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18 January 2031
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2019 - An oil pipeline explosion killed 137 people in Tlahuelilpan, Mexico.2019 gasoline pipeline explosion in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico
Anniversary
1990 - In a sting operation conducted by the FBI, Marion Barry (pictured), the mayor of Washington, D.C., was arrested for possession of crack cocaine.Deceptive way to catch a person committing a crime
Anniversary
1983 - Thirty years after his death, the International Olympic Committee presented commemorative medals to the family of American athlete Jim Thorpe, who had been stripped of his gold medals for playing semi-professional baseball before the 1912 Summer Olympics.Governing body of Olympic sports
Anniversary
1983 - Singaporean communist activist Tan Chay Wa was executed, leading to a much-publicised trial of his brother for engraving "subversive" material on the gravestone.Far-left political party in Malaya
Anniversary
1969 - In response to months of nationwide student protests, thousands of Japanese police stormed the University of Tokyo.Student protests in Japan
Historical events
History
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.Crash of trains on parallel tracks in Córdoba, Spain
History
2025 - The popular social media app, TikTok, is banned in the United States, after the passing of PAFACA.Chinese video-focused social media platform
History
2023 - A helicopter crash in Ukraine leaves 14 people dead, including the country's Interior Minister, Denys Monastyrsky.Transport disaster in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
History
2019 - An oil pipeline explosion near Tlahuelilpan, Hidalgo, Mexico, kills 137 people.2019 gasoline pipeline explosion in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico
History
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.City in Samara Oblast, Russia
History
2012 - 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.Series of protests from 2011 to 2012
History
2008 - The Euphronios Krater is unveiled in Rome after being returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Ancient Greek red-figure vase from Athens c. 515 BC
History
2007 - 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.Calendar year
History
2005 - The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, FranceEuropean wide-body airliner
History
2003 - A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.Bushfires near Canberra, Australia
Notable births
Born
2010 - Sophia Reid-Gantzert, Canadian actress and dancerCanadian actress and dancer
Born
2003 - Wendy Shongwe, South African sprinter and soccer playerSouth African soccer player (born 2003)
Born
2002 - Anastasia Zakharova, Russian tennis playerRussian tennis player (born 2002)
Born
1999 - Tee Higgins, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1999)
Notable deaths
Died
2025 - Claire van Kampen, English director and composer (born 1953)English director and composer (1953–2025)
Died
2023 - David Crosby, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)American singer and guitarist (1941–2023)
Died
2022 - Francisco Gento, Spanish football player (born 1933)Spanish footballer (1933–2022)
Died
2022 - Yvette Mimieux, American actress (born 1942)American actress (1942–2022)
Died
2022 - André Leon Talley, American fashion journalist (born 1948)American fashion journalist (1948–2022)
Died
2019 - John Coughlin, American figure skater (born 1985)American pair skater (1985–2019)
Died
2019 - Lamia Al-Gailani Werr, Iraqi archaeologist (born 1938)Iraqi archaeologist (1938–2019)
Died
2017 - Peter Abrahams, South African-Jamaican writer (born 1919)South African novelist, journalist and political commentator (1919–2017)
Sky
Moon phase
Waning Crescent
25.8% illuminated
Lunar age: 24.5 days
Sun zodiac
Capricorn
28.18 degrees
Constellation: Sagittarius
Moon zodiac
Scorpio
23.50 degrees
Constellation: Libra
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.