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December 8 is the 342nd ... killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history. ... French illustrator and sculptor (d. 1943) [18] 1865 – Rüdiger ...
An explosion at the Diamond Coal and Coke Company near Diamondville, Wyoming killed 18 miners. [8] Died: James Potter Davenport , 64, American politician and the first public official in the U.S. to be removed from office by a recall election, was killed in a streetcar accident several months after losing his job as a Los Angeles City councilman.
On December 18, the United States began Operation Linebacker II, the most massive aerial bombardment ever made of North Vietnam. [ 37 ] Born: Chris Grant , Australian rules football star; in Daylesford, Victoria
The British House of Commons narrowly approved the Government's plan for a settlement with Rhodesia, negotiated by Alec Douglas-Home, 297 to 289. [2]In the Cambodian Civil War, Khmer Rouge rebels intensified their assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing the Cambodian retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of Phnom Penh.
18 December 18, 1916 (Monday) 19 December 19, 1916 (Tuesday) ... Hungary killed 69 people, the deadliest rail disaster in the country's history. [4]
Workers at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City discovered that there had been a mistake in the museum's exhibit of "The Last Works of Henri Matisse".For 47 days, beginning on October 18, Le Bateau had been on display, hanging upside-down, and 116,000 visitors had passed it before Mrs. Genevieve Habert, a stockbroker, noticed the mistake.
December 22 – An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area for a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 4.2 million m 3 (1.1 billion US gal) of coal fly ash slurry in the largest industrial spill in U.S. history. [78] December 23 – A military coup d'état deposes the government of ...
The 2022 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the 22nd edition of FIFA's competition for men's national football teams.The match was played at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on 18 December 2022, the Qatari National Day, and was contested by Argentina and defending champions France.