The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay. The First Fleet refers to the…
Tag: 18 January
18 January 1976
Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut. The 1976 Karantina massacre was a brutal event that occurred during the early stages of…
18 January 1967
Albert DeSalvo, the “Boston Strangler”, is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment. Albert DeSalvo was an American serial killer who gained…
18 January 1977
Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires’ disease.
18 January 2002
Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone_Civil_War’]
18 January 1866
Wesley College in Melbourne, Australia is established. Wesley College is an independent, co-educational, non-selective day and boarding school in Melbourne, Australia. Established in 1866, the…
18 January 1976
Lebanese Christian militias kill at over 1000 in Karantina, Beirut. The Ahrar and the Phalangist militias based in Damour and Dayr al Nama had been…
18 January 2003
A bushfire in Canberra, Australia kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes. On Saturday 18 January 2003, the bushfires which had been burning…