January 18

Winnie the Pooh's Day

Eighteenth day of the year, 347 days remain until the end of the year
We still have to wait 153 days until summer, and only 63 days by spring

Name day celebrates: Ammonia, Ammonius, Atenogenes, Beatrycze, Bogumił, Krystyna, Liberta, Lubart, Małgorzata, Monika, Piotr, Pryska, Regina, Sędziwoj, Wenerand, Woluzjan, Zuzanna

Important Holidays In The World:

Winnie the Pooh's Day in memory of the birthday of its creator AA Milne 

January 18 in Poland:

1902 The first episode of Władysław Reymont's The Peasants was published in Tygodnik Ilustrowany
1919 The Polish Red Cross was established
1951 The Sejm of the Republic of Poland adopted the Act on non-working days, abolishing, inter alia, Third May National Day

January 18 in Norway:

1936-Opening of the Blindern University in Oslo

January 18 in the world: 

1919 Bentley Motors is established
2006 The world's largest passenger airliner, the Airbus A380, is on show for the first time in Toulouse, France 

January 18 in Music:

1973 Santana and the Rolling Stones took part in a charity concert to help the victims of the tragic earthquake in Nicaragua
1989 Stevie Wonder, 38, became the youngest artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2009 At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, there was a ceremony to mark the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States - "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration." Before the new president, there were: Beyonce, Mary J. Blide, Jon Bon Jovi, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Herbie Hanock, Bettye Lavette, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen James Taylor U2, Usher, Will . I. Am and Stevie Wonder.

Famous People born on January 18:

W 1849 Polish writer Aleksander Świętochowski is born in the world
W 1904 English actor Cary Grant is born in the world this year
W 1946 Polish journalist Helena Łyczywo is born in the world
W 1955 of the year, the American actor and director Kevin Costner is born