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1843 - A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, is first published in England. Portal:Religion/On this day/December 20. December 20: 1192 - Richard the Lion-Heart was captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the crusade.
December 18. Births. 1970 - Earl "DMX" Simmons, hip hop artist; 1974 - Peter Boulware, Baltimore Ravens linebacker
December 18. Next day. December 20 This page was last edited on 22 March 2024, at 21:44 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
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 ...
Independence Day of Finland. Independence Day of Finland ( Finnish: itsenäisyyspäivä; Swedish: självständighetsdagen) is a national public holiday, and a flag flying day, held on 6 December to celebrate Finland's declaration of full independence from the Russian Empire when the Bolsheviks took power in late 1917. [1]
Independence Day (Mongolia) Indiana Day. International Anti-Corruption Day. International Civil Aviation Day. International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. International Day of Epidemic Preparedness. International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. International Migrants Day.
On this day for the United States. January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December. December 18:
The drilling rig Kolskaya with 76 people on board overturns in the Sea of Okhotsk off the coast of Sakhalin in the Russian Far East resulting in four deaths and fifty people missing. (RT) (BBC) (VoA) The Philippines Red Cross estimates that the death toll from the floods caused by Tropical Storm Washi has risen to 521. (AP via Google News)