What are the important events that happened on January 18? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 18: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 18 is the 18th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 347 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 5, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 482,544 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octadecagon’ day.
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Capricorn is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 11 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,411 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 18 Historical Events
- 1866 –Wesley College, Melbourne is established.
- 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.
- 1903 –President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States.
- 1911 –Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco harbor, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
- 1919 –World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
- 1943 –Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
- 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.
- 1977 –Australia’s worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
- 1977 –Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires’ disease.
- 1997 –Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided.
Who were born on January 18?
- 1782 –Daniel Webster, American statesman (d. 1852)
- 1917 –Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese businessman (d. 2008)
- 1925 –Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (d. 1995)
- 1935 –Jon Stallworthy, English poet
- 1941 –Denise Bombardier, Quebec journalist, television host and novelist
- 1949 –Philippe Starck, French designer
- 1964 –Enrico Lo Verso, Italian actor
- 1970 –DJ Quik, American rapper
- 1977 –Richard Archer, British singer (lead singer of Hard-Fi)
- 1980 –Julius Peppers, American football player
Who died on January 18?
- 1425 –Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)
- 1873 –Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English author (b. 1803)
- 1878 –Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)
- 1923 –Wallace Reid, American actor (b. 1891)
- 1951 –Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary (b. 1867)
- 1963 –Hugh Gaitskell, English politician (b. 1906)
- 1980 –Sir Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer (b. 1904)
- 1984 –Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1915)
- 2005 –Lamont Bentley, American actor (b. 1973)
- 2008 –Frank Lewin, American composer and music theorist (b. 1925)
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