Talk:January 18

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January 18: The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins 1535 – Conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded Ciudad de los Reyes, present-day Lima, Peru, as the capital of the lands he conquered for the Spanish Crown. 1778 – English explorer James Cook became the first known European to reach the Sandwich Islands, now known as the Hawaiian Islands. 1871 – Unification of Germany: A number of independent German states unified into the German Empire, with King Wilhelm I of Prussia (pictured) being proclaimed as its first Emperor. 1977 – The mysterious Legionnaires' disease was found to be caused by a novel bacterium now known as Legionella. 2003 – The 2003 Canberra bushfires: Bushfires burning out of control began blazing through residential areas of Canberra, Australia, eventually killing four people, and damaging or destroying more than 500 homes. More events: January 17 – January 18 – January 19 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 05:15, June 11, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Who is "popular Texan Lance C.", born in 1988? <KF> 20:05, 18 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I hereby announce my firm intention to delete all references to the above individual unless Mr Lance C. himself or someone knowledgeable about him convinces me that that would be the wrong course of action to take. <KF> 15:56, 22 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Doubtful date 2 Important enough? 3 the movie 4 End of Unix Time

[edit] Doubtful date

I just removed the following:

• 1307 - German king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf king of Bohemia.

Rudolph's article says he was made king in 1306 but doesn't mention the date. He replaced Wenceslaus III, but according to his article he died in August 1306. I have no idea where this entry came from and I haven't found any other source to confirm it but if it has a good source, please put it back (and preferably edit the articles to match). --Spondoolicks 15:10, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

This article incorrectly listed January 18th, 2001 as the day that Dale Earnhardt died in a last-lap crash at the Daytona 500. This is incorrect, the Daytona 500 is always held in February, Earnhardt died on February 18th, 2001.

[edit] Important enough?

Is Stephen Colbert and Bill O'Reilly appearing on each other's shows for the first time of importance? It probably isn't but I just want to make sure.

• I doubt that is important enough. This isn't the last episode of Friends, or I Love Lucy.—ExplorerCDT 23:55, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] the movie

DO NOT edit this article to promote a movie! The movie I speak of is the jj abrams project. DO NOT EDIT THIS ARTICLE TO INCLUDE THAT, IT IS IRRELEVANT AND NOT AN IMPORTANT PART OF AN ENCYCLOPEDIA.Strunke 04:10, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Well actually, it is an important part of this encyclopedia, but you're right, it doesn't belong here, on this page. ShadowUltra 01:37, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] End of Unix Time

The current time format will reach it's limit on this day, 2038. Would this be something to include on this page?