Page 8: Historical Events In December - 18

1991  On this day in history general Motors announces the closing of 21 plants   

1991  June Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73 on this day in history.   

1992  Dana Andrews, actor (Best Years of Our Lifes), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies of prostate cancer at 74   

1994  On this day in history heinz Bernard Lowenstein, actor/director, dies at 71   

1995  On this day in history chaim Pearl, rabbi, dies at 76   

1996  Arthur Jacobs, musicologist, dies at 74 on December - 18.   

1997  On December - 18 chris Farley, comedian (SNL, Tommy Boy), dies at 33   

2005  Evo Morales wins the Bolivian Presidential Elections on this day in history.   

2005  Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized after suffering a minor stroke. He was released from the hospital two days later on this day in history.   

2005  On this day in history the World Trade Organization 6th ministerial conference concludes in Hong Kong with a limited trade deal being ratified.   

2007  On December - 18 jacob Zuma is elected president of the African National Congress political party in South Africa during the party's national conference.   

2007  The Verkhovna Rada has approved Yulia Tymoshenko to become Prime Minister of Ukraine on December - 18.   

2012  4 people are killed and 11 are injured after an apartment block collapses in Palermo, Italy on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history south Africa's ANC selects Cyril Ramaphosa as leader, to succeed President Jacob Zuma   

2017  On this day in history australia regains cricket's Ashes against England, winning by an innings to take 3 game lead at the Wacca in Perth   

2017  On December - 18 austria swears in new coalition government with Sebastian Kurz aged 31 of the People's Party made Chancellor   

2018  Manchester United sacks high profile Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho; United in 6th place in EPL, 19 points behind league leaders Liverpool; Ole Gunnar Solskjaer new caretaker manager on December - 18.   

2018  Nevada becomes the first US state with a female-majority legislature with new appointments taking it to 51% on December - 18.   

2018  Fire destroys 600 stilt homes in Manaus, northwestern Brazil on December - 18.   

2019  The CHEOPS space telescope, whose mission is to study the formation of extrasolar planets and determine their precise radius, likely density and internal structure, is launched on December - 18.   

2019  On December - 18 the U.S. House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment against President Trump, making him the third president to be impeached in the nation's history.December 19 - Libya's Government of National Accord activates a cooperation accord with Turkey, allowing for a potential Turkish military intervention in the Second Libyan Civil War.   

2020  US Vice President Mike Pence receives the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine live on TV on December - 18.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 75 million worldwide on December - 18.   

2023  A number of shipping companies announce a temporary suspension of their operations in the Red Sea due to continued attacks on vessels by Houthi rebels on this day in history.   

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1507  ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551) was born on December - 18.   

1562  Philipp Dulichius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1569  Jakob Hassler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1602  Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1610  Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist was born on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history birth of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (d. 1668)   

1633  On December - 18 birth of adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised   

1633  On December - 18 birth of willem van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, baptised   

0468  On this day in history death of huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita   

0821  On December - 18 death of theodulf, Bishop of Orléans   

1133  Death of Hildebert, French writer on this day in history.   

1290  On December - 18 death of king Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)   

1442  Death of Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371) on December - 18.   

1495  Death of King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448) on this day in history.   

1505  On this day in history death of john IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed   

1565  On this day in history benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62