In context
- When
- Monday, December 18 199531 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Mads Pedersen
Who they were
Mads Pedersen is a Danish professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. Pedersen is the most winning Danish rider in history ranked by total number of professional victories, has won stages in all three Grand Tours—the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and Vuelta a España, and is the only Danish rider ever to win the men's road race world title, claiming the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire, England.
Why this date
Mads Pedersen appears on our December 18 calendar for 1995 as a birth entry.
December 18 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
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- 20022003 California gubernatorial recall election
- 2005Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)
- 20062006–2007 Southeast Asian floods
- 2006United Arab Emirates
- 2015Kellingley Colliery
- 2017Amtrak Cascades
- 2019First impeachment of Donald Trump
- 2022Argentina national football team
- 20232023 Serbian election protests
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- March 14Norman ThagardNorman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
- September 12Hurricane IsmaelHurricane Ismael formed off the southwest coast of Mexico; it went on to kill over a hundred people in the country.
- September 15Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133 crashes at Tawau Airport in Malaysia, killing 34.
- October 20Space Shuttle ColumbiaSpace Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-73.
- July 13Space Shuttle DiscoverySpace Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-70 to deploy the TDRS-7 satellite.
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December 18 1995 — 31 years ago, on a Monday.
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