What are the important events that happened on December 18, 2010? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 18, 2010: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 18, 2010 is the 352nd day of the year 2010 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 13 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 5, 2010 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 359,064 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectapentacontadigon’ day.
If a person born on this day saved a dollar every day starting at age 5, then by now that person has accumulated $3,060.00. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Tiger is the mythical animal and Metal is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.
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December 18, 2010 Historical Events
- 2010 –Governmental protests begin in Tunisia, beginning the 2010-2011 Middle East and North Africa protests
Who died on December 18, 2010?
- 2010 –Jacqueline de Romilly, French philologist and classical scholar (b. 1913)
- 2010 –James Pickles, English jurist and columnist (b. 1925)
- 2010 –Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player (b. 1916)
- 2010 –Tasso Kavadia, Greek actress (b. 1921)
- 2010 –Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian banker and economist (b. 1940)
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