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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, 1943 (Saturday) Heinrich Himmler ordered new rules for arrest and deportation of Jews in Germany, revoking most previous exemptions for Jews who had married Gentiles. Most Jewish spouses were ordered deported to the nominally Jewish city of Theresienstadt in January, rather than immediately to concentration camps.
December 18: National Day in Qatar Atlas rocket carrying SCORE 1622 – Portuguese forces and their Imbangala allies defeated the Kongo army at the Battle of Mbumbi .
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)
December 18 – Richard Wetherill and his brother-in-law, Charlie Mason, discover the Indian ruins of Mesa Verde in southwestern Colorado. December 23 – During a bout of mental illness (and having quarreled with his friend Paul Gauguin ), Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh infamously cuts off the lower part of his own left ear, taking it to a ...
Disasters and accidents. Russian cargo vessel MV Kuzma Minin runs aground and then is refloated off Gyllyngvase, Cornwall, and taken to anchor in Falmouth Bay for inspection, according to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. (BBC) A powerful tornado touches down near Port Orchard, Washington.
December 18, 2022 (Sunday) edit. history. watch. Armed conflicts and attacks. Islamic State insurgency in Iraq. 2022 Kirkuk bombing. Nine police officers are killed and two others are injured when a convoy hits a roadside bomb in Kirkuk, Iraq. (Al Jazeera)
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.
December 18, 2020 (Friday) edit. history. watch. Armed conflicts and attacks. War in Afghanistan. An explosion at a religious gathering during a Quran recitation ceremony in Ghazni, Afghanistan, has killed at least 15 civilians and wounded 20 others. (Al Jazeera) Somali Civil War.
The divisions take effect on December 31. December 7 – American Revolutionary War – The Marquis de Lafayette attempts to enter the American military as a major general. December 12 – The second Continental Congress ends after a session that began on May 10, 1775, and continued for 582 days.