Ronald Acuña Jr.

December 18 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

1. 1997Ronald Acuña Jr.
2. 1999NASA
3. 20022003 California gubernatorial recall election
4. 2005Chadian Civil War (2005–2010)
5. 20062006–2007 Southeast Asian floods
6. 2006United Arab Emirates
7. 2015Kellingley Colliery
8. 2017Amtrak Cascades
9. 2019First impeachment of Donald Trump
10. 2022Argentina national football team
11. 20232023 Serbian election protests

Also in 1997

• May 11Deep Blue (chess computer)Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.
• September 11NASANASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
• September 11Kurkse tragedyKurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Ku…
• September 111997 Scottish devolution referendumAfter a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
• September 13German Air ForceA German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter collide in mid-air near Namibia, killing 33.
• September 14Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast ExpressEighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
• September 18Ted TurnerUnited States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
• September 18Ottawa TreatyThe Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.

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