On this day ......

[Natello4]

December 18, 1943 - Keith Richards, an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, best-selling memoirist and founding member of the rock band The Rolling Stones, is born.

 

[Natello4]

December 18, 1878 - Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953, was born. Holding the post of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he was effectively the dictator of the state.

 

[Natello4]

December 18, 1863 - Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria (Franz Ferdinand), an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia and, from 1896 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was born.

 

[Natello4]

December 18, 1977 - Axel Christofer Hedfors (Axwell), a Swedish DJ, record producer, remixer and owner of Axtone Records. He was a member of Swedish House Mafia along with Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello, is born.

 

[unloadonme]

20 December 1902 – Birth of Prince George, Duke of Kent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George,_Duke_of_Kent

 

[BillyT]

December 20, 1996 – Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist died.

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[unloadonme]

23 December 1779 – Death of Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Hervey,_3rd_Earl_of_Bristol

 

[BillyT]

December 23, 1982 – Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter died.

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[unloadonme]

30 December 1865 – Birth of Rudyard Kipling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling

 

[BillyT]

December 30, 1922 – The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.

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[unloadonme]

1 January 1879 – Birth of E M Forster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._M._Forster

 

[BillyT]

January 1, 1651 – Charles II is crowned King of Scotland.

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[unloadonme]

2 January 1727 – Birth of Major General James Wolfe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wolfe

 

[BillyT]

January 2, 1975 – Dax Shepard, American actor is born.

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[unloadonme]

3 January 1883 – Birth of Clement Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Attlee

 

[BillyT]

January 3, 1925 – Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.

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[unloadonme]

5 January 1066 – Death of Edward the Confessor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Confessor

 

[BillyT]

January 5, 1931, Actor Robert Duvall is born.

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[BiMeGuy]

January 5, 1896: German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen's discovery of a new form of radiation, later dubbed by Röntgen as 'X' for unknown, is published in an Austrian newspaper. (X-rays)

 

[BillyT]

January 6, 1355 – Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan.

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