18 January dinvishesh in english

Important Events-
Birth & Death

1778: James Cook was the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands.
1886: The Hockey Association was founded in England. The game of hockey was recognized for the first time.
1896: H. L. Smith demonstrated the X-ray generating machine for the first time.
1911: Eugene B. Ely landed an airplane on the U. S. S. Pennsylvania, which was docked in the port of San Francisco. This was the first time an airplane had landed on a ship.
1974: Peace treaty was signed between Egypt and Israel.
1997: Borg Ouseland of Norway crossed the Atlantic Ocean solo.
1998: Madan Mohan Poonchi assumed office as the 28th Chief Justice of India.
1999: Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen was awarded India’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna.
2005: The world’s largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380, was unveiled.
18 January dinvishesh in english

1519: Birth of ‘Isabella Jagielno’ – Queen of Hungary. (Died: 15 September 1559)
1793: Birth of ‘Raje Pratap Singh Bhosale’ – King of Maharashtra. (Died: 4 October 1847)
1842: Birth of ‘Mahadev Govind Ranade’ – Justice. (Died: 16 January 1909)
1920: Birth of ‘B. Vittalachari’ – Indian director and producer. (Died: 28 May 1999)
1927: Birth of ‘S. Balachander’ – Indian actor, singer and veena player. (Died: 13 April 1990)
1933: ‘Jagadish Sharan Verma’ – Birth of the 27th Chief Justice of India. (Died: 22 April 2013)
1954: ‘Jagadish Mali’ – Birth of Indian fashion and film photographer.
1959: ‘Aadesh Bandekar’ – Birth of Marathi actor, TV host.
1972: ‘Vinod Kambli’ – Birth of Indian cricketer.
1995: ‘V. D. Ghate’ – Birth of litterateur, poet and educationist.
18 January special day in India

1253: ‘King Henry (I)’ – Death of King of Cyprus. (Dated: 3 May 1217)
1411: ‘Josef of Moravia’ – Death of Roman King.
1677: ‘Jan van Riebeeck’ – Founder of Cape Town dies. (Born: 21 April 1619)
1862 : ‘John Tyler’ – 10th President of the United States dies. (Born: 29 March 1790)
1869 : ‘Bertrand Zemre’ – 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary, poet and politician dies. (Born: 27 August 1812)
1896 : ‘Charles Floquet’ – 55th Prime Minister of France dies. (Born: 2 October 1828)
1936 : ‘Rudyard Kipling’ – Nobel Prize-winning British writer dies. (Born: 30 December 1865)
1947 : ‘K. L. Saigal’ – Indian actor and singer dies. (Born: 11 April 1904)
1967 : ‘Dr. Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje’ – Agriculturalist passed away.
1983 : Atmaram Raoji Bhat – Padma Shri, Indian creative thinker passed away. (Born: 12 May 1905)
1995 : ‘Adolf Butenand’ – Nobel Prize winning German biochemist passed away. (Born: 24 March 1903)
2003 : ‘Harivansh Rai Bachchan’ – Hindi litterateur and poet passed away. (Born: 27 November 1907)