December 18 in history: • 1499 – Muslims in Granada began a rebellion against their Castilian rulers in response to forced conversions to Catholicism. → go there • 1792 – Thomas Paine (depicted) was found guilty of seditious libel for the publication of the second part of his book Rights of Man. → go there • 1867 – In Angola, New York, the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in approximately 49 deaths. → go there • 1939 – Second World War: The Luftwaffe won a victory over the Royal Air Force in the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, greatly influencing both sides' future aerial warfare strategy. → go there • 2023 – A series of mass protests began in Belgrade, Serbia, alleging electoral irregularities in the Serbian parliament and Belgrade city assembly elections. → go there Born 1849: Henrietta Edwards Wiki link Born 1890: Edwin Howard Armstrong Wiki link Born 1975: Sia Wiki link Died 1980: Alexei Kosygin Wiki link Pictured: Thomas Paine.