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==Images==
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File:Hawaje-NoRedLine.jpg|Satellite view of the Hawaiian Islands
File:Huizong.jpg|Emperor Huizong
File:Jim Thorpe Giants.jpeg|Jim Thorpe
File:Kaiser Wilhelm I. .JPG|Wilhelm I of Germany
File:Flag of Germany (1867–1919).svg|Flag of the German Empire, 1871–1918
File:Elizabethyork2-1-.jpg|Elizabeth of York
File:Ellis's View of Houses at Kealakekua, Memoirs Bishop Museum, Vol. II, Fig. 61.jpg|Houses at Kealakekua, Sandwich Islands, c. 1779

File:Legionella Plate 01.png|{{nowrap|''Legionella''}} colonies under ultraviolet light
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==Ineligible==
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| '''[[Royal Thai Armed Forces|Royal Thai Armed Forces Day]]''' in Thailand ([[1593]]);
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| The '''[[Week of Prayer for Christian Unity]]''' begins
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| <nowiki>{{#if: {{CURRENTYEAR}} mod 2 |</nowiki>  | '''[[Paryaya|Paryaya Festival]]''' in[[Udupi City]], [[Karnataka]], India ({{CURRENTYEAR}});}}
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| [[1126]] – '''[[Emperor Huizong of Song|Emperor Huizong]]''' of the [[Song dynasty]] of China abdicated in favour of his son [[Emperor Qinzong of Song|Qinzong]].
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| [[1778]] – English explorer [[James Cook]] became the first known European to reach the Sandwich Islands, now known as the '''[[Hawaiian Islands]]'''.
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| [[1919]] – [[World War I]]: The '''[[Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920)|Paris Peace Conference]]''' opened to set the peace terms for the [[Central Powers]].
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| [[1955]] – [[Chinese Civil War]]: The [[People's Liberation Army]] '''[[Battle of Yijiangshan Islands|engaged]]''' the [[National Revolutionary Army]] on the [[Yijiangshan Islands]], one of the last strongholds of [[Kuomintang|nationalist]] forces near mainland China.
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| [[1958]] – Members of the [[Lumbee]] tribe arrived to protest at a [[Ku Klux Klan]] rally near [[Maxton, North Carolina]], which turned into armed confrontation between the two.
| [[WP:Today's featured article/January 18, 2022|TFA for 2022]]
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| [[2003]] – Bushfires burning out of control '''[[2003 Canberra bushfires|began]]''' blazing through residential areas of [[Canberra]], Australia, eventually killing four people and damaging or destroying more than 500 homes.
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| '''[[Damaris Cudworth Masham]]''' |b|1659
| source in the article states she was born in 1658, not 1659, and there is some confusion about which is correct; article doesn't clarify either way
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==Eligible==
* [[1486]] – '''[[Elizabeth of York]]''' married King [[Henry VII of England|{{nowrap|Henry VII}}]], becoming [[List of English royal consorts|queen consort of England]].
* [[1788]] – The armed [[Ship's tender|tender]] '''{{HMS|Supply|1759|6}}''', the first ship of the [[First Fleet]], arrived at [[Botany Bay]], Australia.
* [[1871]] – A number of previously independent states [[Unification of Germany|unified]] to form the [[German Empire]], with '''[[William I, German Emperor|Wilhelm I]]''' as [[German Emperor|its emperor]].
* [[1915]] – Japanese prime minister [[Ōkuma Shigenobu]] issued the '''[[Twenty-One Demands]]''' to China in a bid to increase Japan's power in East Asia.
* [[1943]] – [[World War II|World War II]]: In '''[[Operation Iskra]]''', the [[Red Army]] established a narrow land corridor to [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]], partially easing [[Siege of Leningrad|the protracted German siege]].
* [[1956]] – '''[[Navvab Safavi]]''', an Iranian [[Shia Islam|Shia]] cleric and the founder of the [[Fada'iyan-e Islam|{{nowrap|Fada'iyan-e}} Islam]] fundamentalist group, was executed with three of his followers for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister [[Hossein Ala']].
* [[1977]] – The [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] announced that the lung infection '''[[Legionnaires' disease]]''' is caused by a previously unknown [[Bacteria|bacterium]] now known as ''[[Legionella]]''.
* [[1983]] – Thirty years after his death, the [[International Olympic Committee]] presented commemorative medals to the family of American athlete '''[[Jim Thorpe]]''', who had been stripped of his gold medals for playing semi-professional baseball before the [[1912 Summer Olympics]].
* Born/died: | '''[[Tamar of Georgia]]''' |d|1213| '''[[Isabella Jagiellon]]''' |b|1519| '''[[Jeanne Quinault]]''' |d|1783| '''[[César Cui]]''' |b|1835| '''[[Edward Bulwer-Lytton]]''' |d|1873| '''[[Aleksandra Ekster]]''' |b|1882| '''[[Elena Arizmendi Mejia]]''' |b|1884| '''[[Philippe Starck]]''' |b|1949| '''[[Goose Tatum]]''' |d|1967| '''[[Bruce Chatwin]]''' |d|1989| '''[[N. T. Rama Rao|{{nowrap|N. T.}} Rama Rao]]''' |d|1996

==Notes==
* [[Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii]] and [[Second voyage of James Cook]] both appear on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 17|January 17]], so Hawaiian Islands should not appear in the same year
* [[First Fleet]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 26|January 26]], so Botany Bay should not appear in the same year
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'''[[January 18]]'''
{{main page image/OTD|File:Marionbarry001.jpg|Marion Barry}}
* [[474]] – Seven-year-old '''[[Leo II (emperor)|Leo II]]''' became sole [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine emperor]] upon the death of his grandfather [[Leo I (emperor)|Leo I]].
* [[1535]] – [[Francisco Pizarro]] '''[[History of Lima|founded Ciudad de los Reyes]]''' (present-day [[Lima]], Peru) as the capital of the lands he conquered for the [[Monarchy of Spain|Spanish crown]].
* [[1866]] – '''[[Wesley College (Victoria)|Wesley College]]''', one of the largest schools in Australia by enrolment, was established in [[Melbourne]].
* [[1958]] – '''[[Willie O'Ree]]''' of the [[Boston Bruins]] played his first game in the [[National Hockey League]], becoming the first [[Black Canadians|black Canadian]] in professional [[ice hockey]].
* [[1990]] – In a [[sting operation]] conducted by the FBI, '''[[Marion Barry]]''' ''(pictured)'', the mayor of Washington, D.C., was arrested for possession of [[crack cocaine]].
{{Born and died list| '''[[Jobst of Moravia]]''' |d|1411| '''[[Marthinus Nikolaas Ras]]''' |b|1853| '''[[Vinod Kambli]]''' |b|1972}}
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