Thursday January 18, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

January 18: Day of the Week

January 18, 2024 was the 18th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 348 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.

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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

January 18 Historical Event(s)

474
Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor.
1126
Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.
1486
King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV.
1562
Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
1788
The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay.
1871
Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed the first German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles ( France ) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The empire is known as the Second Reich to Germans.
1969
United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
1976
Lebanese Christian militias overrun Karantina, Beirut, killing at least 1,000.
1990
Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
1993
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states.

Who were born on January 18?

1879
Tane Ikai, Japanese supercentenarian. (d. 1995)
1881
Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (d. 1975)
1904
Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (d. 2006)
1935
Gad Yaacobi, Israeli minister (d. 2007)
1947
Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player
1970
DJ Quik, American rapper
1973
Anthony Koutoufides, Australian rules footballer and Gladiator
1980
Robert Green, English footballer
1982
Quinn Allman, American Guitarist, The Used
1984
Kristy Lee Cook, American singer

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