993 - The NFL announced a new 4-year agreement with ABC, ESPN, TNT and FOX. FOX had taken the NFC package of games from CBS.
2006 - The NBA announced fines and supsensions related to a fight that occurred during a game between the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks on December 16, 2006. Both teams were fined $500,000, Carmelo Anthony was suspended for 15 games and Nate Robinson and J.R. Smith were suspended 10 games.
1787 - New Jersey became the third state to ratify the Constitution.
1865 - The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, abolishing slavery in the United States.
1892 - Peter Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" premiered at St. Petersburg's Maryinsky Theatre.
1915 - President Woodrow Wilson, widowed the year before, married Edith Bolling Galt.
1916 - During World War I, the 10-month Battle of Verdun ended with French troops succeeding in repulsing a major German offensive.
1917 - Congress passed the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors” and sent it to the states for ratification.
1940 - Adolf Hitler signed a secret directive ordering preparations for a Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. (Operation Barbarossa was launched in June 1941.)
1944 - The Supreme Court upheld the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans.
1956 - Japan was admitted to the United Nations.
1957 - The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania became the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States. (It was decommissioned in 1982.)
1958 - The world's first communications satellite was launched by the United States aboard an Atlas rocket.
1969 - The British Parliament abolished the death penalty for murder.
1972 - The United States began the heaviest bombing of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
1987 - Ivan F. Boesky was sentenced to three years in prison for plotting Wall Street's biggest insider-trading scandal.
1998 - The House of Representatives debated articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton.
2000 - George W. Bush received 271 votes in the delayed Electoral College balloting.
2003 - A judge in Seattle sentenced confessed Green River killer Gary Ridgeway to 48 consecutive life terms.
2003 - Two federal appeals courts ruled the U.S. military could not indefinitely hold prisoners without access to lawyers or American courts.
2003 - A jury in Chesapeake, Virginia, convicted teenager Lee Boyd Malvo of two counts of murder in the Washington-area sniper shootings. (He was later sentenced to life in prison without parole.)
2008 - A U.N. court in Tanzania convicted former Rwandan army Col. Theoneste Bagosora of genocide and crimes against humanity for masterminding the killings of more than half a million people in a 100-day slaughter in 1994.
2009 - Reality TV stars Jon and Kate Gosselin, parents of eight children, divorced.
2010 - The U.S. Senate voted 65 to 31 in favor of repealing the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Clinton-era military policy that forbids openly gay men and women from serving in the military.
2018 - The Trump administration banned bump stocks, the firearm attachments that allowed semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns, and gave gun owners until late March to turn in or destroy the devices.
2018 - The president authorized the Defense Department to create a new Space Command, an effort to better organize and advance the military’s operations in space.
2018 - Arizona’s governor appointed U.S. Rep. Martha McSally to replace Sen. Jon Kyl in the seat that had belonged to the late John McCain, sending the GOP congresswoman back to Washington just a month after she lost a tight race for the state’s other U.S. Senate seat.
Birthdays
22 - Ronald Acuna Jr. (baseball player)
27 - Bridgit Mendler (actress/singer)
29 - Victor Hedman (hockey player)
30 - Ashley benson (actress)
30 - Emily Atack (actress)
31 - Lyrica Anderson (singer)
39 - Christina Aguilera (singer)
41 - Ravi Patel (actor)
41 - Katie Holmes (actress)
41 - Josh Dallas (actor)
43 - Randy Houser (country singer)
44 - Sia (singer)
44 - Trish Stratus (professional wrestler)
48 - Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (tennis player)
49 - DMX (rapper)
49 - Rob Van Dam (professional wrestler)
49 - Cowboy Troy (country singer)
51 - Casper Van Dien (actor)
51 - Rachel Griffiths (actress)
54 - Shawn Christian (actor)
55 - "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (professional wrestler)
56 - Brad Pitt (actor)
58 - Angie Stone (singer)
63 - Ron White (comedian)
65 - Ray Liotta (actor)
66 - Elliot Easton (musician)
69 - Leonard Maltin (movie critic)
73 - Steven Spielberg (producer/director)
76 - Keith Richards (singer)
81 - Roger Mosley (actor)
95 - Cicely Tyson (actress)
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Today in Sports History - December 18
1886 - Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb was born in Narrows, Georgia.
1949 - The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Los Angeles Rams 14-0 in the NFL Championship Game.
1961 - Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors scored 78 points against the Los Angels Lakers.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain scored 62 points against the St. Louis Hawks.
1977 - The Cleveland Cavaliers retired Nate Thurmond's #42.
1983 - Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers scored his 100th point of the season.
1983 - The San Diego Clippers ended an NBA road losing streak of 29 games.
1993 - The NFL announced a new 4-year agreement with ABC, ESPN, TNT and FOX. FOX had taken the NFC package of games from CBS.
2006 - The NBA announced fines and supsensions related to a fight that occurred during a game between the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks on December 16, 2006. Both teams were fined $500,000, Carmelo Anthony was suspended for 15 games and Nate Robinson and J.R. Smith were suspended 10 games.