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1957 – A violent F5 tornado wipes out the entire community of Sunfield, Illinois. [7] 1958 – Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched. 1966 – Saturn 's moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker.
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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 .
t. e. 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.
Sam Andrew (December 18, 1941 –February 12, 2015), American singer and songwriter for Big Brother and the Holding Company, would have turned 82 this year. Chas Chandler (December 18, 1938 –July 17, 1996), Brit bassist for The Animals, would have turned 85 this year. Joel Hirschhorn (December 18, 1938 –September 18, 2005), American ...
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December 18, 1916 (Monday) Battle of Verdun – The battle officially ended in German defeat. Estimates of casualties varied, with most recent estimates placing the average at 377,000 French casualties and 337,000 German casualties.
December 18 – Eagle Woman, Lakota leader (born 1820) See also. Timeline of United States history (1860–1899) References
1918 flu pandemic. July 9 – Great Train Wreck of 1918: In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171. It is considered the worst rail accident in U.S. history. August – A deadly second wave of the Spanish flu starts in France, Sierra Leone and the United States.
1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1831st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 831st year of the 2nd millennium, the 31st year of the 19th century, and the 2nd year of the 1830s decade.
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)