Page 8: Historical Events In December - 18

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  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 this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history heinz Bernard Lowenstein, actor/director, dies at 71   

1995  On this day in history chaim Pearl, rabbi, dies at 76   

1996  On this day in history arthur Jacobs, musicologist, dies at 74   

1997  On December - 18 chris Farley, comedian (SNL, Tommy Boy), dies at 33   

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

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

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 December - 18 the Verkhovna Rada has approved Yulia Tymoshenko to become Prime Minister of Ukraine.   

2012  On December - 18 4 people are killed and 11 are injured after an apartment block collapses in Palermo, Italy   

2017  On December - 18 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 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  On December - 18 nevada becomes the first US state with a female-majority legislature with new appointments taking it to 51%   

2018  On December - 18 fire destroys 600 stilt homes in Manaus, northwestern Brazil   

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  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 this day in history.   

2020  US Vice President Mike Pence receives the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine live on TV on December - 18.   

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

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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1507  ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) was born on December - 18.   

1562  On this day in history birth of philipp Dulichius, composer   

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1602  Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1610  Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist was born on December - 18.   

1620  On this day in history birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)   

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 December - 18.   

0468  Death of Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita on this day in history.   

0821  Death of Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans on December - 18.   

1133  On December - 18 death of hildebert, French writer   

1290  Death of King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240) on December - 18.   

1442  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on this day in history.   

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  Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62 on this day in history.