18 JANUARY
18 January: Remembering Yoichiro Nambu on his Birth Anniversary
Yoichiro Nambu (18 January 1921 – 5 July 2015) was a Japanese American physicist and professor at the University of Chicago. In he received the Nobel Prize. Life and Career He was born on 18 January 1921, in Tokyo, Japan. In 1942, he earned his master's degree from...
18 January: Tribute to K. L. Saigal
K. L. Saigal (11 April 1904 – 18 January 1947), was an Indian singer and actor who is considered the first superstar of the Hindi film industry, which was centered in Calcutta (Kolkata) during Saigal’s time.
18 January: Tribute to Saadat Hasan Manto
Saadat Hasan Manto (11 May 1912 – 18 January 1955) was a Pakistani writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana, who was active in British India and later, after the 1947 partition of India, in Pakistan.
18 January: Google Doodle celebrates Sachio Kinugasa Birthday
Today’s Doodle honors the 76th birthday of Japanese baseball player Sachio Kinugasa (18 January 1947 – 23 April 2018). He broke the record for most consecutive baseball games played in 1987 and held it for nine more years.
18 January: Remembering Petrona Eyle on Birthday
Petrona Eyle (18 January 1866 – 12 April 1945) was an Argentine physician and feminist who campaigned for Latin American women’s rights.
18 January: Remembering Rubén Darío on Birthday
Rubén Darío (18 January 1867 – 6 February 1916) was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-language literary movement known as modernismo (modernism) that flourished at the end of the 19th century. Darío contributed greatly to the development of Spanish-language literature and journalism during the 20th century.
18 January in Indian and World History
18 January in Indian and World History is celebrated, observed, and remembered for various reasons. 18 January is the birth anniversary of Mahadev Govind Ranade, Vinod Kambli, and Aparna Popat. 18 January is also observed as the death anniversary of Kundan Lal Sehgal,...
18 January: Tribute to Adolf Butenandt
Adolf Butenandt (24 March 1903 – 18 January 1995) was a German biochemist. In 1939, he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Life and Career He was born on 24 March 1903 in Bremen, Germany. In 1927, he graduated from Göttingen University, where he studied under Adolf...
18 January: Remembering John Hume on his Birth Anniversary
John Hume (18 January 1937 – 3 August 2020) was an Irish nationalist politician from Northern Ireland. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998. Life and Career He was born on 18 January 1937, in Derry, Northern Ireland. He attended St Columb's College and St...
18 January: Tribute to Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Life and Career He was born on 30 December 1865, in Bombay Presidency, British India. He was...
