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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_18" title="December 18">December 18</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_(Qatar)" title="National Day (Qatar)">National Day</a></b> in Qatar (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1878" title="1878">1878</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1499" title="1499">1499</a> – Muslims in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granada" title="Granada">Granada</a> began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebellion_of_the_Alpujarras_(1499%E2%80%931501)" title="Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1499–1501)">a rebellion</a></b> against their <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_of_Castile" title="Crown of Castile">Castilian</a> rulers in response to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_conversions_of_Muslims_in_Spain" title="Forced conversions of Muslims in Spain">forced conversions to Catholicism</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1898" title="1898">1898</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_de_Chasseloup-Laubat" title="Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat">Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat</a> set the first official <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_speed_record" title="Land speed record">land speed record</a></b>, averaging 63.16 km/h (39.245 mph) over 1 km (0.62 mi) in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ach%C3%A8res,_Yvelines" title="Achères, Yvelines">Achères</a>, France.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913" title="1913">1913</a> – <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jew%27s_Christmas" title="The Jew's Christmas">The Jew's Christmas</a></b></i>, the first American film to include a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi" title="Rabbi">rabbi</a> as a character, was released.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939" title="1939">1939</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> won a victory over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Heligoland_Bight_(1939)" title="Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1939)">Battle of the Heligoland Bight</a></b>, greatly influencing both sides' future aerial warfare strategy.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Unified_School_District" title="Oakland Unified School District">school board of Oakland, California</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English_and_education" title="African-American Vernacular English and education">passed a controversial resolution</a></b> officially declaring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Vernacular_English" title="African-American Vernacular English">African-American Vernacular English</a> to be a separate language or dialect.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Edwards" title="Henrietta Edwards">Henrietta Edwards</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1849); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses" title="Robert Moses">Robert Moses</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1888); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotta_Brom%C3%A9" title="Lotta Bromé">Lotta Bromé</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1964)</p>
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