January 18 in history
Events on January 18
Notable events that happened on January 18 in past years.
- 2026
At least 45 people are killed and 292 others injured after two trains collide in Adamuz in the worst railway disaster in over a decade in Spain.
Wikipedia article: 2026 Adamuz rail disaster - 2018
A bus catches fire on the Samara–Shymkent road in Yrgyz District, Aktobe, Kazakhstan. The fire kills 52 passengers, with three passengers and two drivers escaping.
Wikipedia article: Samara - 2005
The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
Wikipedia article: Airbus A380 - 1993
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states.
Wikipedia article: Martin Luther King Jr. Day - 1983
The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
Wikipedia article: International Olympic Committee - 1977
Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney, killing 83.
Wikipedia article: Granville rail disaster - 1972
Members of the Mukti Bahini lay down their arms to the government of the newly independent Bangladesh, a month after winning the war against the occupying Pakistan Army.
Wikipedia article: Mukti Bahini - 1958
Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
Wikipedia article: Willie O'Ree - 1941
World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1915
Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
Wikipedia article: Twenty-One Demands - 1896
An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
Wikipedia article: X-ray - 1806
Jan Willem Janssens surrenders the Dutch Cape Colony to the British.
Wikipedia article: Jan Willem Janssens - 1701
Frederick I crowns himself King in Prussia in Königsberg.
Wikipedia article: Frederick I of Prussia - 1486
King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, uniting the House of Lancaster and the House of York.
- 350
General Magnentius is proclaimed emperor by Roman aristocrats discontent with the rule of emperor Constans.
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