WHAT HAPPENED ON 18. JANUARY
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SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (18. January 1977)

The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture. (18. January 1978)

The roof structure of the Hartford Civic Center collapses after a significant snowfall. (18. January 1978)

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). (18. January 1981)

The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family. (18. January 1983)

Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting. (18. January 1990)

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states. (18. January 1993)

The Cando event, a possible bolide impact in Cando, Spain. Witnesses claim to have seen a fireball in the sky lasting for almost one minute. (18. January 1994)

In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other. (18. January 1997)

Børge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided. (18. January 1997)

The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth. (18. January 2000)

Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over. (18. January 2002)

A bushfire kills 4 people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia. (18. January 2003)

The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France (18. January 2005)

The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Hurricane Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. (18. January 2007)

Gaza War: Hamas announces they will accept Israeli Defense Forces's offer of a ceasefire, ending the assault. (18. January 2009)

A series of coordinated actions take place in protest against Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act. (18. January 2012)