TikTok
2025
The popular social media app, TikTok, is banned in the United States, after the passing of PAFACA..
January-18
Historical Events on January 18
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2023 Brovary helicopter crash
A helicopter crash in Ukraine leaves 14 people dead, including the country's Interior Minister, Denys Monastyrsky.
2023
Tlahuelilpan pipeline explosion
An oil pipeline explosion near Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico, kills 137 people.
2019
Samara
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.
2018
Protests against SOPA and PIPA
More than 115,000 websites engage in an online protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act in the US.[citation needed] The websites involved viewed the laws as infringing on the right to free speech and many of them temporarily shut down in protest.
2012
Euphronios Krater
2008
The Euphronios Krater is unveiled in Rome after being returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art..
1999
The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Cyclone Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe.
2007
Airbus A380
The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
2005
2003 Canberra bushfires
A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
2003
Sierra Leone Civil War
The Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over.
2002
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
1993
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states..
Marion Barry
Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
1990
China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146
China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 crashes near Chongqing Baishiyi Airport, killing all 98 passengers and 10 crew members.
1988
AerovĂas
An AerovĂas Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes on approach to Mundo Maya International Airport in Flores, PetĂ©n, Guatemala, killing all 94 people on board.
1986
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
1983
BASE jumping
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)..
European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
1978
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announce they have identified a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
1977
Granville rail disaster
Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney, killing 83.
1977
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1977
Christianity in Lebanon
1976
Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut..
Israel
A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
1974
Mukti Bahini
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.
1972
United Air Lines Flight 266
United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
1969
Albert DeSalvo
Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
1967
Capital Airlines Flight 20
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..
Willie O'Ree
Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
1958
KrakĂłw
World War II: Liberation of KrakĂłw, Poland by the Red Army.
1945
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
1943
World War II
World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.
1941
Alt Llobregat insurrection
1932
Alt Llobregat insurrection breaks out in Central Catalonia, Spain..
World War I
World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
1919
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
1919
Twenty-One Demands
Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
1915
First Balkan War
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.
1913
Eugene Burton Ely
1911
Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship..
X-ray
An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
1896
Field hockey
Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
1886
Wilhelm I
Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
1871
Wesley College, Melbourne
Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
1866
Jan Willem Janssens
1806
Jan Willem Janssens surrenders the Dutch Cape Colony to the British..
First Fleet
The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
1788
James Cook
James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
1778
Frederick I of Prussia
Frederick I crowns himself King in Prussia in Königsberg.
1701
Henry Morgan
Henry Morgan captures Panama.
1670
1586 TenshĹŤ earthquake
1586
The magnitude 7.9 TenshĹŤ earthquake strikes Honshu, Japan, killing 8,000 people and triggering a tsunami..
Pope Pius IV
Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
1562
Henry VII of England
King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, uniting the House of Lancaster and the House of York.
1486
Emperor Huizong of Song
Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.
1126
Nika riots
Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
532
Leo II (emperor)
474
Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later..
Magnentius
General Magnentius is proclaimed emperor by Roman aristocrats discontent with the rule of emperor Constans.
350