What is December 18th? What historical events took place on December 18th?
This day in history was December 18th. The most significant events took place on December 18th, ranging from historical and political events to cultural and social events.
Domestic events taking place on December 18th.
December 18, 1886:Ba Dinh Uprising: The French army besieged and attacked the Ba Dinh base in Thanh Hoa, Central Vietnam.
December 18, 1899:Birthday of writer and playwright Vi Huyen Dac, originally from Tra Co (Quang Ninh), passed away in Hanoi in 1976.
December 18, 1972:To carry out its plot to pressure Hanoi to return to the Paris Peace Conference, the Nixon administration frantically launched a strategic bombing campaign using B-52s and other aircraft against the capital city of Hanoi and the port city of Hai Phong on the night of December 18, 1972.
December 18, 1980:At the 7th session of the 6th National Assembly, the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam was adopted at 3:25 PM on this day.
December 18, 1984:Prince Souphanouvong, President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, signed a decision to award the Lao National Gold Star Order to the Vietnam People's Army.
December 18, 1985:The poet Xuan Dieu has passed away. Born in 1916 in Ha Tinh province, he was renowned as a talented poet in the New Poetry movement.
An international event took place on December 18th.
December 18, 1271:The Yuan Dynasty began. The Yuan Dynasty, or Great Yuan, was the successor state to the Mongol Empire, founded by the Mongols, and was the first dynasty in Chinese history ruled by a minority ethnic group.
December 18, 1642:Abel Tasman became the first European to set foot in New Zealand.
December 18, 1777:The United States celebrated its first Thanksgiving to commemorate the victory over British General John Burgoyne in the Battle of Saratoga in October.
December 18, 1892:Tchaikovsky's *The Nutcracker* was first performed in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
December 18, 1916:During World War I, the Battle of Verdun ended in a French victory, but both sides, France and Germany, suffered heavy losses.
December 18, 1979:The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is considered an international declaration of human rights for women.
December 18, 1997:The W3C released HTML 4.0.
December 18, 2019:Incumbent US President Donald Trump has been impeached by the House of Representatives, making him the third president in US history to be impeached. The impeachment proceedings are based on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
December 18, 2022:The Argentina national football team won the FIFA World Cup 2022.
