Thursday January 18, 2007: Zodiac, Events, Birthdays and Holidays

US date format: 1/18/2007, UK date format: 18/1/2007

January 18th, 2007 was the 18th day of the year 2007 in the Gregorian calendar, under the sign of Capricorn. The day of the week was Thursday.

The number one song in US was Irreplaceable by Beyonce. A Moment Like This by Leona Lewis was #1 song in the UK.

Iron Man, directed by Jon Favreau, was one of the most viewed movie released in 2007 while The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers by Lilian Jackson Braun was one of the best selling book.

On TV people were watching Taxi 0-22. If you liked videogames you were probably playing Akatsuki Blitzkampf or Clear (visual novel).

The US president was George W. Bush (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Tony Blair (Labour), Pope Benedict XVI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened that day: find out below.

You can also have a look at January 18 across the years or at January 2007 calendar.

January 18, 2007 Events

What happened on January 18, 2007?

Historical Events

Merrill Lynch, the US investment bank, announces a US$10.4 Billion profit for 2006, its most successful year.
14 people are killed by the UK's strongest storm in 17 years. Germany suffers the most severe storm since 1999, with 13 deaths. At least 44 people are killed by Hurricane Kyrill in 20 countries of Western Europe.
110th United States Congress: The United States Senate approves ethics and lobbying reform legislation.
Wide attention has been paid to the allegations of racism against Shilpa Shetty, an Indian actress, on Celebrity Big Brother 2007. This has led to a record 33,000 complaints and death threats, and the cancellation of multi-million-pound Big Brother sponsorships as well as participants' modeling contracts. The likely successor to Prime Minister Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of Exchequer, made comments on the topic during his India trip and was mentioned in the House of Commons.
According to the United States government, a missile used by the People's Republic of China was successfully tested and destroyed an orbiting satellite belonging to the Dong Fang Hong program.
Al Arabiya reports on a fire at Kuwait’s Shuaiba Port that has halted oil exports and refined in the country.
According to French newspaper Le Monde, Oscar Pereiro, a Spanish cyclist, has tested positive for salbutamol in two urine samples taken during the 2006 Tour de France. Pereiro finished second in the Tour. Floyd Landis, the contested winner of the Tour, had been positive for testosterone.
Two people are killed by the fire at Jumeirah Lake Towers in Dubai.
Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi Prime Minister, suggests that the United States would better arm the Iraqi Armed Forces to be able to draw back U.S. troops in three to six months.
The Palestinian Authority receives $100 million in tax revenues that Israel withheld from the Hamas victory last year.
Following a vote against confidence, Edwin Snowe, the Liberian Parliament Speaker is fired.
Since Friday, January 12, 65 deaths were attributed to blizzards/ice storms/freezing rain in nine U.S. States, including 23 in Oklahoma, and 10 in Texas.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, asks that his state be declared a federal catastrophe area following agricultural damage exceeding $1 billion USD.
Los Angeles International Airport records snow for the first time since 1962.
Edmund Stoiber, the longest-serving minister-president for 200 years in Bavaria quits his post as chairman and minister-president of the CSU. Stoiber held the first and second positions from 1993 to 1999.
The European windstorm Kyrill swept across Great Britain, Germany and the Netherlands, killing at least nine people in Britain and three in Holland. Wind caused the evacuation of MSC Napoli, a container ship. 26 crew members are picked up by the British and French rescue teams.
Due to snow and ice, Interstate 10 in Texas remains closed and Interstate 5 north from Los Angeles, California is still open.
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January 18, 2007 Famous Birthdays

Other January 18th famous birthdays

Kevin Costner
Cool, determined American actor.
Cary Grant
British-American film actor.
Gilles Deleuze
French philosopher and university member.
Jason Segel
American actor.

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How old am I?

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January 18, 2007 Famous Deaths

Who died on January 18, 2007?

Julie Winnefred Bertrand
Juan Vilá Reyes
Brent Liles
American bass player (Social Distortion & Agent Orange).

Other January 18th famous deaths

Cecil Beaton
British-American photographer, stage and Oscar-winning filmmaker designer, author.
Wallace Reid
Actor (Birthday of a Nation), died at 31.
Bruce Chatwin
British traveler and writer ChatwinaEUR(tm) won international acclaim with books that were based on his nomadic lifestyle.
Sargent Shriver
American lawyer and politician 21st United States Ambassador in France (d.2011).

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January 18, 2007 Zodiac

Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Capricorn

Capricorn personality

Who should a Capricorn marry?

Babies born in January are either Capricorn or Aquarius. People born before January 19th are Capricorn, while people born from January 20th have the sign of Aquarius

Personality of January born

Chinese Zodiac

Sign: Pig

Element: Fire

Pig personality

Find out your Moon Sign

Can the numbers in January 18, 2007 reveal something about your future ? Find out

January 18, 2007 Day of the Week and Calendar

What day of the week was January 18, 2007?

The day of the week was Thursday.

January 18th marks the 17th day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2007.

There are 347 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

January 2007 calendar

January	2007
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

January 18, 2007 Holidays and Observances

What is special on January 18, 2007?

Holidays

Winnie The Pooh Day (In observance of the birthday of Alan Alexander Milne, 1882.)
Christian ecumenism - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins

Music charts

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