Weekend's wine

On 18 December 218 BC In the Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia, Hannibal's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Roman Republic.

On 18 December  1622  Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in present-day Angola.
On 18 December 1777 the United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.
On 18 December 1916 in World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.
On 18 December 2015 Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in Great Britain, closes.

Prego rolls for tea