December 18

December 18 is known in checkiday.com as "Answer the Phone like Buddy the Elf Day", "Falke Appreciation Day" & the National days of Wearing a Plunger on your head, Twins, Ham Salads and in it & daysoftheyear.com, it's also "Roast Suckling Pig Day", "Arabic Language Day", "International Migrants Day" and "Bake Cookies Day".

Births

 * 1917 - Ossie Davis (actor, director, poet, playwright, author and activist)
 * 1931 - Kōichi Kitamura (Japanese voice actor)
 * 1933 - Diane Marie Disney (Disney family)
 * 1943 - Keith Richards (musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor)
 * 1949 - Jeffrey Price (screenwriter, producer and director)
 * 1946 - Steven Spielberg (director, producer and screenwriter)
 * 1950 - Leonard Maltin (film critic, historian and author)
 * 1954 - Ray Liotta (actor)
 * 1963 - Brad Pitt (actor, director and producer)
 * 1965 - Shawn Christian (actor)
 * 1968 - Rachel Griffiths (actress and director)
 * 1971 - Lucy Deakins (actress)
 * 1980 - Christina Aguilera (singer and actress)
 * 1981
 * Josh Dallas (actor)
 * Joseph Wayne Miller (actor)
 * 1989 - Ashley Benson (actress, dancer and model)
 * 1992 - Bridgit Mendler (actress, musician, singer and songwriter)

Deaths

 * 2000 - Nicodemus Stewart (actor)
 * 2006 - Joseph Barbera (animator, director, producer and storyboard & cartoon artist)
 * 2011 - Ted Markland (actor)
 * 2016 - Zsa Zsa Gabor (actress and socialite)
 * 2019 - Kenny Lynch (singer and songwriter)

Shorts

 * 1942 - Bellboy Donald

Films

 * 1964 - Emil and the Detectives
 * 1992 - Toys (20th Century Fox)
 * 1998 - DreamWorks' The Prince of Egypt
 * 2009 - Disney's The Princess and the Frog was released in Italy.
 * 2015 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
 * 2020 - West Side Story (20th Century Fox)

Television

 * 1966 - Warner Bros.' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
 * 1979 -
 * 2004 - Disney's The W.I.T.C.H. episode "It Begins and It Resumes" premieres.

Video games

 * 1992 - Mickey's Dangerous Chase is released for Game Boy.

VHS & DVD releases

 * 1998
 * Air Bud: Golden Receiver
 * Summer of the Monkeys
 * 2001
 * The Princess Diaries
 * Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story
 * Scary Movie 2
 * 2007
 * Cinderella II: Dreams Come True: Special Edition
 * National Treasure: 2-Disc Collector's Edition
 * 2012 - Army Wives: The Complete Sixth Season (ABC Studios)

DVD & Blu-ray releases

 * 2007 - Underdog