Today is Saturday, December 18, the 352nd day of 2010. There are 13 days left in the year.
1621 ― English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation
1796 ― First U.S. newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor)
1799 ― George Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon
1892 ― Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet ``Nutcracker Suite" premieres
1898 ― Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph)
1936 ― Su-Lin, first giant panda to come to U.S. from China, arrives in San Francisco
1960 ― General Assembly of United Nations condemns apartheid
1961 ― Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles
1969 ― Britain abolishes death penalty
1996 ― TV industry executives agree to adopt a ratings system