December 18

December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by December 17, and succeeded by December 19. Following December 18, there are 13 days in the year.

Events

• 1878 – British steamer SS Canada leaves harbor of New York at 2:30 p.m. with Mme. Blavatsky, Col. Olcott, Rosa Bates and Edward Wimbridge on board, in their moving to India.
• 1956 – Young Tenzin Gyatso, the XIV Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama traveled to India for the first time in 1956 and visited the International Headquarters of the Theosophical Society in Adyar, Chennai.

Births

• 1887 – E. Norman Pearson, lecturer and leader in Theosophical Society in America (Adyar)

Deaths

• YEAR – NAME, SOMETHING ABOUT PERSON (b. YEAR) - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

Holidays and observances

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External links

• This Date in Wikipedia