December 18 in Diaries
1521: Antonio Pigafetta, chronicler of the Magellan expedition.
1898: Chriss Bell, soldier with the Oregon Volunteers, Alfred Burton Welch, soldier with the Washington Volunteers, John E.T. Milsaps, Salvation Army missionary.
1931: Marcial Lichauco, member of the OsRox Mission.
1941: Filipino civilians: Aurea Labrador, Housekeeper of Malacañan Palace, Teodoro M. Locsin, journalist; American military personnel: Gen. Lewis Beebe, USAFFE chief of staff, David L. Obert, pilot, Carter B. Simpson, USMC Captain, John P. Burns, pilot; American civilians: Tressa Cates, Lucy Hardee Olsen, Elizabeth Lautzenhiser, Denny Williams (Manila and environs), Natalie Crouter (Baguio), Elizabeth Vaughan (Negros)
1944: Filipino and Spanish civilians: Fr. Juan Labrador, O.P., Rector of Colegio de San Juan de Letran(Manila); Louise Fillmore Blancaflor, American married to a Filipino in Negros ; American civilian internees: Albert Holland (UST); American P.O.W.s: Warren Wilson.
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