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	Saturday, December 18th The 352nd day of 2010. There are 13 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Dec. 18, 1957, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States, went online. (Go to article.)On Dec. 18, 1888, Robert Moses,the American public servant who supervised the construction of many New York landmarks, including the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Shea Stadium , was born.Following his death on July 29, 1981,his obituary appeared in The Times.(Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
		On December 18, 1909, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about airplane travel. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
1787	New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1865	Slavery ended in the United States as the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was declared in effect.
1886	Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb was born in Narrows, Ga.
1892	Peter Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia.
1915	President Woodrow Wilson, widowed the year before, married Edith Bolling Galt.
1944	The Supreme Court upheld the wartime relocation of Japanese-Americans.
1958	The world's first communications satellite was launched by the United States aboard an Atlas rocket.
1969	Britain's 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.
2003	A judge in Seattle sentenced confessed Green River killer Gary Ridgeway to 48 consecutive life terms.
2003	A jury in Chesapeake, Va., 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.

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Current Birthdays

Keith Richards turns 67 years old today.

AP Photo/Evan Agostini Rock musician Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) turns 67 years old today.

83 Ramsey Clark Former U.S. attorney general 64 Steven Spielberg Director, producer 60 Leonard Maltin Movie critic 57 Elliot Easton Rock musician (The Cars) 55 Ray Liotta Actor 47 Brad Pitt Actor 42 Rachel Griffiths Actress 40 Cowboy Troy Country singer, rapper ("Nashville Star") 40 DMX Rapper 39 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Tennis Hall of Famer 32 Katie Holmes Actress 30 Christina Aguilera Singer

Historic Birthdays
Robert Moses
12/18/1888 - 7/29/1981 American public works planner; supervised construction of Lincoln Center and Shea Stadium  (Go to obit.)
83	Sir J. J. Thompson 12/18/1856 - 8/30/1940 English physicist
50	Francis Ferdinand 12/18/1863 - 6/28/1914 Austrian archduke
60	Paul Klee 12/18/1879 - 6/29/1940 Swiss painter
74	Ty Cobb 12/18/1886 - 7/17/1961 American baseball player
82	Dame Gladys Cooper 12/18/1888 - 11/17/1971 English actress
70	George Stevens 12/18/1904 - 3/8/1975 American film director
78	Willy Brandt 12/18/1913 - 10/8,9/1992 German statesman
56	Betty Grable 12/18/1916 - 7/2/1973 American actress

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