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Time: 20:16 UTC Date: May 18. 1631 – In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts. 1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal. 1863 – American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins. 1869 – The Public Credit Act is signed by ...
Current events/2021 December 18. EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis becomes the first deaf person to win the BBC show after she and her professional partner Giovanni Pernice beat the show's first male same-sex couple containing TV chef John Whaite and his professional partner Johannes Radebe in the final. (BBC News)
Disasters At least 30 people drown after a boat capsizes in northeastern Bangladesh. (BBC) (Times of India) A Chinese fishing boat capsizes during a scuffle with a South Korean coastguard ship, leaving one dead and two missing. (AP) (Channel News Asia) Roads, railways and airports across the United Kingdom are severely affected by further heavy snowfall. Severe weather warnings have been ...
Business and economy China launches a crackdown against the internet currency BitCoin, plunging its value by 35%. (Bloomberg) Mega Millions lottery: At least two winners in the US$636 million jackpot are thought to have won, with one in Stone Mountain, Georgia, and another in San Jose, California. (Houston Chronicle) International Relations The United Nations condemns Syria, Iran, and North ...
Disasters and accidents Four people are killed and seven injured after an apartment block collapses in the center of Palermo in Italy. (Reuters) [permanent dead link] A large, 33.5- ton aquarium bursts in a busy shopping center on the Nanjing Road pedestrian mall in Shanghai, China, injuring 15 people, including customers and shop staff. (East Day) (The Inquisitr) (RT) Law and crime Following ...
Notes. Mohamed Bouazizi appears on December 17, so Tunisian revolution should not appear in the same year. December 18: National Day in Qatar ( 1878 ) Atlas rocket carrying SCORE. 1622 – Portuguese forces and their Imbangala allies defeated the Kongo army at the Battle of Mbumbi.
Sony Pictures Entertainment hack. Sony cancels the New York City sneak preview of the upcoming 2014 film The Interview, originally scheduled for December 18, due to threatening messages by hackers. (USA Today) Sony cancels the release of The Interview, originally scheduled for Christmas 2014. (CNN)
Next time. 18 December 2024. ( 2024-12-18) Frequency. Annually. Qatar National Day ( Arabic: اليوم الوطني لقطر, romanized : Al-Yawm al-Waṭani li-Qaṭar) is a national commemoration of Qatar 's unification in 1878. It is celebrated annually on 18 December. The holiday was established by a 21 June 2007 decree of the then Crown ...