At A Glance

18 January 2016 at a glance

Day of the week
18 January 2016 was a Monday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Love Yourself” by Justin Bieber.
Top Film of 2016
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 2016
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2016 was the Toyota HiLux.
Star sign
The star sign for 18 January is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 18 January 2016 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 18 January 2016 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 18 January

  • 2002 The Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over.
  • 2005 The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
  • 2008 The Euphronios Krater is unveiled in Rome after being returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • 2012 More than 115,000 websites engage in an online protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act in the US.[citation needed] The websites involved viewed the laws as infringing on the right to free speech and many of them temporarily shut down in protest.
  • 2025 The popular social media app, TikTok, is banned in the United States, after the passing of PAFACA.

Famous people born on 18 January

  • Pep Guardiola, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1971)
  • Kevin Costner, American actor, director, and producer (born 1955)
  • Dave Bautista, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor (born 1969)
  • Karim Adeyemi, German footballer (born 2002)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2016 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '2016 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 2 February – The Federal Government reintroduces its bill for the Australian Building and Construction Commission on the first parliamentary sitting of 2016.
  • 2 July – A double dissolution federal election is held. On 10 July, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull claims victory for the Liberal–National Coalition which was returned with a reduced majority.
  • 26 July – A royal commission into juvenile detention in the Northern Territory is announced, after the Four Corners program airs footage of abuse of detainees at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre.

Life in Australia in 2016

Prime Minister

Malcolm Turnbull

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$1.10

Loaf of Bread

$3.55

Average House

$600,000

Weekly Wage

$1,530.00

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