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| December 18th, 2007 (December 18 2007) | Event | Progress on upcoming novel, Revolver Evolver begin by Nicholas Ortiz, a Los Angeles-based writer. | |
| December 18th, 2007 (December 18 2007) | Death | Gerald Le Dain, Canadian Supreme Court judge (born in 1924) | |
| December 18th, 2007 (December 18 2007) | Death | Jack Linkletter, American television host, son of Art Linkletter (born in 1937) | |
| December 18th, 2007 (December 18 2007) | Death | Bill Strauss, American writer on generations, satirist, and founder of the Capitol Steps (born in 1947) | |
| December 18th, 2006 (December 18 2006) | Death | Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist (born in 1911) | |
| December 18th, 2006 (December 18 2006) | Death | Ruth Bernhard, American photographer (1905) | |
| December 18th, 2006 (December 18 2006) | Death | Mike Dickin, British radio broadcaster (born in 1943) | |
| December 18th, 2006 (December 18 2006) | Death | Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author, journalist and political activist (born in 1923) | |
| December 18th, 2005 (December 18 2005) | Death | Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (born in 1922) | |
| December 18th, 2004 (December 18 2004) | Death | Anthony Sampson, British journalist and biographer (born in 1926) | |
| December 18th, 2002 (December 18 2002) | Event | 2003 California recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier. | |
| December 18th, 2002 (December 18 2002) | Death | Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor-General of Canada (born in 1934) | Gene Ray Quotes |
| December 18th, 2002 (December 18 2002) | Death | Wayne Owens, former U.S. Congressman (D-Utah) (born in 1937) | |
| December 18th, 2001 (December 18 2001) | Death | Gilbert Becaud, French singer (born in 1927) | |
| December 18th, 2001 (December 18 2001) | Death | Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer (born in 1914) | |
| December 18th, 2000 (December 18 2000) | Death | Stan Fox, American race car driver (born in 1952) | |
| December 18th, 2000 (December 18 2000) | Death | Randolph Apperson Hearst, son of W. Randolph Hearst and father of Patty (born in 1915) | |
| December 18th, 2000 (December 18 2000) | Death | Kirsty MacColl, English singer and songwriter (born in 1959) | |
| December 18th, 1999 (December 18 1999) | Event | NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT. | |
| December 18th, 1999 (December 18 1999) | Death | Robert Bresson, French film director (born in 1907) | |
| December 18th, 1998 (December 18 1998) | Death | Lev Demin, Soviet cosmonaut (born in 1926) | |
| December 18th, 1997 (December 18 1997) | Event | HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium. | |
| December 18th, 1997 (December 18 1997) | Death | Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (born in 1964) | |
| December 18th, 1996 (December 18 1996) | Event | The Oakland, California school board passes a resolution officially declaring "Ebonics" a language or dialect. | |
| December 18th, 1996 (December 18 1996) | Death | Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist (born in 1904) | |
| December 18th, 1995 (December 18 1995) | Death | Konrad Zuse, German engineer and computing pioneer (born in 1910) | |
| December 18th, 1995 (December 18 1995) | Death | Brian Brockless, English organist ([[born in 1926) | |
| December 18th, 1994 (December 18 1994) | Death | Roger Apery, Greek-French mathematician (born in 1916) | |
| December 18th, 1993 (December 18 1993) | Death | Charizma, American rapper (born in 1973) | |
| December 18th, 1993 (December 18 1993) | Death | Sam Wanamaker, American actor (born in 1919) | |
| December 18th, 1992 (December 18 1992) | Death | Mark Goodson, American game show producer (born in 1915) | |
| December 18th, 1991 (December 18 1991) | Death | George Abecassis, English Formula 1 driver (born in 1913) | |
| December 18th, 1990 (December 18 1990) | Death | Anne Revere, American actress (born in 1903) | |
| December 18th, 1990 (December 18 1990) | Death | Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer (born in 1914) | |
| December 18th, 1989 (December 18 1989) | Event | The European Community and the Soviet Union sign an agreement on trade and commercial and economic cooperation.[1] | |
| December 18th, 1989 (December 18 1989) | Birth | Ashley Benson, American actress | |
| December 18th, 1989 (December 18 1989) | Birth | Ashley Slanina-Davies, Hollyoaks actress | |
| December 18th, 1987 (December 18 1987) | Event | Larry Wall releases the first version of the Perl programming language. | Larry Wall Quotes |
| December 18th, 1987 (December 18 1987) | Event | Ivan Boesky is sentenced to three years in prison for insider trading. | |
| December 18th, 1987 (December 18 1987) | Birth | Miki Ando, Japanese figure skater | |
| December 18th, 1987 (December 18 1987) | Birth | Ayaka, Japanese singer | |
| December 18th, 1987 (December 18 1987) | Birth | Fernando Jara, Panamanian-American jockey | |
| December 18th, 1987 (December 18 1987) | Death | Conny Plank, German record producer and musician (born in 1940) | |
| December 18th, 1985 (December 18 1985) | Birth | Tara Conner, 2006 Miss USA | |
| December 18th, 1985 (December 18 1985) | Birth | Hana Soukupova, Czech supermodel | |
| December 18th, 1985 (December 18 1985) | Death | Xuan Di?u, Vietnamese poet (born in 1916) | |
| December 18th, 1983 (December 18 1983) | Birth | Darren Carter, English footballer | |
| December 18th, 1983 (December 18 1983) | Birth | Steph Jones, American R&B singer | |
| December 18th, 1982 (December 18 1982) | Birth | Dave Luetkenhoelter, American bassist (Kutless) | |
| December 18th, 1982 (December 18 1982) | Death | Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German pilot (born in 1916) | |
| December 18th, 1980 (December 18 1980) | Birth | Christina Aguilera, American singer | Christina Aguilera Quotes |
| December 18th, 1980 (December 18 1980) | Death | Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the USSR (born in 1904) | |
| December 18th, 1979 (December 18 1979) | Birth | Carlos, Portuguese footballer | |
| December 18th, 1978 (December 18 1978) | Birth | Daniel Cleary, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| December 18th, 1978 (December 18 1978) | Birth | Ali Curtis, American soccer player | |
| December 18th, 1978 (December 18 1978) | Birth | Katie Holmes, American actress | |
| December 18th, 1977 (December 18 1977) | Birth | Jose Acevedo, Dominican baseball player | |
| December 18th, 1976 (December 18 1976) | Birth | Koyuki, Japanese actress and model | |
| December 18th, 1975 (December 18 1975) | Birth | Trish Stratus, Canadian professional wrestler | |
| December 18th, 1975 (December 18 1975) | Birth | Masaki Sumitani, Japanese comedian | Saki Quotes |
| December 18th, 1975 (December 18 1975) | Death | Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist (born in 1900) | |
| December 18th, 1974 (December 18 1974) | Birth | Peter Boulware, American football player | |
| December 18th, 1974 (December 18 1974) | Birth | Kari Byron, artist and television personality | |
| December 18th, 1974 (December 18 1974) | Birth | Euroboy, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro) | |
| December 18th, 1974 (December 18 1974) | Birth | Bill Duggan, American television actor and host | |
| December 18th, 1974 (December 18 1974) | Death | Harry Hooper, American baseball player (born in 1887) | |
| December 18th, 1973 (December 18 1973) | Event | Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union. | Bede Quotes |
| December 18th, 1973 (December 18 1973) | Death | Allama Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher (born in 1908) | Philo Quotes |
| December 18th, 1972 (December 18 1972) | Event | Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th. | |
| December 18th, 1972 (December 18 1972) | Birth | DJ Lethal, Latvian-born American DJ (House of Pain, Limp Bizkit) | |
| December 18th, 1972 (December 18 1972) | Birth | Raymond Herrera, American drummer (Fear Factory) and businessman | |
| December 18th, 1971 (December 18 1971) | Birth | Barkha Dutt, Indian journalist | |
| December 18th, 1971 (December 18 1971) | Birth | Noriko Matsueda, Japanese composer | |
| December 18th, 1971 (December 18 1971) | Birth | Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Spanish tennis player | |
| December 18th, 1971 (December 18 1971) | Death | Bobby Jones, American golfer (born in 1902) | |
| December 18th, 1971 (December 18 1971) | Death | Diana Lynn, American actress (born in 1926) | |
| December 18th, 1970 (December 18 1970) | Birth | Anthony Catanzaro, American fitness model | |
| December 18th, 1970 (December 18 1970) | Birth | Cowboy Troy, American rapper | |
| December 18th, 1970 (December 18 1970) | Birth | DMX, American rapper and actor | |
| December 18th, 1970 (December 18 1970) | Birth | Miles Marshall Lewis, American author | |
| December 18th, 1970 (December 18 1970) | Birth | Victoria Pratt, Canadian actress and fitness model | |
| December 18th, 1970 (December 18 1970) | Birth | Rob Van Dam, American professional wrestler | |
| December 18th, 1970 (December 18 1970) | Birth | Johnny Yeo, English artist | |
| December 18th, 1969 (December 18 1969) | Event | Capital punishment in the United Kingdom: Home Secretary James Callaghan s motion to make permanent the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965, which had temporarily suspended capital punishment in England, Wales and Scotland for murder (but not for all crimes) for a period of five years, is carried by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. | James Callaghan Quotes |
| December 18th, 1969 (December 18 1969) | Birth | Santiago Canizares, Spanish footballer | |
| December 18th, 1969 (December 18 1969) | Birth | Justin Edinburgh, English footballer | |
| December 18th, 1969 (December 18 1969) | Birth | Akira Iida, Japanese racing driver | |
| December 18th, 1968 (December 18 1968) | Birth | Rachel Griffiths, Australian actress | |
| December 18th, 1968 (December 18 1968) | Birth | Alejandro Sanz, Spanish singer | |
| December 18th, 1968 (December 18 1968) | Birth | Casper Van Dien, American actor | |
| December 18th, 1967 (December 18 1967) | Birth | Toine van Peperstraten, Dutch sports journalist | |
| December 18th, 1966 (December 18 1966) | Event | Saturn s moon Epimetheus is discovered by Richard L. Walker. | |
| December 18th, 1966 (December 18 1966) | Birth | Makiko Esumi, Japanese actress | |
| December 18th, 1966 (December 18 1966) | Birth | Mille Petrozza, German singer (Kreator) | |
| December 18th, 1966 (December 18 1966) | Death | Tara Browne, British socialite (born in 1945) | |
| December 18th, 1965 (December 18 1965) | Birth | Mick Collins, American musician (The Gories, The Dirtbombs) | |
| December 18th, 1965 (December 18 1965) | Birth | Tommy Davidson, American actor | |
| December 18th, 1964 (December 18 1964) | Birth | "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, American professional wrestler | |
| December 18th, 1964 (December 18 1964) | Birth | Don Beebe, American football player | |
| December 18th, 1964 (December 18 1964) | Birth | Robson Green, English actor and singer | |
| December 18th, 1963 (December 18 1963) | Birth | Karl Dorrell, American football coach | |
| December 18th, 1963 (December 18 1963) | Birth | Pauline Ester, French singer | |
| December 18th, 1963 (December 18 1963) | Birth | Allan Kayser, American actor | |
| December 18th, 1963 (December 18 1963) | Birth | Charles Oakley, American basketball player | |
| December 18th, 1963 (December 18 1963) | Birth | Brad Pitt, American actor | |
| December 18th, 1962 (December 18 1962) | Birth | Renaldo Lapuz, Filipino-American Singer | |
| December 18th, 1961 (December 18 1961) | Event | Indonesia invades Netherlands New Guinea. | |
| December 18th, 1961 (December 18 1961) | Birth | Brian Orser, Canadian figure skater | |
| December 18th, 1960 (December 18 1960) | Birth | Kazuhide Uekusa, Japanese economist | |
| December 18th, 1956 (December 18 1956) | Birth | Ron White, American comedian | |
| December 18th, 1955 (December 18 1955) | Birth | Ray Liotta, American actor | |
| December 18th, 1953 (December 18 1953) | Birth | Elliot Easton, American guitarist (The Cars) | |
| December 18th, 1953 (December 18 1953) | Birth | Khas-Magomed Hadjimuradov, Chechen bard | |
| December 18th, 1950 (December 18 1950) | Birth | Gillian Armstrong, Australian film director | |
| December 18th, 1950 (December 18 1950) | Birth | Randy Castillo, American drummer (Ozzy Osbourne) (died in 2002) | Ozzy Osbourne Quotes |
| December 18th, 1950 (December 18 1950) | Birth | Leonard Maltin, American film critic | |
| December 18th, 1949 (December 18 1949) | Birth | David A. Johnston, American volcanologist, first to report 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens (died in 1980) | |
| December 18th, 1948 (December 18 1948) | Birth | Bill Nelson, English musician (Be Bop Deluxe) | |
| December 18th, 1948 (December 18 1948) | Birth | Laurent Voulzy, French singer and composer | |
| December 18th, 1946 (December 18 1946) | Birth | Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist (died in 1977) | Steve Biko Quotes |
| December 18th, 1946 (December 18 1946) | Birth | Steven Spielberg, American film director | Steven Spielberg Quotes |
| December 18th, 1945 (December 18 1945) | Birth | Jean Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| December 18th, 1944 (December 18 1944) | Event | World War II: 77 B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base. | |
| December 18th, 1943 (December 18 1943) | Birth | Keith Richards, English guitarist (The Rolling Stones) | Keith Richards Quotes |
| December 18th, 1943 (December 18 1943) | Birth | Alan Rudolph, American film director and screenwriter | |
| December 18th, 1942 (December 18 1942) | Birth | Harvey Atkin, Canadian actor | |
| December 18th, 1941 (December 18 1941) | Event | Japan invades Hong Kong after British governor of Hong Kong, Mark Aitchison Young refuses to surrender to Japanese forces. | |
| December 18th, 1941 (December 18 1941) | Birth | Wadada Leo Smith, American trumpeter and composer | |
| December 18th, 1940 (December 18 1940) | Birth | Bramwell Morrison, member of Sharon, Lois & Bram | |
| December 18th, 1939 (December 18 1939) | Birth | Michael Moorcock, English author | |
| December 18th, 1939 (December 18 1939) | Birth | Harold E. Varmus, American scientist, Nobel laureate | |
| December 18th, 1938 (December 18 1938) | Birth | Chas Chandler, English musician (The Animals) (died in 1996) | |
| December 18th, 1938 (December 18 1938) | Birth | Joel Hirschhorn, American songwriter and composer (died in 2005) | |
| December 18th, 1938 (December 18 1938) | Birth | Roger E. Mosley, American actor | |
| December 18th, 1936 (December 18 1936) | Birth | Malcolm Kirk, English professional wrestler (died in 1987) | |
| December 18th, 1936 (December 18 1936) | Death | Andrija Mohorovicic, Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav seismologist (born in 1857) | |
| December 18th, 1935 (December 18 1935) | Event | The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon. | |
| December 18th, 1935 (December 18 1935) | Birth | Jacques Pepin, French chef | |
| December 18th, 1934 (December 18 1934) | Birth | Boris Volynov, Soviet cosmonaut | |
| December 18th, 1933 (December 18 1933) | Birth | Arthur Leigh Allen, Suspected Zodiac serial killer (died in 1992) | |
| December 18th, 1932 (December 18 1932) | Event | The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in the first ever NFL Championship Game. Because of a blizzard, the game was moved from Wrigley Field to the Chicago Stadium, the field measuring 80 yards long. | |
| December 18th, 1932 (December 18 1932) | Birth | Roger Smith, American actor | |
| December 18th, 1931 (December 18 1931) | Birth | Allen Klein, American rock and roll business manager | |
| December 18th, 1931 (December 18 1931) | Birth | Alison Plowden, English historian (died in 2007) | |
| December 18th, 1930 (December 18 1930) | Birth | Moose Skowron, American baseball player | |
| December 18th, 1929 (December 18 1929) | Birth | Gino Cimoli, American baseball player | |
| December 18th, 1928 (December 18 1928) | Birth | Jozef Glemp, Polish cardinal | |
| December 18th, 1927 (December 18 1927) | Birth | Ramsey Clark, U.S. Attorney General | Ramsey Clark Quotes |
| December 18th, 1927 (December 18 1927) | Birth | Romeo LeBlanc, 25th Governor General of Canada | Romeo LeBlanc Quotes |
| December 18th, 1917 (December 18 1917) | Birth | Ossie Davis, American actor and activist (died in 2005) | |
| December 18th, 1916 (December 18 1916) | Event | World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when forces under Chief of Staff Erich Von Falkenhayn suffers 337,000 casualties by the French. | |
| December 18th, 1916 (December 18 1916) | Birth | Douglas Fraser, Scottish-born American trade unionist (died in 2008) | |
| December 18th, 1916 (December 18 1916) | Birth | Betty Grable, American actress (died in 1973) | |
| December 18th, 1915 (December 18 1915) | Event | U.S. President Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Bolling Galt Wilson. | |
| December 18th, 1913 (December 18 1913) | Birth | Alfred Bester, American author (died in 1987) | |
| December 18th, 1913 (December 18 1913) | Birth | Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died in 1992) | Willy Brandt Quotes |
| December 18th, 1913 (December 18 1913) | Birth | Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (died in 2006) | |
| December 18th, 1912 (December 18 1912) | Birth | Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American General (died in 2002) | |
| December 18th, 1911 (December 18 1911) | Birth | Jules Dassin, American film director (died in 2008) | |
| December 18th, 1910 (December 18 1910) | Birth | Abe Burrows, American playwright (died in 1985) | |
| December 18th, 1908 (December 18 1908) | Birth | Paul Siple, American Antarctic explorer (died in 1969) | |
| December 18th, 1907 (December 18 1907) | Birth | Bill Holland, American auto racer (died in 1984) | |
| December 18th, 1904 (December 18 1904) | Birth | George Stevens, American film director (died in 1975) | |
| December 18th, 1900 (December 18 1900) | Event | The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic. | |
| December 18th, 1898 (December 18 1898) | Event | Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the new land speed record going 39.245 mph, in a Jeantaud electric car. This is the first recognized land speed record. | |
| December 18th, 1897 (December 18 1897) | Birth | Fletcher Henderson, American arranger and composer (died in 1952) | |
| December 18th, 1890 (December 18 1890) | Birth | Edwin Armstrong, American inventor (died in 1954) | |
| December 18th, 1888 (December 18 1888) | Event | Richard Wetherill and his brother in-law discover the ancient Indian ruins of Mesa Verde. | |
| December 18th, 1888 (December 18 1888) | Birth | Dame Gladys Cooper, English actress (died in 1971) | |
| December 18th, 1888 (December 18 1888) | Birth | Robert Moses, American public works official (died in 1981) | |
| December 18th, 1886 (December 18 1886) | Birth | Ty Cobb, American baseball player (died in 1961) | |
| December 18th, 1880 (December 18 1880) | Death | Michel Chasles, French mathematician (born in 1793) | |
| December 18th, 1879 (December 18 1879) | Birth | Paul Klee, Swiss-born painter (died in 1940) | |
| December 18th, 1878 (December 18 1878) | Event | John Kehoe, the last of the Molly Maguires is executed in Pennsylvania. | |
| December 18th, 1873 (December 18 1873) | Birth | Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (died in 1957) | |
| December 18th, 1870 (December 18 1870) | Birth | Saki, English writer (died in 1916) | Saki Quotes |
| December 18th, 1869 (December 18 1869) | Death | Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American composer and pianist (born in 1829) | |
| December 18th, 1865 (December 18 1865) | Event | The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified by Georgia, fulfilling the two-thirds requirement for ratification, and abolishing Slavery in the United States. | |
| December 18th, 1863 (December 18 1863) | Birth | Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (died in 1914) | |
| December 18th, 1862 (December 18 1862) | Event | American Civil War: In the Battle of Lexington, General Nathan Bedford Forrest defeats a Union force under Colonel Robert Ingersoll. | |
| December 18th, 1860 (December 18 1860) | Birth | Edward MacDowell, American composer and pianist (died in 1908) | |
| December 18th, 1856 (December 18 1856) | Birth | Sir J. J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 1940) | |
| December 18th, 1851 (December 18 1851) | Birth | Graciano Lopez Jaena, Filipino hero, orator and satirist (died in 1896) | |
| December 18th, 1848 (December 18 1848) | Death | Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (born in 1781) | Philo Quotes |
| December 18th, 1847 (December 18 1847) | Birth | Augusta Holmes, French composer (died in 1903) | |
| December 18th, 1843 (December 18 1843) | Death | Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (born in 1748) | |
| December 18th, 1835 (December 18 1835) | Birth | Lyman Abbott, American author (died in 1922) | |
| December 18th, 1829 (December 18 1829) | Death | Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French scientist (born in 1744) | |
| December 18th, 1825 (December 18 1825) | Birth | Charles Griffin (general), American general (died in 1876) | |
| December 18th, 1803 (December 18 1803) | Death | Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (born in 1744) | |
| December 18th, 1799 (December 18 1799) | Death | Jean-Etienne Montucla, French mathematician (born in 1725) | |
| December 18th, 1793 (December 18 1793) | Event | Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French royalists to Lord Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck. | |
| December 18th, 1787 (December 18 1787) | Event | New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. | |
| December 18th, 1787 (December 18 1787) | Death | Francis William Drake, British Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (born in 1724) | |
| December 18th, 1787 (December 18 1787) | Death | Soame Jenyns, English writer (born in 1704) | |
| December 18th, 1777 (December 18 1777) | Event | The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, celebrating the recent victory by the Americans over General John Burgoyne in the Battle of Saratoga in October | |
| December 18th, 1737 (December 18 1737) | Death | Antonio Stradivari, Italian violin maker (born in 1644) | |
| December 18th, 1725 (December 18 1725) | Birth | Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (died in 1791) | |
| December 18th, 1707 (December 18 1707) | Birth | Charles Wesley, English Methodist hymnist (died in 1788) | |
| December 18th, 1692 (December 18 1692) | Death | Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (born in 1626) | |
| December 18th, 1662 (December 18 1662) | Birth | James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish politician (died in 1711) | |
| December 18th, 1661 (December 18 1661) | Birth | Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (died in 1751) | |
| December 18th, 1642 (December 18 1642) | Event | Abel Tasman becomes first European to land in New Zealand. | |
| December 18th, 1620 (December 18 1620) | Event | The Mayflower lands in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts delivering 102 Pilgrims. | |
| December 18th, 1620 (December 18 1620) | Birth | Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (died in 1668) | |
| December 18th, 1610 (December 18 1610) | Birth | Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist (died in 1688) | Philo Quotes |
| December 18th, 1602 (December 18 1602) | Birth | Simonds d Ewes, English antiquarian and politician (died in 1650) | |
| December 18th, 1507 (December 18 1507) | Birth | Ouchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (died in 1551) | |
| December 18th, 1495 (December 18 1495) | Death | King Alphonso II of Naples (born in 1448) | |
| December 18th, 1442 (December 18 1442) | Death | Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (born in 1371) | |
| December 18th, 1290 (December 18 1290) | Death | King Magnus I of Sweden (born in 1240) | |
| December 18th, 1271 (December 18 1271) | Event | Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (? yuan), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China. | |
| December 18th, 1133 (December 18 1133) | Death | Hildebert, French writer | |
| December 18th, 0821 (December 18 0821) | Death | Theodulf, Bishop of Orleans | |
| December 18th, 0218 (December 18 0218) | Event | Second Punic War: Battle of the TrebiaHannibal s Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Roman Republic. | |
