Born on 18 January 1972

At A Glance

18 January 1972 at a glance

Day of the week

18 January 1972 was a Tuesday.

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1

The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “American Pie” by Don McLean.

Top Film of 1972

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1972 was The Godfather.

Bestselling Novel of 1972

“Jonathan Livingston Seagull” by Richard Bach was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1972.

Top-Rated TV Show

“All in the Family” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1972–73 season.

Star sign

The star sign for 18 January is Capricorn.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 18 January 1972 fell in the Year of the Pig.

Birthstone

The birthstone for January is Garnet.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 18 January 1972 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 18 January

• 1972 Members of the Mukti Bahini lay down their arms to the government of the newly independent Bangladesh, a month after winning the war against the occupying Pakistan Army.
• 1974 A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
• 1977 Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announce they have identified a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
• 1978 The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
• 1981 Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).

Famous people born on January 18

• 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)

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