December 18 Holidays

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2015 — Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in Great Britain, closes. ↗
• 2006 — The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced. ↗
• 2006 — United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections. ↗
• 2005 — The Chadian Civil War begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring Sudan, launch an attack in Adré. ↗
• 2002 — California gubernatorial recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of... ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 2001 — Billie Eilish, American pop singer
• 1993 — Byron Buxton, American baseball player
• 1992 — Ryan Crouser, American shot putter
• 1990 — Sierra Kay, American singer-songwriter
• 1988 — Lizzie Deignan, English cyclist