What day is December 18? Historical events that took place on December 18
This Day in History December 18th. The most notable events that took place on December 18th range from historical, political to cultural and social events.
Domestic events taking place on December 18
December 18, 1886:Ba Dinh Uprising: French troops besieged and attacked Ba Dinh base in Thanh Hoa, Central Vietnam.
December 18, 1899:Date of birth of writer and playwright Vi Huyen Dac, native of Tra Co (Quang Ninh), died in 1976 in Hanoi.
December 18, 1972:To carry out the plot to pressure Hanoi to return to the Paris Conference, the Nixon administration frantically launched a strategic raid using B-52s and many other types of aircraft on the capital 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 p.m. 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:Poet Xuan Dieu passed away. He was born in 1916, from Ha Tinh, he was famous as a talented poet in the New Poetry movement.
International events taking place on December 18
December 18, 1271:Beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty or Great Yuan was the successor state of the Mongol Empire founded by the Mongols and was the first dynasty ruled by an ethnic minority in Chinese history.
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 at the Battle of Saratoga in October.
December 18, 1892:Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker premiered in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
December 18, 1916:In World War I: the Battle of Verdun ended with 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 an international human rights declaration for women.
December 18, 1997:W3C releases HTML 4.0.
December 18, 2019:Incumbent US President Donald Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives, making him the third president to be impeached in US history. The impeachment was conducted on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
December 18, 2022:Argentina national football team wins Fifa World Cup 2022
