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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.
In some years where December 25 falls on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or Monday, various presidents have issued executive orders declaring a one-time holiday on either Christmas Eve (December 24) or the Day after Christmas (December 26), to provide federal workers with a longer weekend.
An ISO week-numbering year (also called ISO year informally) has 52 or 53 full weeks. That is 364 or 371 days instead of the usual 365 or 366 days. These 53 week years occur on all years that have Thursday as the 1st of January and on leap years that start on Wednesday the 1st.
Read about the performances for games of Dec. 18-24 and vote in the poll at the bottom of the page. Voting ends Thursday at 6 p.m. Brian Appiah. Mahwah junior. Appiah led the T-Birds (4-1) to a 3 ...
O’Connor, who died earlier this month at the age of 93, will be honored at a pair of private ceremonies this week. BREAKFAST BROWSE. The Christmas songs you love to hate the most
The Sundhnúkur volcanic eruption occurs on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland after weeks of earthquakes prompting the evacuation of 4,000 people. The Icelandic Meteorological Office says that the risk of lava flowing toward the town of Grindavík is high. (RÚV) 2023 Jishishan earthquake.
December 18, 1941 (Thursday) Japanese troops landed on Hong Kong Island. Citing stomach illness, Fedor von Bock relinquished command of Army Group Centre to Günther von Kluge. German submarine U-434 was depth charged and sunk by the British destroyers Blankney and Stanley north of Madeira.
Dec. 18—Monday: A slight chance of rain and snow after 5 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.
The calendar year has 13 months with 28 days each, divided into exactly 4 weeks (13 × 28 = 364). An extra day added as a holiday at the end of the year (after December 28, i.e. equal to December 31 Gregorian), sometimes called "Year Day", does not belong to any week and brings the total to 365 days.
On December 18, the United States began Operation Linebacker II, the most massive aerial bombardment ever made of North Vietnam. Born: Chris Grant, Australian rules football star; in Daylesford, Victoria; December 14, 1972 (Thursday)