Hisdates•ComPage 8: Historical Events In December - 18
Monday, 20 January 2025
1991 On this day in history general Motors announces the closing of 21 plants 
1991 June Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73 on December - 18.
1992 Dana Andrews, actor (Best Years of Our Lifes), dies at 83 on December - 18.
1993 Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies of prostate cancer at 74 on December - 18.
1994 Heinz Bernard Lowenstein, actor/director, dies at 71 on December - 18.
1995 On this day in history chaim Pearl, rabbi, dies at 76
1996 Arthur Jacobs, musicologist, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1997 Chris Farley, comedian (SNL, Tommy Boy), dies at 33 on this day in history.
2005 Evo Morales wins the Bolivian Presidential Elections on this day in history.
2005 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized after suffering a minor stroke. He was released from the hospital two days later on December - 18.
2005 The World Trade Organization 6th ministerial conference concludes in Hong Kong with a limited trade deal being ratified on December - 18.
2007 On December - 18 jacob Zuma is elected president of the African National Congress political party in South Africa during the party's national conference.
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 this day in history.
2018 On this day in history nevada becomes the first US state with a female-majority legislature with new appointments taking it to 51%
2018 Fire destroys 600 stilt homes in Manaus, northwestern Brazil on December - 18.
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 [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 this day in history.
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