What day of the week was December 18, 2002?

The day of the week December 18th, 2002 fell on was a Wednesday.

There were 7 days until Christmas.

Ray Hnatyshyn the Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Governor General of Canada (b. 1934) died on this day in 2002. As did Wayne Owens the American lawyer and politician (b. 1937) .

2003 California recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion the roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier.