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What happend on 18. January in History
In our data base we found 328 events happened on 18. January:
• 350: Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor. [category: Events]
• 474: Leo I the Thracian, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401) [category: Deaths]
• 474: Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He died ten months later. [category: Events]
• 532: Nika riots in Constantinople fail. [category: Events]
• 885: Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) [category: Births]
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• 1126: Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong. [category: Events]
• 1213: Queen Regnant Tamar of Georgia (b. c. 1160) [category: Deaths]
• 1367: King Peter I of Portugal (b. 1320) [category: Deaths]
• 1425: Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391) [category: Deaths]
• 1471: Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) [category: Deaths]
• 1486: King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV. [category: Events]
• 1519: Isabella Jagiellon, queen of Hungary (d. 1559) [category: Births]
• 1535: Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founds Lima, the capital of Peru. [category: Events]
• 1543: (baptised) Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder, Italian composer (d. 1588) [category: Births]
• 1562: Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session. [category: Events]
• 1586: Margaret of Parma, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522) [category: Deaths]
• 1591: King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed as Royal Thai Armed Forces day. [category: Events]
• 1641: François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French war minister (d. 1691) [category: Births]
• 1659: Damaris Cudworth Masham, English philosopher (d. 1708) [category: Births]
• 1670: Henry Morgan captures Panama. [category: Events]
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• 1672: Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) [category: Births]
• 1677: Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch merchant (b. 1619) [category: Deaths]
• 1688: Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) [category: Births]
• 1689: Montesquieu, French satirist and philosopher (d. 1755) [category: Births]
• 1701: Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg. [category: Events]
• 1743: Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, French philosopher (d. 1803) [category: Births]
• 1751: Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian composer and pianist (d. 1831) [category: Births]
• 1778: James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands". [category: Events]
• 1779: Peter Mark Roget, British lexicographer (d. 1869) [category: Births]
• 1782: Daniel Webster, American statesman (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1788: The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrive at Botany Bay. [category: Events]
• 1795: Anna Pavlovna of Russia, Russian-born queen consort of the Netherlands. (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1803: Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (b. 1743) [category: Deaths]
• 1813: Joseph Glidden, American farmer who patented barbed wire (d. 1906) [category: Births]
• 1815: Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (d. 1874) [category: Births]
• 1840: Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1841: Emmanuel Chabrier, French composer (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1842: A. A. Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1848: Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1849: Sir Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1850: Seth Low, American politician (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1853: Marthinus Nikolaas Ras, South African Gunmaker (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1854: Thomas Watson, American telephone pioneer (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1856: Daniel Hale Williams, African-American surgeon (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1862: John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790) [category: Deaths]
• 1866: Wesley College, Melbourne is established. [category: Events]
• 1867: Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan Journalist, Diplomat, Poet (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1868: Suzuki Kantarō, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1871: Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed the first German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The empire is known as the Second Reich to Germans. [category: Events]
• 1873: Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English author (b. 1803) [category: Deaths]
• 1877: Sam Zemurray, American businessman (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1878: Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: Henri Giraud, French general (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1879: Tane Ikai, Japanese supercentenarian. (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1880: Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian physicist (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1881: Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1882: A. A. Milne, English author (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1883: George Oliver, American golfer (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1886: Clara Nordström, German writer and translator (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1886: Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1886: Modern hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. [category: Events]
• 1888: Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1892: Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1892: Paul Rostock, German surgeon (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1892: Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious figure (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1894: Toots Mondt, American professional wrestler (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1896: C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1896: Ville Ritola, Finnish long-distance runner (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1896: Charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828) [category: Deaths]
• 1896: An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H.L. Smith. [category: Events]
• 1901: Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1903: President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States.[citation needed] [category: Events]
• 1904: Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1904: Cary Grant, English actor (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1905: Joseph Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1908: Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born mathematician, poet, and physicist (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1908: Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1910: Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1911: José María Arguedas, Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist (d. 1969). [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1913: Danny Kaye, American actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1913: Giannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and musician (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1913: First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece. [category: Events]
• 1914: Arno Schmidt, German author (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1914: Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian writer (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1915: Santiago Carrillo, Spanish soldier and politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1915: Syl Apps; Canadian athlete and politician (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1915: Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1915: Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia. [category: Events]
• 1916: A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri. [category: Events]
• 1917: Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese businessman (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1918: Gustave Gingras, Canadian physician (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1919: Toni Turek, German footballer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1919: Bentley Motors Limited is founded. [category: Events]
• 1919: Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland. [category: Events]
• 1919: World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France. [category: Events]
• 1921: Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-born American Nobel Prize-winning physicist [category: Births]
• 1922: Bob Bell, American clown (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1923: John Graham, Welsh general (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1923: Wallace Reid, American actor (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1925: Sol Yurick, American author (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1927: Sundaram Balachander, Indian veena player (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1931: Chun Doo-hwan, 5th President of South Korea [category: Births]
• 1932: Robert Anton Wilson, American author (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1933: John Boorman, Irish film director [category: Births]
• 1933: Ray Dolby, American inventor (Dolby noise reduction system) [category: Births]
• 1934: Raymond Briggs, English writer and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1935: Albert Millaire, Canadian actor and theatre director [category: Births]
• 1935: Gad Yaacobi, Israeli minister (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1936: Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Dick Durock, American actor d.2009 [category: Births]
• 1937: John Hume, Northern Irish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize [category: Births]
• 1938: Anthony Giddens, British sociologist [category: Births]
• 1938: Curt Flood, American baseball player (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1940: Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican Formula One racing driver (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1940: Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish writer (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Bobby Goldsboro, American country/pop singer [category: Births]
• 1941: David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1941: Denise Bombardier, Quebec journalist, television host and novelist [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa. [category: Events]
• 1943: Kay Granger, American politician [category: Births]
• 1943: Paul Freeman, British actor [category: Births]
• 1943: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto. [category: Events]
• 1944: Carl Morton, American baseball player (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1944: Paul Keating, 24th Prime Minister of Australia (1991-1996) [category: Births]
• 1944: Soviet forces liberate Leningrad, effectively ending a three year Nazi siege, known as the Siege of Leningrad. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1945: José Luis Perales, Spanish singer [category: Births]
• 1945: Hermann Braun, American-born German actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Liberation of the Budapest ghetto by the Red Army. [category: Events]
• 1946: Joseph Deiss, Swiss Federal Councilor [category: Births]
• 1946: Perro Aguayo, Mexican professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1947: Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player [category: Births]
• 1947: Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director [category: Births]
• 1949: Bill Keller, American newspaper editor [category: Births]
• 1949: Philippe Starck, French designer [category: Births]
• 1950: Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1951: Bob Latchford, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1951: Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1951: Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Michael Angelis, British actor [category: Births]
• 1952: Michael Behe, American advocate of Intelligent Design [category: Births]
• 1952: R. Stevie Moore, American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer [category: Births]
• 1952: Curly Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Brett Hudson, American musician (Hudson Brothers) [category: Births]
• 1953: Patrick G. Halpin, American politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Ted DiBiase, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1954: Tom Bailey English musician (Thompson Twins) [category: Births]
• 1954: Sydney Greenstreet, English actor (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Fergus Martin, Irish artist [category: Births]
• 1955: Kevin Costner, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Saadat Hassan Manto,Pakistan short story writer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Battle of Yijiangshan is fought. [category: Events]
• 1956: Sharon Mitchell, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Willie O'Ree, the first African Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins. [category: Events]
• 1960: Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years. [category: Events]
• 1961: Bobby Hansen, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1961: Jeff Yagher, American actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1961: Peter Beardsley, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1962: Alison Arngrim, American actress [category: Births]
• 1962: David O'Connor, American equestrian rider [category: Births]
• 1962: Mike Lynch, American cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1963: Martin O'Malley, American politician [category: Births]
• 1963: Maxime Bernier, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1963: Yury Zakharevich, Soviet weightlifter [category: Births]
• 1963: Hugh Gaitskell, English politician (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Andrea Leand, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1964: Brady Anderson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1964: Enrico Lo Verso, Italian actor [category: Births]
• 1964: Jane Horrocks, British actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Dave Attell, American writer and comedian [category: Births]
• 1966: Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player [category: Births]
• 1966: André Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1966: Kathleen Norris, American writer (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Kim Perrot, American basketball player (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1967: Goose Tatum, American basketball player (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment. [category: Events]
• 1968: Frank Quitely, Scottish comic book artist [category: Births]
• 1969: Dave Bautista, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1969: Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1969: Jim O'Rourke, American musician and producer (Loose Fur and Sonic Youth) [category: Births]
• 1969: John Eder, American politician [category: Births]
• 1969: Dada Lekhraj, founding father of Brahma Kumaris (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Hans Freyer, German sociologist (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members. [category: Events]
• 1970: DJ Quik, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1970: Peter van Petegem, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1970: David O. McKay, American religious figure (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1971: Fabian Ribauw, Nauruan politician [category: Births]
• 1971: Jonathan Davis, American singer (KoЯn) [category: Births]
• 1971: Josep Guardiola, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Seamus O'Regan, Canadian broadcast journalist [category: Births]
• 1971: Virgil Finlay, American horror illustrator (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Mike Lieberthal, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Vinod Kambli, Indian cricket player [category: Births]
• 1973: Anthony Koutoufides, Australian rules footballer and Gladiator [category: Births]
• 1973: Ben Jealous, African-American leader, president of the NAACP [category: Births]
• 1973: Burnie Burns, American filmmaker, co-founder of Rooster Teeth Productions [category: Births]
• 1973: Crispian Mills, British musician (The Jeevas and Kula Shaker) [category: Births]
• 1974: Christian Burns, English musician (BBMak) [category: Births]
• 1974: Devon Odessa, American actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Maulik Pancholy, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Michael Tunn, Australian television presenter and radio announcer [category: Births]
• 1974: Princess Claire of Belgium [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1975: Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Damien Leith, Irish-born Australian singer, winner of Australian Idol 2006 [category: Births]
• 1976: Laurence Courtois, Belgian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1976: Subhrajit Mitra, Indian filmmaker [category: Births]
• 1976: Lebanese Christian militias overrun Karantina, Beirut, killing at least 1,000. [category: Events]
• 1977: Alina Jidkova, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1977: Curtis Cregan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Richard Archer, British singer (Hard-Fi) [category: Births]
• 1977: Richard Wall, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83. [category: Events]
• 1977: SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [category: Events]
• 1977: Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. [category: Events]
• 1978: Bogdan Lobonț, Romanian football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Thor Hushovd, Norwegian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1978: Carl Betz, American film and television actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher and writer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Walter H. Thompson, English Scotland Yard detective (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. [category: Events]
• 1978: The roof structure of the Hartford Civic Center collapses after a significant snowfall. [category: Events]
• 1979: Brian Gionta, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Jay Chou, Taiwanese singer, producer, actor and director [category: Births]
• 1979: Kenyatta Jones, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Ruslan Fedotenko, Ukrainian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Estelle Swaray, English singer [category: Births]
• 1980: Jason Segel, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Julius Peppers, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Karl Anderson, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1980: Robert Green, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Sir Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Kang Dong-won, South Korean model and actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Olivier Rochus, Belgian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1981: Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs). [category: Events]
• 1982: Joanna Newsom, American harpist [category: Births]
• 1982: Quinn Allman, American Guitarist (The Used) [category: Births]
• 1983: Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1983: The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family. [category: Events]
• 1984: Benji Schwimmer, American dancer [category: Births]
• 1984: Ioannis Drymonakos, Greek swimmer [category: Births]
• 1984: Kristy Lee Cook, American singer [category: Births]
• 1984: Makoto Hasebe, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Michael Kearney, American child prodigy [category: Births]
• 1984: Seung-Hui Cho, American spree killer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1984: Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Dale Begg-Smith, Australian freestyle skier [category: Births]
• 1985: Minissha Lamba, Indian actress and model [category: Births]
• 1985: Riccardo Montolivo, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Grigoris Makos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Marya Roxx, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja) [category: Births]
• 1987: Christopher Liebig, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1987: Johan Djourou, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Anastasios Kissas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Angelique Kerber, German tennis player [category: Births]
• 1988: Ronnie Day, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1989: Rubén Miño, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Bruce Chatwin, English novelist (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Alex Pietrangelo, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1990: Rusty Hamer, American actor (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting. [category: Events]
• 1991: Diego Simões, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1992: Kieran Tscherniawsky, English discus thrower [category: Births]
• 1993: Morgan York, American actress [category: Births]
• 1993: Eleanor Hibbert, English writer (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states. [category: Events]
• 1994: Gong Min-ji, South Korean singer, rapper, and dancer (2NE1) [category: Births]
• 1994: Kang Ji-young, South Korean singer (Kara) [category: Births]
• 1994: Denis Henry Desty, English scientist and inventor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: The Cando event, a possible bolide impact in Cando, Spain. Witnesses claim to have seen a fireball in the sky lasting for almost one minute. [category: Events]
• 1995: Adolf Butenandt, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Alexandra Scott, American cancer patient, founder of Alex's Lemonade Stand, (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1996: Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Indian actor and politician (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Paul Tsongas, American politician (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided. [category: Events]
• 1997: In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other. [category: Events]
• 1999: Karan Brar, American actor [category: Births]
• 2000: Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth. [category: Events]
• 2001: Al Waxman, Canadian actor (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over. [category: Events]
• 2003: Ed Farhat, American professional wrestler (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: A bushfire kills 4 people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia. [category: Events]
• 2005: Lamont Bentley, American actor (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Pez Whatley, American professional wrestler (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France [category: Events]
• 2006: Jan Twardowski, Polish poet (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Brent Liles, American musician (Agent Orange and Social Distortion) (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Hurricane Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. [category: Events]
• 2008: Frank Lewin, American composer and music theorist (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Georgia Frontiere, American football team owner (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: John Stroger, American politician (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Bob May, American actor (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Grigore Vieru, Romanian poet (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Nora Kovach, Hungarian-born American ballerina (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Tony Hart, British artist and TV presenter (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Gaza War: Hamas announces they will accept Israeli Defense Forces's offer of a ceasefire, ending the assault. [category: Events]
• 2010: Kate McGarrigle, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Robert B. Parker, American crime writer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Sargent Shriver, American politician (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: A series of coordinated actions (including a blackout of Wikipedia) take place in protest against SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act). [category: Events]
• 52_bc: Publius Clodius Pulcher (b. 93 BC) [category: Deaths]
• _: Athanasius of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Confession of Peter (Eastern Orthodox, Anglican and Lutheran churches) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cyril of Alexandria [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of the Cross (Eastern Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Margaret of Hungary [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Prisca [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Revolution Day (Tunisia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Royal Thai Armed Forces Day (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Christianity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Volusianus of Tours [category: Holidays and observances]