Historical Events In December - 18

1991  General Motors announces the closing of 21 plants on December - 18.  

1991  June Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73 on this day in history.  

1992  Dana Andrews, actor (Best Years of Our Lifes), dies at 83 on December - 18.  

1993  On December - 18 sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies of prostate cancer at 74  

1994  On December - 18 heinz Bernard Lowenstein, actor/director, dies at 71  

1995  On December - 18 chaim Pearl, rabbi, dies at 76  

1996  Arthur Jacobs, musicologist, dies at 74 on December - 18.  

1997  Chris Farley, comedian (SNL, Tommy Boy), dies at 33 on December - 18.  

2005  On this day in history evo Morales wins the Bolivian Presidential Elections.  

2005  On December - 18 israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized after suffering a minor stroke. He was released from the hospital two days later.  

2005  The World Trade Organization 6th ministerial conference concludes in Hong Kong with a limited trade deal being ratified on December - 18.  

2007  Jacob Zuma is elected president of the African National Congress political party in South Africa during the party's national conference on this day in history.  

2007  The Verkhovna Rada has approved Yulia Tymoshenko to become Prime Minister of Ukraine on this day in history.  

2012  4 people are killed and 11 are injured after an apartment block collapses in Palermo, Italy on this day in history.  

2017  South Africa's ANC selects Cyril Ramaphosa as leader, to succeed President Jacob Zuma on this day in history.  

2017  Australia regains cricket's Ashes against England, winning by an innings to take 3 game lead at the Wacca in Perth on December - 18.  

2017  On December - 18 austria swears in new coalition government with Sebastian Kurz aged 31 of the People's Party made Chancellor  

2018  On this day in history manchester United sacks high profile Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho; United in 6th place in EPL, 19 points behind league leaders Liverpool; Ole Gunnar Solskjaer new caretaker manager  

2018  Nevada becomes the first US state with a female-majority legislature with new appointments taking it to 51% on December - 18.  

2018  Fire destroys 600 stilt homes in Manaus, northwestern Brazil on December - 18.  

2019  The CHEOPS space telescope, whose mission is to study the formation of extrasolar planets and determine their precise radius, likely density and internal structure, is launched on this day in history.  

2019  On this day in history the U.S. House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment against President Trump, making him the third president to be impeached in the nation's history.December 19 - Libya's Government of National Accord activates a cooperation accord with Turkey, allowing for a potential Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War.  

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1507  On this day in history birth of Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)  

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer was born on this day in history.  

1569  On this day in history birth of jakob Hassler, composer  

1602  Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650) was born on December - 18.  

1610  On this day in history birth of charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist  

1620  Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668) was born on December - 18.  

1633  Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised was born on December - 18.  

1633  On this day in history birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised  

0468  On this day in history death of huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita  

0821  On this day in history death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans  

1133  Death of Hildebert, French writer on December - 18.  

1290  On December - 18 death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)  

1442  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on December - 18.  

1495  On this day in history death of king Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448)  

1505  On this day in history death of john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed  

1565  On December - 18 benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62