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1867 – A magnitude 7.0 earthquakes strikes off the coast of Taiwan, triggering a tsunami and killing at least 580 people. [5] 1878 – The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar. 1892 – Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
December 18, 1963 (Wednesday) About 500 African students, mostly from Ghana in the Soviet Union organized a protest in Moscow , marching through Red Square and even scuffling with police, after the December 13 death of a 29-year-old Ghanaian medical student, Edmund Assare-Addo.
December 18, 1944 (Monday) Typhoon Cobra struck the United States Pacific Fleet and did severe damage to Task Force 38. Destroyers Hull, Monaghan and Spence all foundered in the storm. The typhoon was a significant plot element in Herman Wouk 's novel "The Caine Mutiny".
December 18, 2023 at 3:44 AM Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters President Joe Biden is safe after a car unintentionally crashed into his motorcade Sunday night as he was leaving his campaign ...
December 18, 1940 (Wednesday) Hitler issued Directive No. 21 on the German invasion of the Soviet Union, codenamed Operation Barbarossa. December 19, 1940 (Thursday) German submarine U-37 mistakenly torpedoed and sank the Vichy French submarine Sfax and support ship Rhône off the coast of Morocco. The U-boat captain chose not to record this ...
December 18, 1971 (Saturday) The U.S. dollar was devalued by 8.57% relative to other nations' currencies, as representatives of the western world's 10 leading industrial nations reached an agreement in Washington on revising currency exchange rates.
At least 31 people are killed and 37 others are injured when a tank truck overturns, explodes and catches fire in the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan. (Tolo News) Law and crime. 2022 Vaughan shooting.
On December 14, water drop tests began with no damage to the spacecraft structure or the ablation heat shield. External pressure tests were conducted at pressures up to 15 pounds per square inch (100 kPa) on December 18 and showed slight bulkhead deflection but well within tolerable limits.
December 18, 1918 (Wednesday) Estonian War of Independence – The Latvian Riflemen allied with the Red Army captured Valga, Estonia. Armeno-Georgian War – An encircled Georgian unit defending the retreating flank at Ayrum, Georgia broke out and escaped, but at a cost of 560 casualties.
December 18, 1933 (Monday) The 'Asir Province of Saudi Arabia was invaded by Yemen, which also claimed the area. When Yemen refused to withdraw, the Saudis sent troops to the area on March 22, 1934, commencing a brief war between the two Arab kingdoms.