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Events on January 18

• 1701 Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg, crowns himself as Frederick I in Königsberg as “King in Prussia”. The ceremonial, largely choreographed by Frederick himself, takes place in Königsberg Palace.
• 1709 The cities of Berlin, Cölln, Friedrichswerder, Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichstadt are united by a decree of King Frederick I of Prussia, effective 1 January 1710, into the “Royal Capital and Residence City of Berlin”.
• 1871 William I of Prussia is proclaimed German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles. He had held this title since the German Constitution of 1 January.
• 1919 The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles in 1919, at which the First World War is to be ended under international law and the postwar order established.
• 1943 The National Socialists march into the Warsaw Ghetto to liquidate it and deport the Jewish residents to extermination camps. The Jewish Combat Organization under Mordechaj Anielewicz succeeds in driving the Germans back again after four days of fighting.
• 1951 The film The Sinner, starring Hildegard Knef, premieres and causes a scandal over its alleged glorification of prostitution, euthanasia and suicide. Performance bans and church condemnation arouse interest and ensure a cinematic box-office success.
• 1956 The People's Chamber of the GDR decides to establish the National People's Army (NVA).
• 1969 The first broadcast of the ZDF-Hitparade, hosted by Dieter Thomas Heck, is aired.
• 1993 The first issue of the German news magazine Focus is published by the Burda publishing house in Munich under publisher Hubert Burda and editor-in-chief Helmut Markwort.
• 2000 At the party's urging, the former German Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl steps down as honorary chairman of the CDU because of the CDU donations scandal.
• 2005 The prototype of the Airbus A380 is presented to the media in Toulouse in the presence of prominent guests from politics.
• 2007 Hurricane Kyrill, the strongest hurricane since Lothar on 26 December 1999, sweeps across Europe. 47 people are killed, causing property damage of over one billion euros.

Born on January 18

• 1863 Oscar Troplowitz, German pharmacist, entrepreneur and patron of the arts
• 1892 Oliver Hardy, American comedian and film actor
• 1932 Christa Berndl, German actress
• 1941 David Ruffin, American gospel and soul singer
• 1950 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian racing driver
• 1960 Mark Rylance, British-American actor
• 1961 Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 Nia Künzer, German footballer
• 1980 Jason Segel, American actor
• 2002 Karim Adeyemi, German footballer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „18. Januar“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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