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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 348 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 5, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,705,536,000 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 23 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 4,045 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 18 Historical Events
- 532 –Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
- 1866 –Wesley College, Melbourne is established.
- 1943 –Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
- 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.
- 1967 –Albert DeSalvo, the “Boston Strangler”, is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
- 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.
- 1990 –Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
- 2002 –Sierra Leone Civil War is finally declared over.
- 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?
- 1689 –Montesquieu, French satirist and philosopher (d. 1755)
- 1782 –Daniel Webster, American statesman (d. 1852)
- 1933 –Ray Dolby, American inventor (Dolby noise reduction system)
- 1938 –Curt Flood, American baseball player (d. 1997)
- 1961 –Jeff Yagher, American actor
- 1962 –Alison Arngrim, American actress
- 1966 –André Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
- 1969 –Dave Bautista, American professional wrestler
- 1979 –Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
- 1984 –Seung-Hui Cho, American spree killer (d. 2007)
Who died on January 18?
- 474 –Leo I the Thracian, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)
- 1425 –Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)
- 1862 –John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
- 1963 –Hugh Gaitskell, English politician (b. 1906)
- 1990 –Rusty Hamer, American actor (b. 1947)
- 1996 –Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Indian actor and politician (b. 1923)
- 1997 –Paul Tsongas, American politician (b. 1941)
- 2001 –Al Waxman, Canadian actor (b. 1935)
- 2005 –Lamont Bentley, American actor (b. 1973)
- 2008 –John Stroger, American politician (b. 1929)
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