December 18 Historical Events
The following events took place on December 18. The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 40 events. Showing 31 - 40.
- 1973The Islamic Development Bank is founded.
- 1978Dominica joins the United Nations.
- 1987Larry Wall releases the first version of the Perl programming language.
- 1989The European Economic Community and the Soviet Union sign an agreement on trade and commercial and economic cooperation.
- 1997HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium.
- 1999NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
- 20022003 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.
- 2005The Chadian Civil War begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring Sudan, launch an attack in Adré.
- 2006The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.
- 2006United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections.
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