Hisdates•ComPage 8: Historical Events In December - 18
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
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 On this day in history dana Andrews, actor (Best Years of Our Lifes), dies at 83
1993 Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies of prostate cancer at 74 on December - 18.
1994 On December - 18 heinz Bernard Lowenstein, actor/director, dies at 71
1995 Chaim Pearl, rabbi, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1996 On this day in history arthur Jacobs, musicologist, dies at 74
1997 On this day in history chris Farley, comedian (SNL, Tommy Boy), dies at 33
2005 Evo Morales wins the Bolivian Presidential Elections on December - 18.
2005 On this day in history israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized after suffering a minor stroke. He was released from the hospital two days later.
2005 On this day in history the World Trade Organization 6th ministerial conference concludes in Hong Kong with a limited trade deal being ratified.
2007 On this day in history jacob Zuma is elected president of the African National Congress political party in South Africa during the party's national conference.
2007 On December - 18 the Verkhovna Rada has approved Yulia Tymoshenko to become Prime Minister of Ukraine.
2012 On this day in history 4 people are killed and 11 are injured after an apartment block collapses in Palermo, Italy
2017 On this day in history south Africa's ANC selects Cyril Ramaphosa as leader, to succeed President Jacob Zuma
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 December - 18 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 this day in history.
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 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 on December - 18.
2020 US Vice President Mike Pence receives the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine live on TV on December - 18.
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 75 million worldwide on this day in history.
2023 A number of shipping companies announce a temporary suspension of their operations in the Red Sea due to continued attacks on vessels by Houthi rebels on December - 18.
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