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Sunday, 18 January 2026

Day 18 of 2026  ·  347 days remaining in the year  ·  Week 03
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★ Born on this day 3 entries

1782
Daniel Webster, early American orator and politician.
US 244 yrs ago
1854
Thomas A. Watson, needed by Alexander Graham Bell.
US 172 yrs ago
1892
Oliver Hardy, of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy.
US 134 yrs ago

► Events on this day 3 entries

1644
First UFO sighting in America, by perplexed Pilgrims in Boston.
US 382 yrs ago
1911
First shipboard landing of a plane (from Tanforan Park to the USS Pennsylvania).
US 115 yrs ago
1975
The original Morris The Cat dies. Finniky Pussy Cat!
US 51 yrs ago