On this day: 18 January

Selected events and births on 18 January, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1535 – Francisco Pizarro founded Ciudad de los Reyes (present-day Lima, Peru) as the capital of the lands he conquered for the Spanish crown. Read more: Francisco Pizarro History of Lima Lima
• 1788 – The armed tender HMS Supply, the first ship of the First Fleet, arrived at Botany Bay, Australia. Read more: Ship's tender HMAT Supply (1759) First Fleet
• 1871 – The German Empire was formed by the unification of previously independent German states, under the rule of Kaiser Wilhelm I. Read more: German Empire Unification of Germany States of the German Empire
• 1915 – Japanese prime minister Ōkuma Shigenobu issued the Twenty-One Demands to China in a bid to increase Japan's power in East Asia. Read more: Ōkuma Shigenobu Twenty-One Demands
• 1932 – The Alt Llobregat insurrection began with a miners' strike in Fígols and quickly spreads throughout central Catalonia. Read more: Alt Llobregat insurrection Fígols Catalunya Central
• 1958 – Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins played his first game in the National Hockey League, becoming the first black Canadian to compete in the NHL. Read more: Willie O'Ree Boston Bruins National Hockey League
• 1958 – Members of the Lumbee tribe arrived to protest at a Ku Klux Klan rally near Maxton, North Carolina, which turned into an armed confrontation between the two groups. Read more: Lumbee Ku Klux Klan Maxton, North Carolina
• 1969 – In response to months of nationwide student protests, thousands of Japanese police stormed the University of Tokyo. Read more: 1968–1969 Japanese university protests University of Tokyo

Born on this day

• 1933 – Emeka Anyaoku, Nigerian politician, 8th Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Read more: Emeka Anyaoku Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Nigeria)
• 1936 – David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport Read more: David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford Secretary of State for Transport
• 1944 – Paul Keating, Australian economist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia Read more: Paul Keating Prime Minister of Australia
• 1946 – Joseph Deiss, Swiss economist and politician, 156th President of the Swiss Confederation Read more: Joseph Deiss President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1963 – Maxime Bernier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada Read more: Maxime Bernier Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)
• 1963 – Martin O'Malley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 61st Governor of Maryland Read more: Martin O'Malley Governor of Maryland
• 2002 – Anastasia Zakharova, Russian tennis player Read more: Anastasia Zakharova
• 2002 – Ki-Jana Hoever, Dutch footballer Read more: Ki-Jana Hoever
• 2002 – Karim Adeyemi, German footballer Read more: Karim Adeyemi
• 2003 – Wendy Shongwe, South African sprinter and soccer player Read more: Wendy Shongwe
• 2009 – Lumi Pollack, American actress Read more: Lumi Pollack
• 2010 – Sophia Reid-Gantzert, Canadian actress and dancer Read more: Sophia Reid-Gantzert

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / January 18 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.