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1778 : James Cook discovers Hawaii


James Cook was the first European to land in Hawaii. He found them by luck and named them the Sandwich Islands. He died when he came back there a year later.

1943 : Warsaw Ghetto Uprising


On January 18, 1943 began the uprising of the Warsaw Ghetto to fight the deportation of the 40,000 remaining Jews. This was the first urban uprising against the Germans.

1969 : Landslides in California


On January 18, 1969, following several days of torrential rains, landslides killed 91 people in southern California. In the city of Glendora, one million cubic meters of rocks and mud slided down the hill and took away 200 houses.

2005 : First A380


The first A380, the largest commercial aircraft in the world, is unveiled in Toulouse.

Novità del giorno : 18 Gennaio

Revolution Day in Tunisia
OnJanuary 18, we commemorate the beginning of the 1952 Revolution that brought independence to Tunisia. For 2011, this national holiday has even more meaning.
Royal Thai Armed Forces Day

Citazione del giorno : 18 Gennaio

Winston Churchill
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

Compleanni : 18 Gennaio

Montesquieu, Scrittore (1689)
Sir Edmund Barton, Primo ministro dell'Australia (1849)
Henri Giraud, Generale francese (1879)
Oliver Hardy, Attore (1892)
Cary Grant, Attore (1904)
Danny Kaye, Attore (1913)
Gilles Deleuze, Filosofo francese (1925)
John Boorman, Regista (1933)
Ray Dolby, Inventore americano (1933)
John Hume, Nord politico irlandese, vincitore del Nobel per la Pace (1937)
Paul Freeman, Attore inglese (1943)
Paul Keating, Primo ministro dell'Australia (1944)
Gilles Villeneuve, Driver canadese (1950)
Kevin Costner, Attore (1955)
Laurence Courtois, Tennista belga (1976)
Thor Hushovd, Ciclista norvegese (1978)
Marya Roxx, Cantante estone (1986)

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John Tyler, Presidente degli Stati Uniti (1862)
Baldassare Verazzi, Pittore italiano (1886)
Rudyard Kipling, Scrittore (1936)
Sydney Greenstreet, Attore (1954)
Kathleen Norris, Scrittore (1966)
Hasan Askari, Scrittore pakistano (1978)
Eleanor Hibbert, Scrittore (1993)
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