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Events in December 2018 11
1991 – 2018The Jerry Springer ShowHosted his eponymous talk show from 1991 to 2018. Known for on-set confrontations and chair-throwing, the show became a cultural phenomenon, briefly overtaking Oprah Winfrey in daytime ratings. TV Guide named it the worst show in television history in 2002.
2012 – 2018UK Special Boat ServiceSelected for the UK's elite Special Boat Service, one of only a handful of Gurkhas ever admitted. Trained in extreme environments and served on classified operations. Received an MBE for his military service.
2015 – 2018Lifetime HonoursReceived the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015, the Polar Music Prize in 2017, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2018.
20182018: Lewis HamiltonMercedesHamilton won his fifth title, surpassing Fangio to stand alone as the second-most successful champion in F1 history behind Schumacher.
2018Cryptocurrency market crashBitcoin falls more than 80% from its December 2017 peakBitcoin and other cryptocurrencies suffered a prolonged crash throughout 2018, with Bitcoin falling from nearly $20,000 to around $3,200 by December. The collapse wiped out hundreds of billions of dollars in market value following the speculative boom of late 2017. Regulatory scrutiny and exchange failures compounded the decline.
2018Left the MilitaryResigned from the Special Boat Service to pursue mountaineering full time. Mortgaged his house to fund Project Possible, his audacious plan to climb all fourteen 8,000-metre peaks in seven months.
2018My MisterStarred in the critically acclaimed drama series My Mister (Naui Ajusshi), delivering one of his most celebrated television performances.
2018Conversion to IslamAnnounced her conversion to Islam, taking the name Shuhada' Sadaqat, while continuing to perform as Sinéad O'Connor.
2018Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse — Sony Pictures reinventedSony Pictures releases Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in December 2018 — an animated superhero film with a revolutionary visual style that wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The film's critical and commercial success signals a creative renaissance at Sony Pictures. The subsequent animated Spider-Man films, the Venom series and Sony's deal with Marvel to include Spider-Man in the MCU collectively rebuild Sony Pictures' reputation after years of box office disappointments.
2018Aquaman#3 film of 2018 — $1.15bn worldwideDirected by James Wan, starring Jason Momoa. Arthur Curry must take his rightful place as king of Atlantis.
2018Dell Technologies returns to public marketsDell Technologies returns to the stock market on 28 December 2018 through an exchange of its tracking stock for Dell Technologies shares, valuing the company at approximately $21.7 billion. Michael Dell retains majority control. The relisted Dell is a fundamentally different company from the one that went private in 2013: a major enterprise IT infrastructure provider with $91 billion in revenues and its VMware stake as a crown jewel worth more than the entire listed company.