Historical Events In December - 18

1991  General Motors announces the closing of 21 plants on this day in history.  

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

1992  On December - 18 dana Andrews, actor (Best Years of Our Lifes), dies at 83  

1993  On this day in history sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies of prostate cancer at 74  

1994  Heinz Bernard Lowenstein, actor/director, dies at 71 on December - 18.  

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

1996  On December - 18 arthur Jacobs, musicologist, dies at 74  

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

2005  On December - 18 evo Morales wins the Bolivian Presidential Elections.  

2005  Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized after suffering a minor stroke. He was released from the hospital two days later on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history the Verkhovna Rada has approved Yulia Tymoshenko to become Prime Minister of Ukraine.  

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 this day in history.  

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

2018  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 on December - 18.  

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 this day in history.  

2019  On December - 18 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.  

2019  On December - 18 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.  

2020  On this day in history uS Vice President Mike Pence receives the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine live on TV  

2020  On December - 18 [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 75 million worldwide.  

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1507  On December - 18 birth of Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)  

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

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on December - 18.  

1602  On December - 18 birth of simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650)  

1610  On December - 18 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  Willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised was born on this day in history.  

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  On December - 18 death of hildebert, French writer  

1290  On this day in history death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)  

1442  On this day in history death of pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)  

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

1505  Death of John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed on December - 18.  

1565  On this day in history benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62