1.December 18, 1271: Italian explorer Marco Polo leaves China and returns to Venice. He spent 17 years in China, becoming one of the first Chinese travelers in the Western world.
2.December 18, 1787: The U.S. Constitution was signed. This event marked the establishment of a modern constitutional system in the United States and became an important milestone in American history.
3.December 18, 1892: The first electric elevator was used in the United States. Elevators, manufactured by the Otis Elevator Company, were put into use for the first time in an office building in New York City.
4.December 18, 1912: Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole for the first time. He was the first to successfully reach the South Pole.
5.18 December 1932: Finland becomes one of the founding Members of the United Nations. Finland is one of the founding Members of the United Nations and the eleventh country to join the United Nations.
6.December 18, 1944: The Battle of the Ardennes during World War II begins in the United States. The battle was one of the most important battles fought by the Allies on the Western Front in Europe against Nazi Germany.
7.December 18, 1973: The Soviet Union sent cosmonauts Vladimir Komarov and Valery Ilyshukin on the Soyuz-17 mission, becoming the first human to perform extravehicular activities in space.
8.18 December 1997: Queen Elizabeth II conferred the title of Sir Tung Chee-hwa, Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, as Chief Executive of Hong Kong.
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