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 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 348 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 5, 2020 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 438,696 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 7 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 2,584 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 18 Historical Events
- 474 –Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor.
- 1562 –Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
- 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.
- 1915 –Japan issues the “Twenty-One Demands” to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
- 1944 –The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
- 1945 –Liberation of the Budapest ghetto by the Red Army.
- 1977 –Australia’s worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
- 1978 –The roof structure of the Hartford Civic Center collapses after a significant snowfall.
- 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?
- 1688 –Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)
- 1813 –Joseph Glidden, American farmer who patented barbed wire (d. 1906)
- 1880 –Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian physicist (d. 1933)
- 1886 –Clara Nordström, German writer and translator (d. 1962)
- 1935 –Jon Stallworthy, English poet
- 1952 –Michael Behe, American advocate of Intelligent Design
- 1964 –Brady Anderson, American baseball player
- 1964 –Enrico Lo Verso, Italian actor
- 1967 –Kim Perrot, American basketball player (d. 1999)
- 1976 –Subhrajit Mitra, Indian filmmaker
Who died on January 18?
- 1425 –Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)
- 1862 –John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
- 1892 –Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious figure (b. 1819)
- 1936 –Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1865)
- 1952 –Curly Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1903)
- 1969 –Hans Freyer, German sociologist (b. 1887)
- 1971 –Virgil Finlay, American horror illustrator (b. 1914)
- 2007 –Brent Liles, American musician (Agent Orange/Social Distortion) (b. 1963)
- 2009 –Nora Kovach, Hungarian-born American ballerina (b. 1931)
- 2009 –Tony Hart, British artist and TV presenter (b. 1925)
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