18 December

Events which occurred on the 18th of December.

Events[]

1271: Kublai Khan establishes the Yuan dynasty.
1571: Nurse Dennis Sheridan saves security officer T'Von from a six-legged Draconian predator. (STO - Agents of Yesterday short story: "Tales from K13")
1865: Slavery is abolished in the United States.
1878: Soviet Union Premier Joseph Stalin is born.
1886: Baseball legend Ty Cobb is born.
1946: Film director Steven Spielberg is born.
1986: The San Francisco Register's headline in this day's newspaper is "Nuclear Arms Talks Stalled" along with the subhead "Geneva Summit in Doubt". (TOS movie: The Voyage Home)
2127: The first successful Bolian warp drive test is conducted in the Bolarus system. (DTI eBook: The Collectors)
2165: Hoshi Sato and Takashi Kimura enjoy holiday festivals in Sapporo, Japan. (ENT - Rise of the Federation novel: Patterns of Interference)

1971: TOS comic: "Creeping Death" begins with the 1st installment in Valiant and TV21 #12.
1975: The 2nd installment of TOS comic: "The Peril of Planet Quick Change" is reprinted in Mighty TV Comic #1305.
1976: TOS comic: "The Peril of Planet Quick Change", part 2 is reprinted in Mighty TV Comic #1305.
1979: The 17th installment of TOS comic: "Called Home" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
1980: The 103rd installment of TOS comic: "Husian Gambit" is published.
1981: The 54th installment of TOS comic: "Restructuring Is Futile" is published.
1982: The 42nd installment of TOS comic: "Taking Shape" is published.
1987: The Original Series, discs 33 and 34 are released on LaserDisc in the U.S.
2002

2013: TOS - The Khitomer Conflict comic: "Part 4" is released by IDW Publishing.
2019: TOS - Year Five: The Wine-Dark Deep comic: "Issue 9" and PIC - Picard: Countdown comic: "Issue 2" are published.