On This Day in History December 18, 2018

Historical Events 1271  Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China 1603  First fleet of the Dutch East India Company under Admiral Steven van der Haghen departs for the East-Indies 1957  World's 1st full scale nuclear power plant begins to generate electricity, at the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Christina Aguilera 37th Birthday Franz Ferdinand (1863 - 1914) Joseph Stalin (1878 - 1953) Steven Spielberg 72nd Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Bobby Jones (1902 - 1971) Joseph Barbera (1911 - 2006) More Famous Deaths December 18: The Face that Launched a Thousand Quips... The greatest and most famous clown of them all, and by whose name, Joey, all circus clowns became known, was born on this day, December 18, 1778.