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Today is Day 18 of 2024
1778
James Cook is the
first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he calls the
Sandwich Islands after the
4th Earl of Sandwich.
1779
Lexicographer Peter
Mark Roget (Roget's
Thesaurus) born in London, England.
1788
The First Fleet carrying
736 convicts from Great Britain arrives in Australia at Botany
Bay.
1882
Author A. A. Milne born (Winnie the Pooh)
born in St. John's Wood, London.
1888
English ice
hockey player, ballonist, motorcyclist, sailor, and aviator Thomas Sopwith
born in Kennsington, England.
Mr. Sopwith was one of the founders of
a company that produced the Sopwith Camel
fighter during World War I.
1892 
Film comedian Oliver Hardy born
Harlem, Georgia.
1904
Actor Cary Grant (The
Philadelphia Story) born in Bristol, England.
1913
Actor,
singer, dancer, and comedian Danny Kaye (White
Christmas) born in Brooklyn, New York.
1932
Author Robert Anton
Wilson (Cosmic Trigger) born in
Brooklyn, New York.
1976 
Super
Bowl X - Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Dallas Cowboys 21-7 in the
Miami Orange Bowl.
This Day at the New Yorker
Proverb:
"Give a monkey a brain and he'll swear he's the center of the universe." ~ Discordian Proverb
