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, 28,952,640 minutes 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
- 350 –Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor.
- 474 –Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor.
- 532 –Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
- 1520 –King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Åsunden.
- 1903 –President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States.
- 1945 –Liberation of the Budapest ghetto by the Red Army.
- 1969 –United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
- 1976 –Lebanese Christian militias overrun Karantina, Beirut, killing at least 1,000.
- 1997 –Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided.
- 1997 –In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other.
Who were born on January 18?
- 1867 –Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan Journalist, Diplomat, Poet (d. 1916)
- 1881 –Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (d. 1975)
- 1908 –Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born mathematician, poet, and physicist (d. 1974)
- 1922 –Bob Bell, American clown (d. 1997)
- 1947 –Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player
- 1949 –Bill Keller, American newspaper editor
- 1961 –Peter Beardsley, English footballer
- 1979 –Jay Chou, Taiwanese singer, producer, actor and director
- 1986 –Marya Roxx, Estonian singer
- 1994 –Gong Min-ji, South Korean pop singer, rapper, and dancer of 2NE1
Who died on January 18?
- 1586 –Margaret of Parma, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)
- 1892 –Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious figure (b. 1819)
- 1936 –Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1865)
- 1951 –Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary (b. 1867)
- 1989 –Bruce Chatwin, English novelist (b. 1940)
- 1993 –Eleanor Hibbert, English writer (b. 1906)
- 1995 –Adolf Butenandt, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
- 2007 –Brent Liles, American musician (Agent Orange/Social Distortion) (b. 1963)
- 2008 –Frank Lewin, American composer and music theorist (b. 1925)
- 2009 –Nora Kovach, Hungarian-born American ballerina (b. 1931)
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