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On This Day · The 18th day of the year

January 18

January 18 carries an unusually long memory — its events reach back as far as 474. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

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Capricorn is the sign for January 18 — read more on the Capricorn page, or see January's birthstone & birth flower.

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What happened on January 18?

January 18 is the 18th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 474 and 2019. Famous people born on January 18 include Kevin Costner, Chun Doo-hwan and Montesquieu.

Released on January 18

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • TV A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

2024

  • Game Turnip Boy Robs a Bank
  • TV Hazbin Hotel

2023

  • Game Osiris: New Dawn

2022

  • Game Nobody Saves the World

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 474

    Leo II (emperor)

  2. 1886

    Field hockey

  3. 1919

    World War I

  4. 1941

    World War II

  5. 1958

    Willie O'Ree

  6. 1974

    Israel

  7. 1983

    International Olympic Committee

  8. 2007

    1999

  9. 2018

    Samara

  10. 2019

    Tlahuelilpan pipeline explosion

Famous birthday twins

Born on January 18

Kevin Costner

b. 1955

Chun Doo-hwan

b. 1931

Montesquieu

b. 1689

Edmund Barton

b. 1849

Takeshi Kitano

b. 1947

Dave Bautista

b. 1969

Louis Claude de Saint-Martin

b. 1743

John Boorman

b. 1933

Deaths

  • 2006Jan Twardowski
  • 2003Harivansh Rai Bachchan
  • 1995Adolf Butenandt
  • 1936Rudyard Kipling
  • 1862John Tyler
  • 1479Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Amy Carmichael (Church of England)
  • —Christian feast day: Athanasius of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Confession of Peter (Eastern Orthodox, some Anglican and Lutheran Churches)
  • —Christian feast day: Deicolus
  • —Christian feast day: Margaret of Hungary
  • —Christian feast day: Prisca
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Regina Protmann
  • —Christian feast day: Volusianus of Tours

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