On December 18th in History Part III
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On December 18th in 1917 - The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Senate and then officially proposed the states.
On December 18th in 1920 - 1st US postage stamps printed without the words United States or US
On December 18th in 1935 - A $1 silver certificate was issued for the first time in the U.S.
On December 18th in 1936 - Su-Lin, the first giant panda to come to the U.S. from China, arrived in San Francisco, CA. The bear was sold to the Brookfield Zoo for $8,750.
On December 18th in 1944 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the wartime relocation of Japanese-Americans, but also stated that undeniably loyal Americans of Japanese ancestry could not be detained.
On December 18th in 1950 - NATO foreign ministers approved plans to defend Western Europe, including the use of nuclear weapons, if necessary.
On December 18th in 1953 - WPTZ, in Philadelphia, PA, presented a Felso commercial, it was the first color telecast seen on a local station.
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