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January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 347 days remaining (348 in Leap Year s)
Events
- 336 - Saint Mark elected Catholic Pope .
- 350 - General Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans , proclaims himself Emperor.
- 474 - Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine Emperor
- 532 - Nika Riots in Constantinople fail.
- 1486 - King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth , daughter of Edward IV .
- 1520 - King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde .
- 1535 - Lima , Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro .
- 1670 - Henry Morgan captures Panama .
- 1701 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia .
- 1778 - James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands , which he names the " Sandwich Islands ".
- 1788 - The first 736 convicts banished from England to Australia landed in Botany Bay creating the first Australian Penal Colony
- 1861 - American Civil War - Georgia joins South Carolina , Florida , Mississippi , and Alabama in Secession from the United States .
- 1871 - Wilhelm I Of Germany becomes the first German Emperor .
- 1884 - Dr William Price attempts to Cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price , setting a legal precedent for cremation in the UK .
- 1886 - Modern Field Hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England .
- 1896 - The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time.
- 1911 - Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the '' USS Pennsylvania '' stationed in San Francisco harbor, marking the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
- 1912 - British explorer Robert Falcon Scott arrives at the South Pole only to find that Roald Amundsen , the Norwegian explorer, had preceded them by just over a month.
- 1915 - Japan issues the " Twenty-One Demands " to China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia .
- 1916 - A 611 Gram chondrite type Meteorite struck a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri .
- opens in Versailles , France .
- 1919 - Bentley Motors Limited is founded.
- 1939 - Louis Armstrong records Jeepers Creepers .
- officials announce they have broken the Wehrmacht 's Siege Of Leningrad .
- 1943 - s in the Warsaw Ghetto .
- 1944 - The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City for the first time hosts a Jazz concert; the performers are Louis Armstrong , Benny Goodman , Lionel Hampton , Artie Shaw , Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden .
- 1945 - Liberation of the Budapest Ghetto by the Red Army
- 1958 - Willie O'Ree , the first African American National Hockey League player, make his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins .
- 1964 - Plans are revealed for the World Trade Center in New York City .
- 1964 - The Beatles appear on the '' Billboard Magazine '' charts for the first time.
- 1967 - Albert DeSalvo , the " Boston Strangler ," is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life in prison.
- 1975 - '' The Jeffersons '' debuts on CBS .
- 1977 - Scientists identify a previously unknown Bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " Legionnaire's Disease ."
- 1977 - Australia 's worst Rail Disaster Occurs At Granville , Sydney killing 83.
- 1978 - The European Court Of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland , but not guilty of Torture .
- 1983 - The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe Olympic medals to his family.
- 1990 - Former Preschool operators Raymond Buckey and his mother Peggy McMartin Buckey are acquitted in a Los Angeles, California court of 52 child molestation charges.
- 1990 - Washington, DC , Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for Drug possession in an FBI sting.
- 1991 - Eastern Airlines shuts down after 62 years citing financial problems.
- 1993 - For the first time, Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday is officially observed in all 50 United States States .
- 1995 - In southern France near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc a network of caves are discovered that contain paintings and engravings that are 17,000 to 20,000 years old.
- 1997 - In north west Rwanda , Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other.
- 1997 - Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided.
- breaks the Bill Clinton - Monica Lewinsky affair story on his website The Drudge Report .
- 2002 - A Canadian Pacific Railway train carrying anhydrous Ammonia derails outside of Minot, North Dakota , killing one man and calling into question the maintenance of CP track and the policy of Voice-tracking used by Clear Channel Communications .
- 2005 - A U.N. World Conference On Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Japan begins.
Births
- 885 - Daigo , Emperor Of Japan (d. 930 )
- 1543 - Alfonso Ferrabosco (I) , Italian composer (d. 1588 )
- 1641 - François-Michel Le Tellier, Marquis De Louvois , French war minister (d. 1691 )
- 1672 - Antoine Houdar De La Motte , French writer (d. 1731 )
- 1688 - Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke Of Dorset , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765 )
- 1689 - Montesquieu , French writer (d. 1755 )
- 1779 - Peter Roget , British lexicographer (d. 1869 )
- 1782 - Daniel Webster , American statesman (d. 1852 )
- 1813 - Joseph Glidden , American farmer who patented barbed wire (d. 1906 )
- 1840 - Henry Austin Dobson , English poet (d. 1921 )
- 1842 - Albert Alonzo Ames , Mayor of Minneapolis (d. 1911 )
- 1848 - Ioan Slavici , Transylvanian writer (d. 1925 )
- 1849 - Edmund Barton , first Prime Minister Of Australia (d. 1920 )
- 1850 - Seth Low , American politician (d. 1916 )
- 1854 - Thomas Watson , American telephone pioneer (d. 1934 )
- 1877 - Samuel Zemurray , U.S. businessman (d. 1961 )
- 1882 - A. A. Milne , English author (d. 1956 )
- 1888 - Thomas Sopwith , British aviation pioneer (d. 1989 )
- 1892 - Oliver Hardy , American comedian and actor (d. 1957 )
- 1892 - Paul Rostock , German surgeon (d. 1956 )
- 1904 - Cary Grant , English actor (d. 1986 )
- 1905 - Joseph Bonanno , Italian-born gangster (d. 2002 )
- 1908 - Jacob Bronowski , Polish-born mathematician, poet, and physicist (d. 1974 )
- 1913 - Danny Kaye , American actor (d. 1987 )
- 1914 - Arno Schmidt , German author (d. 1979 )
- 1914 - William Stafford , American poet (d. 1993 )
- 1922 - Bob Bell , American clown (d. 1997 )
- 1931 - Chun Doo-hwan , President Of South Korea
- 1932 - Robert Anton Wilson , American author
- 1933 - John Boorman , Irish film director
- 1934 - Raymond Briggs , English writer and illustrator
- 1937 - John Hume , Northern Irish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998
- 1938 - Curt Flood , baseball player (d. 1997 )
- 1941 - David Ruffin , American singer (d. 1991 )
- 1943 - Kay Granger , American politician
- 1944 - Paul Keating , twenty-fourth Prime Minister Of Australia
- 1946 - Joseph Deiss , Swiss Federal Councilor
- 1947 - Takeshi Kitano , Japanese actor and director
- 1949 - Philippe Starck , French designer
- 1950 - Gilles Villeneuve , Canadian race car driver (d. 1982 )
- 1952 - R. Stevie Moore , American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer
- 1953 - Brett Hudson , American actor
- 1955 - Kevin Costner , American actor
- 1956 - Sharon Mitchell , American actress
- 1956 - Tom Bailey , British singer ( Thompson Twins )
- 1961 - Mark Messier , Canadian hockey player
- 1962 - Jeff Yagher , American actor
- 1964 - Jane Horrocks , British actress
- 1965 - Dave Attell , American writer and comedian
- 1966 - David Bautista , American professional wrestler
- 1967 - Kim Perrot , American basketball player (d. 1999 )
- 1968 - Frank Quitely , Scottish comic book artist
- 1969 - Jesse L. Martin , American actor
- 1970 - DJ Quik , American rapper
- 1971 - Jonathan Davis , American musician ( KoЯn )
- 1971 - Christian Fittipaldi , Brazilian race car driver
- 1972 - Mike Lieberthal , baseball player
- 1973 - Crispian Mills , British musician ( The Jeevas and Kula Shaker )
- 1974 - Michael Tunn , Australian television and radio
- 1977 - Curtis Cregan , American actor
- 1979 - Paulo Ferreira , Portuguese footballer
- 1979 - Jay Chou , Taiwanese singer and producer
- 1980 - Julius Peppers , American football player
- 1982 - Quinn Allman , American musician ( The Used )
- 1983 - Samantha Mumba , Irish singer and actress
Deaths
- 52 BC - Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered)
- 474 - Leo I , Byzantine Emperor (b. 401 )
- 1367 - King Peter I Of Portugal (b. 1320 )
- 1425 - Edmund De Mortimer, 5th Earl Of March , English politician (b. 1391 )
- 1471 - Emperor Go-Hanazono Of Japan (b. 1419 )
- 1547 - Pietro Bembo , Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1470 )
- 1583 - Margaret Of Austria , regent of the Netherlands (b. 1522 )
- 1677 - Jan Van Riebeeck , Dutch merchant (b. 1619 )
- 1803 - Ippolit Bogdanovich , Russian poet (b. 1743 )
- 1862 - John Tyler , President Of The United States (b. 1790 )
- 1873 - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton , English author (b. 1803 )
- 1878 - Antoine César Becquerel , French physicist (b. 1788 )
- 1927 - Empress Carlotta Of Mexico (b. 1840 )
- 1936 - Rudyard Kipling , British writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865 )
- 1940 - Kazimierz Tetmajer , Polish writer (b. 1865 )
- 1952 - Curly Howard , American actor and comedian (b. 1903 )
- 1954 - Sydney Greenstreet , English actor (b. 1879 )
- 1963 - Hugh Gaitskell , leader of the British Labour Party (b. 1906 )
- 1966 - Kathleen Norris , American writer (b. 1880 )
- 1967 - Goose Tatum , American basketball player (b. 1921 )
- 1969 - Hans Freyer , German sociologist (b. 1887 )
- 1970 - David O. McKay , president of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (b. 1873 )
- 1980 - Sir Cecil Beaton , English fashion designer (b. 1904 )
- 1984 - Vassilis Tsitsanis , Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1915 )
- 1985 - Wilfrid Brambell , Irish actor (b. 1912 )
- 1995 - Adolf Butenandt , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903 )
- 1995 - Ron Luciano , baseball umpire (b. 1937 )
- 1997 - Paul Tsongas , U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (b. 1941 )
- 2000 - Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky , Austrian architect (b. 1897 )
- 2001 - Al Waxman , Canadian actor (b. 1935 )
- 2003 - Edward "The Sheik" Farhat , American professional wrestler (b. 1924 )
- 2005 - Lamont Bentley , American actor (b. 1973 )
- 2006 - Jan Twardowski , Polish poet (b. 1915 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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