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December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 13 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 1118 ...
The Eighteenth Amendment (Amendment XVIII) to the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. The amendment was proposed by Congress on December 18, 1917, and ratified by the requisite number of states on January 16, 1919. The Eighteenth Amendment was repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment on December ...
The Angola Horror[note 1] train wreck occurred on December 18, 1867, just after 3 p.m. when the last coach of the Buffalo -bound New York Express of the Lake Shore Railway derailed at a bridge in Angola, New York, United States, slid down into a gorge, and caught fire, killing some 49 people. At the time, it was one of the deadliest train ...
3 years, 206 days 17th: Establishes the direct election of United States senators by popular vote. May 13, 1912 April 8, 1913 330 days 18th: Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States. (Repealed December 5, 1933, via the 21st Amendment) December 18, 1917 January 16, 1919 1 year, 29 days 19th
Each year on December 18, the United Nations, through the UN-related agency International Organization for Migration (IOM), uses International Migrants Day to highlight the contributions made by the roughly 272 million migrants, including more than 41 million internally displaced persons, [2] and the challenges they face.
Before the calendar reform in Ukrainian churches , the holiday was celebrated on 18–19 December [O.S. 5–6 December] until 2023. [18] [19] From this day, Ukrainians start preparing for the Christmas holidays. Thus, in the cities and towns of Ukraine, Christmas trees are traditionally opened on St. Nicholas Day. [20] [21] [22]
The Gregorian calendar, like the Julian calendar, is a solar calendar with 12 months of 28–31 days each. The year in both calendars consists of 365 days, with a leap day being added to February in the leap years. The months and length of months in the Gregorian calendar are the same as for the Julian calendar.
e. The 1800s (pronounced "eighteen-hundreds") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on 1 January 1800, and ended on 31 December 1809. The term "eighteen-hundreds" could also mean the entire century from 1 January 1800 to 31 December 1899 (the years beginning with "18"), and is almost synonymous with the 19th century (1801–1900).