What happened this day in history January 18

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, 1,737,158,400 seconds 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

  • 1535
    Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded Lima, the capital of Peru.
  • 1788
    The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay.
  • 1919
    Bentley Motors Limited is founded.
  • 1919
    World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
  • 1978
    The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
  • 1978
    The roof structure of the Hartford Civic Center collapses after a significant snowfall.
  • 1983
    The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe’s Olympic medals to his family.
  • 2000
    The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth.
  • 2005
    The Airbus A380, the world’s largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
  • 2009
    Gaza War: Hamas announces they will accept Israeli Defense Forces’s offer of a ceasefire, ending the assault.

Who were born on January 18?

  • 1519
    Isabella Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)
  • 1743
    Louis Claude de Saint-Martin French philosopher, known as le philosophe inconnu. (d. 1803)
  • 1842
    A. A. Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (d. 1911)
  • 1913
    Danny Kaye, American actor (d. 1987)
  • 1938
    Curt Flood, American baseball player (d. 1997)
  • 1951
    Bob Latchford, English footballer
  • 1953
    Brett Hudson, American musician
  • 1974
    Christian Burns, English musician (BBMak)
  • 1984
    Kristy Lee Cook, American singer
  • 1987
    Johan Djourou, Swiss footballer

Who died on January 18?

  • 1896
    Charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828)
  • 1936
    Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1865)
  • 1951
    Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary (b. 1867)
  • 1970
    David O. McKay, American religious figure (b. 1873)
  • 1971
    Virgil Finlay, American horror illustrator (b. 1914)
  • 1975
    Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897)
  • 1980
    Sir Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer (b. 1904)
  • 1997
    Paul Tsongas, American politician (b. 1941)
  • 2000
    Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. 1897)
  • 2009
    Nora Kovach, Hungarian-born American ballerina (b. 1931)

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