This is a list of selected December 18 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.
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Blurb | Reason |
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Republic Day in Niger ( 1958); | unreferenced section |
1271 – Mongol ruler Kublai Khan established the Yuan dynasty in present-day Mongolia and China. | refimprove section |
1867 – In Angola, New York, U.S., the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged 40 ft (12 m) down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in approximately 49 deaths. | refimprove, number of deaths unclear |
1892 – The first performance of the fairy-tale ballet The Nutcracker was held at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. | refimprove section |
1912 – Amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson announced the discovery of fossilised remains of a previously unknown early human, known as Piltdown Man, which later turned out to be a hoax. | globalize |
1932 – Playing indoors at Chicago Stadium in Chicago on a modified American football field, the Chicago Bears defeated the Portsmouth Spartans, 9–0, in the first playoff game held by the National Football League. | unreferenced section |
1958 – The United States launched SCORE, the world's first communications satellite. | no epoch |
1972 – Vietnam War: The United States began Operation Linebacker II against North Vietnam, the largest heavy bomber strikes launched by the U.S. Air Force since the end of World War II. | lots of {{ cn}} tags |
1979 - Mohammad Mofatteh, an Iranian philosopher, was assassinated by the Furqan Group. | incomplete section |
1987 – Programmer Larry Wall (pictured) released the first version of the programming language Perl via the comp.sources.misc newsgroup. | refimprove |
1990 – The Migrant Workers Convention was signed at the United Nations enhancing the protection for migrant workers. | refimprove |
2006 – The first of a series of floods struck Southeast Asia, which eventually killed 118 people and left over 400,000 others homeless. | empty section |
December 18: National Day in Qatar ( 1878)
James Watney (b. 1800) · Ty Cobb (b. 1886) · Alexei Kosygin (d. 1980)
This is a list of selected December 18 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.
Use only ONE image at a time
Blurb | Reason |
---|---|
Republic Day in Niger ( 1958); | unreferenced section |
1271 – Mongol ruler Kublai Khan established the Yuan dynasty in present-day Mongolia and China. | refimprove section |
1867 – In Angola, New York, U.S., the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged 40 ft (12 m) down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in approximately 49 deaths. | refimprove, number of deaths unclear |
1892 – The first performance of the fairy-tale ballet The Nutcracker was held at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. | refimprove section |
1912 – Amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson announced the discovery of fossilised remains of a previously unknown early human, known as Piltdown Man, which later turned out to be a hoax. | globalize |
1932 – Playing indoors at Chicago Stadium in Chicago on a modified American football field, the Chicago Bears defeated the Portsmouth Spartans, 9–0, in the first playoff game held by the National Football League. | unreferenced section |
1958 – The United States launched SCORE, the world's first communications satellite. | no epoch |
1972 – Vietnam War: The United States began Operation Linebacker II against North Vietnam, the largest heavy bomber strikes launched by the U.S. Air Force since the end of World War II. | lots of {{ cn}} tags |
1979 - Mohammad Mofatteh, an Iranian philosopher, was assassinated by the Furqan Group. | incomplete section |
1987 – Programmer Larry Wall (pictured) released the first version of the programming language Perl via the comp.sources.misc newsgroup. | refimprove |
1990 – The Migrant Workers Convention was signed at the United Nations enhancing the protection for migrant workers. | refimprove |
2006 – The first of a series of floods struck Southeast Asia, which eventually killed 118 people and left over 400,000 others homeless. | empty section |
December 18: National Day in Qatar ( 1878)
James Watney (b. 1800) · Ty Cobb (b. 1886) · Alexei Kosygin (d. 1980)