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January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year It began on a Saturday and 31 days later ended on a Monday PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence PortalCurrent events International holidays February 2 - Candlemas February 5 - Shrove New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence January 2007 is the first month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. January 2006: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July January 2005: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September January 2004: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2003: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2002: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2001: ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August January 2000: &larr - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 347 days remaining until the end of the year (348 in leap years). A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the

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Events

• 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor. Events By Place Roman Empire January 18 — Magnentius is proclaimed emperor by the army in Autun. Flavius Magnus Magnentius (303– August 11, 353) was a Roman usurper ( January 18, 350 – August 11, 353 For a simplified list see Concise list of Roman Emperors. For more information see History of the Roman Empire. Flavius Julius Constans (320-350 was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 337 to 350
• 474 - Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor. Events By Place Western Roman Empire Julius Nepos becomes western Roman Emperor, deposing Glycerius. Flavius Leo or Leo II ( 467 - November 17, 474) served as Byzantine Emperor from January 18 to November 17 This is a list of the Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as the Byzantine Empire by modern historians
• 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople fail. Events By Place Byzantine Empire January 11 — Nika riots in Constantinople: The cathedral is destroyed The Nika riots (Στάση του Νίκα or Nika revolt, took place over the course of a week in Constantinople in 532. Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS
• 1126 - Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong. Emperor Huizong ( November 2, 1082 – June 4, 1135) was the eighth and one of the most famous emperors of the Song Dynasty of China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Emperor Qinzong ( May 23, 1100 &ndash June 14, 1161) was the ninth emperor of the Song Dynasty of China, and the last
• 1486 - King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV. Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 &ndash 11 February 1503 was the Queen Consort of King Henry VII of England, whom she married in 1486 Edward IV ( 28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 2 October
• 1520 - King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Åsunden. Christian II (1 July 1481 &ndash 25 January 1559 was a Danish monarch and King of Denmark, Norway (1513 &ndash 1523 and Sweden (1520 &ndash 1521 The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
• 1535 - Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded Lima, the capital of Peru. Francisco Pizarro González 1st Marqués de los Atabillos (c 1471 or 1476 &ndash 26 June 1541 was a Spanish Conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire The history of Lima, the capital of Peru, began with its foundation by Francisco Pizarro on January 18 1535 Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America.
• 1562 - Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session. Pope Pius IV ( March 31, 1499 &ndash December 9, 1565) born Giovanni Angelo Medici, was Pope from 1559 to 1565 The Council of Trent was the 19th Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic Church.
• 1670 - Henry Morgan captures Panama. Admiral Sir Henry Morgan (Hari Morgan in Welsh) ( ca 1635 &ndash August 25, 1688) was a Welsh Privateer, who made a name Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America.
• 1701 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. Biography Born in Königsberg, he was the third son of Frederick William Elector of Brandenburg by his father's first marriage to Louise Henriette Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state
• 1777 - Representatives of the New Hampshire Grants declare the independence of the Vermont Republic from Britain. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The New Hampshire Grants or Benning Wentworth Grants were Land grants made between 1749 and 1764 by the provincial governor of New Hampshire, The term Vermont Republic has been used by 20th and 21st century writers to describe the period of the U
• 1778 - James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands". Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Captain James Cook FRS RN ( – 14 February 1779) was an English Explorer, Navigator and The European peoples are the various Nations and Ethnic groups of Europe. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the "Sandwich Island" redirects here Sandwich Island is also an early name for the Cook Islands island of Manuae, and for the island of Efate
• 1788 - The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap The First Fleet is the name given to the 11 Ships which sailed from Great Britain on 13 May 1787 to establish the first European colony in New South Wales. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, a few kilometres south of the Sydney central business district.
• 1861 - American Civil War - Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. Secession (derived from the Latin term secessio is the act of withdrawing from an organization union or especially a political entity The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1871 - Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed the first German Emperor in the 'Hall of Mirrors' of the Palace of Versailles towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article lists the German monarchs, ruling over the territory of Germany from the creation of a separate Eastern Frankish Kingdom in 843 until the end of monarchy The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal Château in Versailles, in France 's Île-de-France region The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War ( 19 July, 1870 — 10 May, 1871 The empire was known as The Second Reich to the Germans.
• 1884 - Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Dr William Price ( 4 March 1800 &ndash 23 January 1893) was a Welsh physician and a famous eccentric, best known Cremation is the act of reducing a Corpse by burning, generally in a crematorium furnace or crematory fire The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 1886 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Field hockey is a Team sport in which players attempt to score goals by hitting the Ball across the pitch with a stick England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• 1896 - The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year X-radiation (composed of X-rays) is a form of Electromagnetic radiation.
• 1903 - President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T
• 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. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Eugene Burton Ely ( October 21 1886 - October 19, 1911) was an aviation pioneer, credited with the first shipboard aircraft San Francisco Bay is a shallow productive Estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento
• 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. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth. Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (ˈɾuːɑl ˈɑmʉnsən ( July 16, 1872 – c
• 1913 - A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos during the First Balkan War, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Hellenic Navy ( HN) ( Πολεμικό Ναυτικό, Polemikó Naftikó, abbreviated ΠΝ) is the naval force of Greece See also History of the Turkish Navy The Ottoman Navy was established in the early 14th century The Battle of Lemnos ( Ναυμαχία της Λήμνου) fought on January 5 1913, was a Naval battle during the First Balkan War, which The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 pitted the Balkan League ( Serbia, Montenegro, Greece, and Bulgaria Etymology In ancient times there were various explanations for the name Aegean. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
• 1915 - Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The were a set of demands made by the Empire of Japan under Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu sent to the nominal government of the Republic of REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES
• 1916 - A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite stikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year For other uses of the words gram or gramme see Gram (disambiguation. A meteorite is a natural object originating in Outer space that survives an impact with the Earth 's surface Stone County is a County located in the US state of Missouri.
• 1919 - World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Versailles (vɛʀsaj in French) formerly de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• 1919 - Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland. Ignacy Jan Paderewski GBE (November 18 1860 - June 29 1941 was a Polish Pianist, Composer, Diplomat, and politician and the Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
• 1919 - Bentley Motors Limited is founded. Bentley Motors Limited is an English manufacturer of luxury Automobiles and Grand Tourers Bentley Motors was founded in England
• 1943 - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (German "Aufstand im Warschauer Ghetto", Polish "Powstanie w getcie warszawskim") was the Jewish PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of the Jewish Ghettos located in the territory of General Government during World War II, established by
• 1944 - The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880 is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. The City of New York Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States The performers were Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden. Louis Armstrong (August 4 1901 &ndash July 6 1971 nicknamed Satchmo or Sachimo and Pops, was an American Jazz Trumpeter Lionel Leo Hampton ( April 20, 1908 &ndash August 31, 2002) was an American Jazz Vibraphonist, Percussionist Arthur Jacob Arshawsky ( May 23, 1910 &ndash December 30, 2004) better known as Artie Shaw, was an American Jazz Roy David Eldridge ( January 30, 1911 &ndash February 26, 1989) nicknamed "Little Jazz" was an American Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden ( August 20, 1905 &ndash January 15, 1964) was an influential Jazz Trombonist and
• 1944 - Soviet forces liberate Leningrad, effectively ending a three year Nazi siege, known as the Siege of Leningrad. A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German The Siege of Leningrad, also known as The Leningrad Blockade ( Russian: блокада Ленинграда ( transliteration: blokada Leningrada
• 1945 - Liberation of the Budapest ghetto by the Red Army. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Budapest ghetto was a Ghetto where Jews were forced to live in Budapest, Hungary during the Second World War. The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya
• 1955 - Battle of Yijiangshan occurred. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) The Battle of Yijiangshan Islands (一江山島戰役 was a conflict between forces of the Republic of China Army and the People's Liberation Army of the
• 1958 - Willie O'Ree, the first African Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Willie O'Ree, ONB (born October 15, 1935 in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a retired professional Ice hockey player known best for Black Canadians', Caribbean Canadians, and African Canadians are designations used for people of Black African descent who reside in The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America
• 1967 - Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler," is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life in prison. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Albert Henry DeSalvo ( September 3, 1931 &ndash November 25, 1973) was a criminal in Boston, Massachusetts, United The Boston Strangler is a name attributed to the murderer of several women in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, in the early 1960s
• 1969 - United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay resulting in the loss of all 32 passengers and six crew members. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. United Airlines Flight 266 was a scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles California to General Mitchell International Santa Monica Bay is an arm of the Pacific Ocean in southern California, United States.
• 1974 - A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War (מלחמת יום הכיפורים transliterated: Milkhemet Yom HaKipurim or מלחמת יום
• 1977 - Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The Bacteria ( singular: bacterium) are a large group of unicellular Microorganisms Typically a few Micrometres in length bacteria have Legionellosis is an Infectious disease caused by Bacteria belonging to the Genus Legionella.
• 1977 - Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4
• 1978 - The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The European Court of Human Rights ( ECtHR) (Cour européenne des droits de l’homme in Strasbourg was established under the European Convention on Human Rights Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally
• 1983 - The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe ( Sac and Fox (Sauk: Wa-Tho-Huk) (28 May 1888 – 28 March 1953 was an American athlete
• 1990 - Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The structure of Washington DC 's city government has changed several times since the City of Washington was officially granted a formal government in 1802 Marion Shepilov Barry Jr (born March 6, 1936) is an American politician who served as the second elected mayor of the District of Columbia A psychoactive drug or psychotropic substance is a Chemical substance that acts primarily upon the Central nervous system where it alters Brain
• 1991 - Eastern Air Lines goes out of business after 62 years, citing financial problems. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Eastern Air Lines was a major United States Airline that existed from the late 1920s until 1991
• 1993 - For the first time, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed in all 50 states. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Martin Luther King Jr Day is a United States Holiday marking the birthdate of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr
• 1994 - The Cando event, a possible bolide impact in Cando, Spain. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The Cando event was an Explosion that occurred in the village of Cando Spain, in the morning of January 18, 1994. See also Impact crater An impact event is the Collision of a large Meteoroid, Asteroid or Comet (generically Cando (parish of San Tirso is a village in northwestern Spain, in the province of La Coruña, and the region of Galicia, with a population of around 1000 Witnesses claim to have seen a fireball in the sky lasting for almost one minute.
• 1997 - In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Republic of Rwanda (ruːˈændə or /rəˈwɑːndə/ in English ɾwanda or in Kinyarwanda is a small Landlocked country in the The Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1997 - Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided. Børge Ousland (born May 31, 1962 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian polar explorer photographer and writer
• 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair story on his website The Drudge Report. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Lewinsky scandal was a political Sex scandal emerging from a sexual relationship between United States President Bill Clinton and a then Matthew Nathan Drudge (born October 27, 1966) is the American proprietor and editor of the Drudge Report, a conservative news aggregation William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman with whom then- United States President Bill Clinton admitted to The Drudge Report is a conservative US-based news aggregation Website run by Matthew Nathan Drudge.
• 2000 - The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. EARTH was a short-lived Japanese vocal trio which released 6 singles and 1 album between 2000 and 2001
• 2002 - Sierra Leone Civil War was finally declared over. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Sierra Leone Civil War began in 1991, initiated by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF under Foday Sankoh.
• 2003 - A bushfire kills 4 people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Canberra bushfires of 2003 caused severe damage to the outskirts of Canberra, the Australian capital city Canberra ( is the capital city of Australia With a population of over 340000 it is Australia's largest inland City.
• 2005 - A United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Japan begins. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security World Conference on Disaster Reduction is a United Nations conference bringing together government officials non-governmental experts and other specialists from around the world is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1
• 2007 - The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people, Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Hurricane Kyrill, causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. A tropical cyclone is a storm system characterized by a low pressure center and numerous Thunderstorms that produce strong winds and Flooding Abstract A European windstorm is a severe Cyclonic Storm that moves across the North Atlantic towards northwestern Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' Other losses include the Container Ship MSC Napoli destroyed by the storm off the coast of Devon, England. Container ships are Cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size containers in a technique called Containerization. Kyrill While en route from Belgium to Portugal, on January 18 2007, during European windstorm Kyrill, severe gale Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

Births

• 885 - Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. Events By Place Europe The Vikings besiege Paris. Godfrith the Sea King is killed in Lobith. Emperor Daigo (醍醐天皇 Daigo-tennō) ( January 18, 885 &ndash October 23, 930) was the 60th emperor of The of Japan is the country's Monarch. He is the head of the Japanese Imperial Family. 930)
• 1519 - Isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. Events By Place Europe With the establishment of the Althing, now the world's oldest Parliament, the Icelandic Commonwealth Ancestors 1559)
• 1543 - (baptised) Alfonso Ferrabosco (I), Italian composer (d. Alfonso Ferrabosco ( Alfonso Ferrabosco (I; his son Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger was also a composer (baptized January 18, 1543 &ndash 1588)
• 1641 - François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French war minister (d. François Michel le Tellier Marquis de Louvois (18 January 1641 – 16 July 1691 was the French Secretary of State for War for a significant part of the reign of 1691)
• 1672 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. Antoine Houdar de la Motte ( 18 January 1672 - 26 December 1731) was a French Author. 1731)
• 1688 - Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. Year 1731 ( MDCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Lionel Cranfield Sackville 1st Duke of Dorset, PC ( January 18, 1688 &ndash October 10, 1765) was an English political 1765)
• 1689 - Montesquieu, French writer (d. Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Charles-Louis de Secondat baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (Eng 1755)
• 1779 - Peter Roget, British lexicographer (d. Year 1755 ( MDCCLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Peter Mark Roget roʊˈʒeɪ ( January 18, 1779 &ndash September 12, 1869) was a British Physician, Natural theologian 1869)
• 1782 - Daniel Webster, American statesman (d. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Daniel Webster (January 18 1782 &ndash October 24 1852 was a leading American Statesman during the nation's Antebellum Period. 1852)
• 1795 - Anna Pavlovna of Russia, queen of The Netherlands (d. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Anna Pavlovna of Russia (Анна Павловна 18 January 1795 - 1 March 1865 was Queen of the Netherlands 1865)
• 1813 - Joseph Glidden, American farmer who patented barbed wire (d. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Joseph Farwell Glidden ( January 18 1813 &ndash October 9, 1906) was an American Farmer who patented Barbed wire 1906)
• 1815 - Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (d. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Lobegott Friedrich Constantin (von Tischendorf ( January 18, 1815 &ndash December 7, 1874) was a noted German Biblical 1874)
• 1840 - Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (d. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Henry Austin Dobson ( January 18, 1840 &ndash September 2, 1921) was an English Poet and essayist 1921)
• 1841 - Emmanuel Chabrier, French composer (d. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link ( Alexis-) Emmanuel Chabrier ( January 18, 1841 – September 13, 1894) was a French Romantic Composer 1894)
• 1842 - Albert Alonzo Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (d. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Albert Alonzo "Doc" Ames ( January 18, 1842 &ndash November 16, 1911) held several terms as Mayor of Minneapolis Minnesota 1911)
• 1848 - Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Ioan Slavici ( January 18, 1848 &ndash August 17, 1925) was a Transylvanian born Romanian 1925)
• 1849 - Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, QC (18 January 1849 – 7 January 1920 Australian politician and judge was the first Prime Minister of Australia and The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. 1920)
• 1850 - Seth Low, American politician (d. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Seth Low ( January 18, 1850 - September 17, 1916) born in Brooklyn, New York, was an American educator and 1916)
• 1854 - Thomas Watson, American telephone pioneer (d. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Thomas Augustus Watson ( January 18 1854 - December 13 1934) was an assistant to Alexander Graham Bell, notably in the invention of 1934)
• 1856 - Daniel Hale Williams, African-American surgeon (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Daniel Hale Williams ( January 18, 1856 - August 4, 1931) was the first African-American heart surgeon. 1931)
• 1867 - Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan Journalist, Diplomat, Poet (d. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Félix Rubén García Sarmiento also known as Rubén Darío (Metapa January 18, 1867 &ndash Leon February 6, 1916) was a 1916)
• 1877 - Samuel Zemurray, U.S. businessman (d. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Samuel Zemurray ( January 18, 1877 - November 30, 1961) was a U The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 1961)
• 1879 - Henri Giraud, French general (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Henri Honoré Giraud ( 18 January 1879 &ndash 13 March 1949) was a French general who fought in World War I and World 1949)
• 1881 - Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gaston Gallimard ( January 18, 1881 - December 25, 1975) was a French Publisher. 1975)
• 1882 - A. A. Milne, English author (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alan Alexander Milne (ˈmɪln (18 January 1882 &ndash 31 January 1956 was an English Author, best known for his Books about the Teddy bear 1956)
• 1886 - Clara Nordström, German writer and translator (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Clara Nordström, maiden name and pseudonym for Clara Elisabet von Vegesack, ( Karlskrona, Sweden, January 18, 1886 - Mindelheim 1962)
• 1888 - Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS ( January 18 1888 &ndash January 27 1989) was an English 1989)
• 1892 - Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Oliver Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 &ndash August 7, 1957) was an American comic Actor 1957)
• 1892 - Paul Rostock, German surgeon (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Paul Rostock ( January 18, 1892 - June 17, 1956) was a German Official, surgeon, and university Professor 1956)
• 1901 - Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Ivan Georgievich Petrovsky, also Petrovskii (Иван Георгиевич Петровский ( January 18, 1901, Sevsk – January 15 1973)
• 1904 - Cary Grant, English actor (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on 1986)
• 1904 - Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Anthony Galla-Rini ( 18 January 1904 &ndash 30 July 2006) was a celebrated American Accordionist arranger composer conductor 2006)
• 1905 - Joseph Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Giuseppe "Joe Bananas" Bonanno ( January 18, 1905 &ndash May 12, 2002) was a Sicilian-born American Mafioso who became 2002)
• 1908 - Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born mathematician, poet, and physicist (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Jacob Bronowski ( January 18 1908 – August 22 1974) was a British mathematician and biologist of Polish-Jewish origin 1974)
• 1908 - Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Princess Sibylla of Sweden Duchess of Västerbotten (born Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 18 January 1908 – 28 November 1972) was 1972)
• 1910 - Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Kenneth Ewart Boulding ( January 18 1910 – March 18 1993) was an Economist, educator peace activist Poet, religious mystic 1983)
• 1913 - Danny Kaye, American actor (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Danny Kaye ( January 18, 1913 – March 3, 1987) was an American award-winning Actor, Singer and Comedian 1987)
• 1914 - Arno Schmidt, German author (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Arno Schmidt ( January 18, 1914 - June 3, 1979) was a German Author and Translator. 1979)
• 1915 - Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Vassilis Tsitsanis ( Βασίλης Τσιτσάνης January 18, 1915 – January 18, 1984) was a Greek songwriter 1984)
• 1917 - Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese businessman
• 1918 - Gustave Gingras, French Canadian physician (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Wang Yung-ching (also known as YC Wang) (Traditional Chinese 王永慶 Pinyin: Wáng Yǒngqìng (born 18 January 1917) is an influential entrepreneur Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gustave Gingras CC ( January 18, 1918 &ndash May 9, 1996) was a Canadian physician and founder of the Montreal Institute 1996)
• 1922 - Bob Bell, American clown (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Lewis Bell better known as Bob Bell ( January 18, 1922 &ndash December 8, 1997) was famous for his alter-ego Bozo the 1997)
• 1925 - Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gilles Deleuze ( (January 18 1925 &ndash November 4 1995 was a French philosopher of the late 20th century 1995)
• 1927 - Sundaram Balachander, Indian veena player (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sundaram Balachander ( 18 January 1927 – 15 April 1990) was a prominent Indian Veena player with a unique style remarkable as a classical 1990)
• 1931 - Chun Doo-hwan, President of South Korea
• 1932 - Robert Anton Wilson, American author (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chun Doo-hwan (born 18 January, 1931) was former ROK Army general and the President of South Korea from 1980 to 1988 The President of the Republic of Korea is according to the Constitution head of state chief executive of the government and commander-in-chief of the armed forces Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Anton Wilson or RAW (born Robert Edward Wilson, January 18, 1932 &ndash January 11, 2007) was an American 2007)
• 1933 - John Boorman, Irish film director
• 1933 - Ray Dolby, American inventor (Dolby noise reduction system)
• 1934 - Raymond Briggs, English writer and illustrator
• 1935 - Albert Millaire, Quebec actor and theatre director
• 1935 - Jon Stallworthy, English poet
• 1935 - Gad Yaacobi, Israeli minister (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Boorman (born January 18, 1933) is an English filmmaker currently based in Ireland best known for his feature films such as Point Ray Dolby (born January 18 1933) is the American inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR. Dolby NR is the name given to a series of noise reduction systems developed by Dolby Laboratories for use in analogue Magnetic tape recording Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Raymond Redvers Briggs (born 18 January 1934 is an English Illustrator, Cartoonist, Graphic novelist, and Author who has achieved Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rodolphe Albert Millaire CC (born January 18, 1935 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is an Actor and Theatre Jon (Howie Stallworthy (born January 18, 1935 in London) FBA FRSL is Professor Emeritus of English at the Gad Yaacobi (גד יעקבי 18 January 1935 – 27 August 2007 was an Israeli Minister, Alignment Knesset member and Israel Ambassador 2007)
• 1937 - John Hume, Northern Irish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998
• 1938 - Curt Flood, American baseball player (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Hume (born 18 January 1937) is a former Politician in Northern Ireland, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Curtis Charles Flood ( January 18 1938 &ndash January 20 1997) was a Major League Baseball player who spent most of his career as 1997)
• 1940 - Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican racing driver (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pedro Rodríguez ( 18 January 1940 &ndash 11 July 1971) was a Mexican Grand Prix motor racing driver 1971)
• 1941 - Denise Bombardier, Quebec journalist, television host and novelist
• 1941 - Bobby Goldsboro, American country/pop singer
• 1941 - David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Denise Bombardier (born January 18 1941 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is an esteemed yet controversial journalist, Novelist Essayist Bobby Goldsboro, born January 18, 1941 in Marianna, Florida) is an American country / pop Singer Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Ruffin (Davis Eli Ruffin ( January 18, 1941 &ndash June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer most famous for his work The Temptations (sometimes abbreviated as The Temps or The Tempts) are a Grammy -winning vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful 1991)
• 1943 - Kay Granger, American politician
• 1944 - Paul Keating, twenty-fourth Prime Minister of Australia
• 1944 - Carl Morton, American baseball player (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kay Granger (born January 18 1943) a Republican politician from the U Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944 was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, from 1991 to 1996 The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. Carl Wendle Morton ( January 18, 1944 – April 12, 1983) was a former Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played 1983)
• 1945 - José Luis Perales, Spanish singer
• 1946 - Joseph Deiss, Swiss Federal Councilor
• 1947 - Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director
• 1949 - Philippe Starck, French designer
• 1949 - Bill Keller, American newspaper editor
• 1950 - Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar José Luis Perales (born January 28, 1945 in Castejón, Cuenca, Spain) is a talented Singer-songwriter and Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Deiss (born January 18, 1946) is an economist Swiss politician and a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese Filmmaker, Comedian, Actor, Film editor, Presenter, Screenwriter, Author, Poet Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Philippe Patrick Starck (born January 18, 1949) is a well-known French Designer and probably the best known designer in the New Design style Bill Keller (born January 18, 1949) is executive editor of The New York Times. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve ( Gilles Villeneuve ʒil vilnœv ( January 18, 1950 &ndash May 8, 1982) was a Canadian 1982)
• 1951 - Bob Latchford, English footballer
• 1951 - Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Robert Dennis "Bob" Latchford (born 18 January 1951) is an English former Association footballer who played as a centre forward Abraham Maurits "Bram" Behr ( January 18, 1951 &ndash December 8, 1982) was a Surinamese Communist. 1982)
• 1952 - R. Stevie Moore, American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer
• 1952 - Michael Behe, American advocate of Intelligent Design
• 1953 - Brett Hudson, American actor
• 1955 - Kevin Costner, American actor
• 1955 - Fergus Martin, Irish artist
• 1956 - Sharon Mitchell, American porn actress
• 1956 - Tom Bailey, English singer (Thompson Twins)
• 1961 - Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 - Peter Beardsley, English footballer
• 1961 - Jeff Yagher, American actor
• 1962 - Alison Arngrim, American actress
• 1963 - Maxime Bernier, French Canadian politician
• 1963 - Martin O'Malley, Governor of Maryland
• 1963 - Yury Zakharevich, Soviet Olympic Weightlifter
• 1964 - Jane Horrocks, British actress
• 1964 - Enrico Lo Verso, Italian actor
• 1965 - Dave Attell, American writer and comedian
• 1966 - Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player
• 1966 - André Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
• 1967 - Kim Perrot, American basketball player (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert Steven Moore (born January 18 1952) is an American singer songwriter and Musician. Michael J Behe (born 1952 is an American Biochemist and Intelligent design advocate Intelligent Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brett Hudson (born January 18, 1953) Musician, Singer/songwriter possibly best known as the youngest of the ‘70s group the Hudson Brothers[http Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American Actor, producer and Academy Award -winning director Fergus Martin (born 1955 in Cork, Ireland is an Irish artist) Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sharon Mitchell (born January 18, 1956) is the Director of the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation, which she set up in 1998 Thompson Twins were a British Pop group The band formed in April 1977 and disbanded in May 1993 Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mark John Douglas Messier (born January 18 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former Ice hockey centerman of the National Hockey League Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE (born 18 January 1961, Newcastle upon Tyne) is a renowned English former footballer of Jeffrey Yagher (b January 18, 1961 in Lawrence Kansas) is an American Actor. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alison Margaret Arngrim (born January 18, 1962 in New York New York, U Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maxime Bernier PC, MP (born January 18, 1963) is a Canadian member of Parliament and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Martin Joseph O'Malley (born January 18 1963) is an American Democratic politician who is currently serving as the 61st Yury Ivanovich Zakharevitch (Юрий Иванович Захаревич born January 18 1963) was an Olympic weightlifter for the Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Jane Horrocks (born 18 January 1964) is an English actress, Musician, and singer Enrico Lo Verso (born January 18 1964) is an Italian Actor. He studied acting at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Dave Attell (born January 18 1965) is an American stand-up Comedian and the host of Comedy Central 's Insomniac Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Alexander Valeryevich Khalifman (born January 18, 1966, in Leningrad) is a Jewish Russian Chess Grandmaster and former FIDE André Ribeiro (born January 18, 1966 in São Paulo, São Paulo) is a former IndyCar World Series and CART Race Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Kim Perrot ( January 18, 1967 &mdash August 19, 1999) was an American Basketball player 1999)
• 1967 - Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
• 1968 - Frank Quitely, Scottish comic book artist
• 1969 - Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer
• 1969 - Batista, American professional wrestler
• 1969 - Jim O'Rourke, American musician and producer (Loose Fur and Wilco)
• 1970 - DJ Quik, American rapper
• 1970 - Peter van Petegem, Belgian cyclist
• 1971 - Jonathan Davis, American singer (KoЯn)
• 1971 - Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
• 1971 - Josep Guardiola, Spanish footballer
• 1971 - Seamus O'Regan, Canadian broadcast journalist
• 1972 - Mike Lieberthal, American baseball player
• 1973 - Anthony Koutoufides, Australian rules footballer
• 1973 - Crispian Mills, British musician (The Jeevas and Kula Shaker)
• 1974 - Michael Tunn, Australian television and radio
• 1974 - Christian Burns, English musician (BBMak)
• 1974 - Devon Odessa, American actress
• 1974 - Maulik Pancholy, American actor
• 1974 - Princess Claire of Belgium
• 1976 - Damien Leith, Australian Idol 2006
• 1977 - Curtis Cregan, American actor
• 1977 - Alina Jidkova, Russian tennis player
• 1978 - Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player
• 1979 - Jay Chou, Taiwanese singer and producer
• 1979 - Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
• 1979 - Brian Gionta, American ice hockey player
• 1979 - Kenyatta Jones, former National Football League player
• 1980 - Robert Green, English footballer
• 1980 - Julius Peppers, National Football League defensive end
• 1980 - Jason Segel, American actor
• 1980 - Estelle Swaray , Singer
• 1981 - Kang Dong-won, South Korean model and actor
• 1981 - Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer
• 1982 - Joanna Newsom, American harpist/singer-songwriter
• 1983 - Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress
• 1984 - Benji Schwimmer, American dancer
• 1984 - Michael Kearney, American child prodigy
• 1984 - Maarja Kivi, Estonian singer
• 1984 - Seung-Hui Cho, shooter at Virginia Tech
• 1984 - Kristy Lee Cook, American singer and finalist on American Idol season seven
• 1985 - Dale Begg-Smith, Australian freestyle skier
• 1985 - Riccardo Montolivo, Italian soccer player
• 1988 - Ronald Guglielmone Jr., American singer-songwriter
• 1993 - Morgan York, American Actress

Deaths

• 52 BC - Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered)
• 474 - Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Iván Luis Zamorano Zamora (born January 18 1967 in Santiago)in the Comuna De Maipu is a retired Chilean football Striker. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Quitely (born January 18, 1968) is the professional Pseudonym of Scottish Comic book Artist Vincent Deighan Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ---- Jesse Lamont Martin (born Jesse Lamont Watkins, January 18, 1969) is an American Theatre, Film, and Television David Michael Bautista Jr (born January 18 1969 commonly known by his Ring name, simply Batista, is an Filipino / American professional Jim O'Rourke (born January 18, 1969) is an American musician and producer Loose Fur is an American rock band comprising of Wilco members Jeff Tweedy and Glenn Kotche, and Wilco collaborator Jim O'Rourke. Wilco is an American rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of Alternative country group Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Martin Blake (born January 18, 1970 in Compton, California) better known by his Stage name DJ Quik, is a Rapper Peter Van Petegem (born January 18, 1970 in Brakel, Belgium) is a former elite professional Road racing cyclist. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Jonathan Houseman Davis (born January 18, 1971) is the American vocalist for the multiplatinum Nu metal band Korn. Korn, occasionally typeset as KoЯn or KoRn, is an American Nu metal band from Bakersfield California, and is often credited with popularizing Europe / Formula One Fittipaldi graduated to Formula One following a Formula 3000 championship winning season in 1991. Josep Guardiola i Sala, pron ʑu'zɛp gwəɾ'ð̞jɔɫə (born January 18, 1971) also known as Pep Guardiola is a former Spanish Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Seamus O'Regan (born January 18 1971, St John's Newfoundland) is a Canadian broadcast Journalist and co-host of Canada Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Scott Lieberthal (born January 18, 1972 in Glendale California) nicknamed Lieby, is a former Major League Baseball Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Anthony Koutoufides (born 18 January 1973 was a highly athletic and much decorated Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club and onfield leader Crispian Mills (born January 18, 1973 as Crispian John David Boulting; also known as 'Dodge' The Jeevas were an English Rock band. Its members were Crispian Mills ( vocals, Guitar) Andy Nixon ( drums) and Dan Kula Shaker are an English multi-platinum selling Psychedelic rock band who came to prominence during the Britpop era Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Michael Tunn (born January 18, 1974) is an Australian radio announcer and television presenter Christian Burns (born Christian Anthony Burns 18 January 1974, Liverpool) is the Son of Tony Burns of "The Signs" a Liverpool Devon Odessa (born January 18, 1974 in Parkersburg West Virginia) is an American Actress and Film producer most famous Maulik Pancholy is an American Actor. He is best known for his recurring roles as Sanjay on Weeds from 2005 to present and as Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Damien Leo Leith (b 18 January 1976, Dublin, Republic of Ireland)is an Irish Australian Singer / Songwriter. Changes to the format Changes for the fourth season of Australian Idol included the cancellation of "Inside Idol" a "streamlined" semi-finals (replaced Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Curtis John Cregan (born January 18, 1977) is an American Actor. Alina Vladimirovna Jidkova (born January 18, 1977 in Moscow, Soviet Union) soubriquet Alinka, is a Women's Tennis Association Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Brian Thomas Falkenborg (born January 18, 1978 in Newport Beach California) is a Major League Baseball Relief pitcher for the Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Jay Chou ( (born January 18 1979 is a Taiwanese musician singer producer actor and director who has won the World Music Award three times Paulo Renato Rebocho Ferreira, OIH, commonly known as Paulo Ferreira, ( pron Brian Gionta (born January 18, 1979 in Rochester, New York) is an American Ice hockey right winger currently with the New Kenyatta Lapoleon Jones (born January 18, 1979 in Gainesville, Florida) is a former professional American football Offensive Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Robert Paul Green (born 18 January 1980 in Chertsey, Surrey) is an English professional footballer who currently plays for West Ham United as Julius Frazier Peppers (born January 18, 1980 in Wilson North Carolina) is a professional American football player Jason Jordan Segel (born January 18 1980) is an American Television and Film Actor, known for his work with producer Estelle Fanta Swaray (born 18 January 1980) widely known as Estelle, and formerly as Est'elle is a Grammy -nominated Black British Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Kang Dong Won (born January 18, 1981 in Pusan, South Korea) is a South Korean film and television Actor. Khari Stephenson, pron. ˈkæːri (born January 18, 1981 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican football player ( Midfielder Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Joanna Newsom (born January 18 1982 is an American Harpist, Pianist, Harpsichordist, and Singer-songwriter from Nevada Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Samantha Tamania Anne Cecilia Mumba (born 18 January 1983) is an Irish Singer and actress. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Benjiman "Benji" Daniel Schwimmer (born January 18, 1984) is an American professional swing dancer. Michael Kevin Kearney (born January 18, 1984, in Paterson, New Jersey, USA is a former Child prodigy known for setting several world Maarja Kivi (born January 18, 1986 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian musician and former member of the Girl group Seung-Hui Cho (January 18 1984 &ndash April 16 2007 was a South Korean student at Virginia Tech who committed Mass murder of 32 people and wounded 25 Kristy Lee Cook (born January 18, 1984) is an American Country music artist American Idol, with the full title American Idol The Search for a Superstar for the first season only is an American reality-competition The seventh season of American Idol, the annual reality show and singing competition began on January 15, 2008 and concluded Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Dale Begg-Smith (born 18 January 1985 in Vancouver Canada is an Australian freestyle skier. Riccardo Montolivo (born 18 January 1985 in Caravaggio, Bergamo) is an Italian footballer. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Ronnie Day (born Ronald Guglielmone Jr on January 18 1988 is an American Singer-songwriter from Redwood City, California. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Morgan Elizabeth York (born January 18, 1993) is an American actress. Year 52 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Publius Clodius Pulcher (born around 92 BC died January 18, 52 BC was a Roman Politician of the Populares  cause chiefly remembered for his Events By Place Western Roman Empire Julius Nepos becomes western Roman Emperor, deposing Glycerius. This is a list of the Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as the Byzantine Empire by modern historians 401)
• 1367 - King Peter I of Portugal (b. Events By Place World The human population reaches 206 million Peter I ( Portuguese: Pedro, ˈpedɾu 8 April 1320 &ndash 18 January 1367) called the Just (Portuguese 1320)
• 1425 - Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. Edmund de Mortimer 5th Earl of March and 7th Earl of Ulster ( 6 November 1391 &ndash 18 January 1425) was while a young child briefly 1391)
• 1471 - Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. ( July 10, 1419 &ndash January 18, 1471) was the 102nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession 1419)
• 1586 - Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands 1522)
• 1664 - Moses Amyraut, French theologian (b. Moses Amyraut (September 1596 &ndash January 8, 1664) also known as Amyraldus, was a French Protestant Theologian 1596)
• 1677 - Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch merchant (b. Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck ( 21 April, 1619 &ndash 18 January, 1677) was a Dutch colonial administrator 1619)
• 1803 - Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (b. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Ippolit Fyodorovich Bogdanovich ( December 23, 1743, Perevolochna &ndash January 18, 1803, Kursk) was a Russian 1743)
• 1862 - John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (b. Year 1743 ( MDCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday John Tyler Jr (March 29 1790 January 18 1862 was the tenth President of the United States (1841-1845 and the first ever to obtain that office via succession The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1790)
• 1873 - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English author (b. Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton 1st Baron Lytton ( May 25, 1803 – 1803)
• 1878 - Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Antoine César Becquerel ( March 7, 1788 &ndash January 18, 1878) was a French Scientist and a pioneer in the study of 1788)
• 1892 - Anton Anderledy, Swiss Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Anton Maria Anderledy, ( June 3, 1819, Berisal (Valais Switzerland - January 18, 1892, Fiesole (Florence Italy was a Swiss Jesuit elected 1819)
• 1896 - Charles Floquet, French statesman (b. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Charles Thomas Floquet (2 October 1828 - 18 January 1896 was a French statesman 1828)
• 1923 - Wallace Reid, Actor (b. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wallace Reid ( April 15, 1891 – January 18, 1923) was an actor in Silent film referred to by Motion Picture Magazine 1891)
• 1936 - Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936 was an English Author and poet The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1865)
• 1940 - Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish writer (b. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer ( February 12, 1865 – January 18, 1940) was a Polish poet, Novelist, Playwright, 1865)
• 1952 - Curly Howard, American actor and comedian (b. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Curly Howard ( October 22, 1903 – January 18, 1952) was a member of the American Slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges 1903)
• 1954 - Sydney Greenstreet, English actor (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Sydney Hughes Greenstreet ( December 27 1879 &ndash January 18 1954) was an English Actor, best known for his work with 1879)
• 1963 - Hugh Gaitskell, leader of the British Labour Party (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell ( 9 April 1906 &ndash 18 January 1963) was a British politician leader of the Labour Party from 1955 The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the 1906)
• 1966 - Kathleen Norris, American writer (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. For the contemporary poet/essayist of the same name (b1947 see Kathleen Norris (poet Kathleen Thompson Norris (b 1880)
• 1967 - Goose Tatum, American basketball player (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Reece "Goose" Tatum ( May 31, 1921 – January 18, 1967) was an African American multi-sport 1921)
• 1969 - Hans Freyer, German sociologist (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hans Freyer, born July 31 1887 in Leipzig, died January 18 1969 in Ebersteinburg near Baden-Baden, was a 1887)
• 1970 - David O. McKay, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Oman McKay ( September 8, 1873 &ndash January 18, 1970) was the ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known 1873)
• 1978 - Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher, critic and writer (b. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Muhammad Hasan Askari ( Urdu: محمد حسن عسکری) (1919 – 1978 was one of the most respected name among scholars critics writers and linguists of modern 1919)
• 1978 - Carl Betz, American film and television actor (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Carl Betz ( March 9, 1921 – January 18, 1978) was an American Film and Television Actor best 1921)
• 1978 - Walter H. Thompson, English Scotland Yard detective, bodyguard of Winston Churchill (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Detective Inspector Walter Henry Thompson (1890-1978 was the Bodyguard of Winston Churchill for eighteen years between 1921 and 1945 being recalled New Scotland Yard or Scotland Yard, informally known as The Yard and NSY, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 1890)
• 1980 - Sir Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton ( 14 January 1904 &ndash 18 January 1980) was an English fashion and portrait Photographer 1904)
• 1984 - Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Vassilis Tsitsanis ( Βασίλης Τσιτσάνης January 18, 1915 – January 18, 1984) was a Greek songwriter 1915)
• 1985 - Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Wilfrid Brambell ( 22 March 1912 – 18 January 1985) was an Irish Film and television actor born in Dublin 1912)
• 1989 - Bruce Chatwin, English novelist (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Bruce Charles Chatwin ( 13 May 1940 - 18 January 1989) was an English novelist and Travel writer. 1940)
• 1990 - Rusty Hamer, American actor (b. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Rusty Hamer ( February 15, 1947 &ndash January 18, 1990) was an American television Actor. 1947)
• 1993 - Eleanor Hibbert, British author (b. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Eleanor Alice Burford ( September 01, 1906 in Kensington, London, England – January 18, 1993 at sea somewhere 1906)
• 1995 - Adolf Butenandt, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt ( March 24, 1903 &ndash January 18, 1995) was a German Biochemist. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1903)
• 1995 - Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Ronald Michael Luciano ( 1937)
• 1996 - Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Indian actor (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao ( Telugu:నందమూరి తారక రామా రావు( 28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996 1923)
• 1997 - Paul Tsongas, U. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Paul Efthemios Tsongas (ˈsɒŋgəs ( February 14, 1941 – January 18, 1997) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts S. Senator from Massachusetts (b. 1941)
• 2000 - Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky ( January 23, 1897 &ndash January 18, 2000) was the first female Austrian Architect and 1897)
• 2001 - Al Waxman, Canadian actor (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Albert Samuel Waxman CM, OOnt ( March 2, 1935 &ndash January 18, 2001) was a Canadian Actor and 1935)
• 2003 - Edward "The Sheik" Farhat, American professional wrestler (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Edward "Ed" George Farhat ( June 9, 1926 - January 18, 2003) was an American Professional wrestler best known 1924)
• 2005 - Lamont Bentley, American actor (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Artimus Lamont Bentley ( October 25, 1973 – January 18, 2005) was an American Television and Film Actor 1973)
• 2006 - Jan Twardowski, Polish poet (b. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the poet See also Pan Twardowski. Jan Jakub Twardowski ( June 1, 1915 – January 18 1915)
• 2007 - Brent Liles, American musician (Agent Orange/Social Distortion) (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Brent Harrold Liles ( September 7, 1963 – January 18, 2007) was the Bassist for Social Distortion from 1981 - 1984 and Agent Orange is a punk band from Placentia, California. They are a surf-punk band from the 1980s who first gained attention with their song Bloodstains Social Distortion (sometimes referred to simply as Social D) is an American Punk rock band formed in 1978 1963)
• 2008 - Georgia Frontiere, American football team owner (b. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Georgia Frontiere (née Irwin) ( November 21 1927 &ndash January 18 2008) sometimes referred to as Madame Ram was 1927)
• 2008 - Frank Lewin, American composer and music theorist (b. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frank Lewin ( 27 March 1925 &ndash 18 January 2008) was an American Composer and teacher 1925)
• 2008 - John Stroger, first African-American Cook County Board President (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John H Stroger Jr ( May 19 1929 &ndash January 18 2008) was an American politician who served from 1994 until 2006 as the 1929)

Holidays and observances

• Winnie The Pooh Day (in observance of the birthday of Alan Alexander Milne, 1882. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Winnie-the-Pooh, commonly shortened to Pooh Bear and once referred to as Edward Bear, is a fictional Bear created by A Alan Alexander Milne (ˈmɪln (18 January 1882 &ndash 31 January 1956 was an English Author, best known for his Books about the Teddy bear )
• Paryaya festival at Udupi held every alternate year -- 2006, 2008, 2010 etc. "Paryaya" in both Sanskrit and Kannada means "alternative" Udupi ( Kannada, Tulu: ಉಡುಪಿ Odipu, Konkani - उडुपी) is a city and the headquarters of the Udupi District in
• Chair of Saint Peter on the Pre Second Vatican Council calendar (February 22 on the new calendar). The Cathedra Petri ( Latin) or Chair of Saint Peter is usually understood of a particular chair preserved in St
• Saint Margaret of Hungary
• The Feast of the Confession of Peter observed in Eastern Orthodox, Anglican and Lutheran churches. Saint Margaret ( January 27 1242 – January 18 1271) was a nun and the daughter of King Béla IV and Maria Laskarina The Confession of Peter is a statement made by Saint Peter the Apostle in the Synoptic Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke
• Feast day of Saint Athanasius (Eastern Orthodox)
• Feast day of Saint Cyril of Alexandria
• Feast day of Saint Volusianus
• January 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Saint Prisca
• Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins
• Feast of the Cross (Eastern Orthodox)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Cyril of Alexandria (ca 378 - 444 was the Pope of Alexandria when the city was at its height of influence and power within the Roman Empire. Saint Volusianus (Saint Volusien was the seventh Bishop of Tours, from 491 to 498 Jan 17 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Jan 19 Fixed commemorations All fixed commemorations below are observed on January 31 by Old Calendarists Saint Prisca was a Roman young woman allegedly tortured and executed for her Christian faith The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an international Christian ecumenical observance kept annually between 18 January and 25 January. In the Christian Liturgical calendar, there are several different feasts known as Feasts of the Cross, all of which commemorate the cross used in the

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