18 Januar
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The 18t o Januar is the 18t day o the year in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 347 days ti come (348 in lowp years).
Hans
- 1486 - Henry VII o Ingland marries Elizabeth o York.
- 1778 - James Cook lands in Hawaii.[1]
- 1871 - The German Empire is foondit.
- 1915 - Japan issues its "21 Demands" tae the Republic o Cheenae in a bid tae increase its pouer in East Asie.
- 1934 - A yirdquauk in Bihar, Indie, kills 10,000 fowk.
- 1943 - First uprisin o Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.[2]
- 1977 - A train crash at Granville, Sydney, Australie, kills 83 fowk.
- 2002 - The Sierra Leone Ceevil War is declarit ower.
- 2003 - Bush fires aroond Canberra, Australie, reach their hicht.
- 2005 - The Airbus A380 is unveiled in Toulouse.
- 2007 - Hurricane Kyrill devastates much o North, Wast an Central Europe. Germany an the Unitit Kinrick are particularly badly hit, as 43 are kilt in total across the affectit areas.
- 2009 - A ceasfire is reached in the 3-week conflict in Israel an Gaza.
- 2012 - The Inglis Wikipaedia blacks oot for 24 hours tae protests against the SOPA an PIPA laws proposit bi the Unitit States Congress.[3]
- 2017 - An avalanche, efter twa yirdquauks, buries a hottle in Abruzzo, Italy.
- 2018 - A bus fire naur Aktobe, Kazakhstan, kills at least 52 fowk.
- 2019 - A fuel pipeline splodes in Tlahuelilpan in Central Mexico's Hidalgo state, killin at least 85 fowk.
Births
- 1602 - Robert Stuart, Duke o Kintyre an Lorne (d. 27 Mey 1602)
- 1630 - Andrew Balfour, Scots botanist, doctor, antiquary an beuk collector (d. 1694)
- 1689 - Montesquieu, French lawyer an philosopher (d. 1755)
- 1782 - Daniel Webster, 14t an 19t Unitit States Secretar o State (d. 1852)
- 1849 - Sir Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Meenister o Australie (d. 1920)
- 1882 - A. A. Milne, Inglis writer (d. 1956)
- 1892 - Oliver Hardy, American actor an comedian (d. 1957)
- 1904 - Cary Grant, Inglis-American actor (d. 1986)[4]
- 1921 - Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American pheesicist (d. 2015)
- 1925 - Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (d. 1995)
- 1931 - Chun Doo-hwan, umwhile Preses o Sooth Korea
- 1933 - Ray Dolby, American ingineer (d. 2013)
- 1937 - John Hume, Northren Erse politeecian an Nobel laureate (d. 2020)
- 1944 - Alexander Van der Bellen, Preses o Austrick
- 1944 - Paul Keating, 24t Prime Meenister o Australie
- 1955 - Kevin Costner, American actor an director
- 1960 - Sir Mark Rylance, Inglis actor
- 1963 - Martin O'Malley, American politeecian
- 1971 - Pep Guardiola, Catalan fitbaw manager
- 1979 - Willie Collum, Scots fitbaw referee
- 1979 - Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese fitbawer
- 1979 - Leo Varadkar, Erse Taoiseach
- 1980 - Jason Segel, American actor
- 1985 - Riccardo Montolivo, Italian fitbawer
- 1986 - Maarja Kivi, Estonie sangster
- 1988 - Angelique Kerber, German tennis player
- 1997 - Greg Kiltie, Scots fitbawer
Daiths
- 474 - Leo I the Thracian, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)
- 1862 - John Tyler, 10t Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1790)
- 1865 - James Beaumont Neilson, Scots inventor (b. 1792)
- 1890 - Amadeo I o Spain, Keeng o Spain (b. 1845)
- 1933 - John McCartney, Scots fitbawer (b. 1866)
- 1936 − Rudyard Kipling, Inglis writer (b. 1865)
- 1941 - Bernard Haigh, Scots ingineer (b. 1884)
- 1963 - Hugh Gaitskell, Inglis politeecian (b. 1906)
- 1977 - Carl Zuckmayer, German writer (b. 1896)
- 1982 - Huang Xianfan, Cheenese polymath (b. 1899)
- 2010 - Kate McGarrigle, Canadian sangster (b. 1946)
- 2011 - Sargent Shriver, American politeecian (b. 1915)
- 2017 - John Little, Scots fitbawer (b. 1930)
Halidays
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References
- ↑ Editors, History com. "Captain Cook reaches Hawaii". HISTORY (in Inglis). Retrieved 15 November 2022.CS1 maint: extra text: authors leet (link)
- ↑ "Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | Definition, Facts, & History | Britannica". www.britannica.com (in Inglis). Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ↑ "Archive:English Wikipedia anti-SOPA blackout - Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki". foundation.wikimedia.org (in Inglis). Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ↑ "Cary Grant | Biography, Movies, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com (in Inglis). Retrieved 15 November 2022.