January 18 in History

Historical Events on January 18

1913 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.

1919 World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.

1941 World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.

1945 World War II: Liberation of Kraków, Poland by the Red Army.

1974 A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.

1977 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.

1977 SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

2005 The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France

2009 Gaza War: Hamas announces they will accept Israel Defense Forces offer of a ceasefire, ending the assault.

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Famous Birthdays on January 18

1904 Cary Grant

1969 Dave Bautista

1987 Johan Djourou

1988 Angelique Kerber

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Famous Deaths on January 18

1862 John Tyler

1936 Rudyard Kipling

1956 Konstantin Päts

1963 Hugh Gaitskell

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