December 18 in history
Events on December 18
Notable events that happened on December 18 in past years.
- 2022
Argentina win the FIFA World Cup final, defeating title holders France 4–2 on penalties following a 3–3 draw after extra time.
Wikipedia article: Argentina national football team - 2015
Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in Great Britain, closes.
Wikipedia article: Kellingley Colliery - 2006
United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections.
Wikipedia article: United Arab Emirates - 1999
NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
Wikipedia article: NASA - 1977
United Airlines Flight 2860 crashes near Kaysville, Utah, killing all three crew members on board.
Wikipedia article: United Airlines Flight 2860 - 1972
Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th.
Wikipedia article: Vietnam War - 1958
Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.
Wikipedia article: SCORE (satellite) - 1944
The Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Korematsu v. United States supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 which cleared the way for the incarceration of nearly all 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, born and raised in the United States.
Wikipedia article: Supreme Court of the United States - 1932
The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans in the first NFL playoff game to win the NFL Championship.
Wikipedia article: Chicago Bears - 1916
World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when the second French offensive pushes the Germans back two or three kilometres, causing them to cease their attacks.
Wikipedia article: World War I - 1878
The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.
Wikipedia article: House of Thani - 1854
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada abolishes the seigneurial system.
Wikipedia article: Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada - 1777
The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.
Wikipedia article: Thanksgiving (United States) - 1622
Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in present-day Angola.
- 1118
The city of Zaragoza is conquered by king Alfonso I of Aragon from the Almoravid.
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