Tukuk-OS📅 December 18
15 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on December 18? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2023 — A series of mass protests began in Belgrade, Serbia, alleging electoral irregularities in the Serbian parliament and Belgrade city assembly elections.
2023 Serbian election protestsBelgrade2023 Serbian parliamentary election
- 2017 — An Amtrak Cascades passenger train derailed near DuPont, Washington, killing three people and injuring sixty-five others.
Amtrak Cascades2017 Washington train derailmentDuPont, Washington
- 1996 — The school board of Oakland, California, passed a controversial resolution officially declaring African-American Vernacular English to be a separate language or dialect.
Oakland Unified School DistrictAfrican-American Vernacular English and social contextAfrican-American Vernacular English
- 1979 — Mohammad Mofatteh, an Iranian philosopher, was assassinated by the Furqan Group.
- 1969 — On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the sixth James Bond film and the only one to star George Lazenby, premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)List of James Bond filmsGeorge Lazenby
- 1966 — Epimetheus, one of the moons of Saturn, was discovered, but was mistaken for Janus; it took twelve years to determine that they are two distinct objects sharing the same orbit.
- 1963 — Ghanaian and other African students organized a protest in Moscow's Red Square in response to the alleged murder of medical student Edmund Assare-Addo.
- 1958 — The United States launched SCORE (rocket pictured), the world's first communications satellite.
- 1939 — Second World War: The Luftwaffe won a victory over the Royal Air Force in the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, greatly influencing both sides' future aerial warfare strategy.
- 1932 — Playing indoors at Chicago Stadium on a modified American football field, the Chicago Bears defeated the Portsmouth Spartans in the first playoff game of the National Football League.
- 1913 — The Jew's Christmas, the first American film to include a rabbi as a character, was released.
- 1867 — In Angola, New York, the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged 40 feet (12 m) down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in approximately 49 deaths.
Angola, New YorkCleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad (1848–1869)Angola Horror
- 1792 — Thomas Paine (depicted) was found guilty of seditious libel for the publication of the second part of his book Rights of Man.
- 1622 — Portuguese forces and their Imbangala allies defeated the Kongo army at the Battle of Mbumbi.
- 1499 — Muslims in Granada began a rebellion against their Castilian rulers in response to forced conversions to Catholicism.
GranadaRebellion of the Alpujarras (1499–1501)Crown of Castile
Births
- 2002 — Syd Hartha, Filipino singer-songwriter
- 2002 — Giuliano Simeone, Argentine footballer
- 2001 — Billie Eilish, American singer
- 2001 — Jalen Johnson, American basketball player
- 2000 — Jayden Daniels, American football player
- 2000 — Korapat Kirdpan, Thai actor and singer
- 2000 — Travon Walker, American football player
- 1999 — Dorka Juhász, Hungarian basketball player
- 1998 — Paola Egonu, Italian volleyball player
- 1998 — Simona Quadarella, Italian swimmer
- 1998 — Klaudia Zwolińska, Polish slalom canoeist
- 1997 — Ronald Acuña Jr., Venezuelan baseball player
Deaths
- 2025 — Jim Hunt, American politician, 69th and 71st Governor of North Carolina (born 1937)
- 2025 — Osman Hadi, Bangladeshi politician and activist (born 1993)
- 2024 — Slim Dunlap, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
- 2024 — John Marsden, Australian writer (born 1950)
- 2021 — Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer (born 1986)
- 2020 — Jerry Relph, American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate (born 1944)
- 2017 — Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer (born 1990)
- 2016 — Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (born 1917)
- 2015 — Luc Brewaeys, Belgian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1959)
- 2015 — Helge Solum Larsen, Norwegian businessman and politician (born 1969)
- 2014 — Donald J. Albosta, American soldier and politician (born 1925)
- 2014 — Gideon Ben-Yisrael, Israeli soldier and politician (born 1923)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Christian feast day: Flannán
- Christian feast day: Gatianus of Tours
- Christian feast day: O Adonai
- Christian feast day: Sebastian (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Winibald
- Christian feast day: December 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- International Migrants Day
- National Day (Qatar)
- Republic Day (Niger)
- UN Arabic Language Day (United Nations)
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