On This Day January 18th

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January 18th is the Eighteenth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 347 days remain until the end of the year.

 

Events

1486 – King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, uniting the House of Lancaster and the House of York.

1586 – The magnitude 7.9 Tenshō earthquake strikes Honshu, Japan, killing 8,000 people and triggering a tsunami.

1778 – James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he named the "Sandwich Islands."

1788 – The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.

1886 – Modern field hockey was born with The Hockey Association's formation in England.

1896 – An X-ray-generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.

1983 – The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.

1919 – World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.

1967 – Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.

1977 – Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.

2008 – The Euphronios Krater is unveiled in Rome after being returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

 

Birthdays

1659 – Damaris Cudworth Masham, English philosopher and theologian (d. 1708)

1689 – Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher (d. 1755)

1752 – John Nash, English architect (d. 1835)

1782 – Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (d. 1852)

1815 – Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian and scholar (d. 1874)

1854 – Thomas A. Watson, American assistant to Alexander Graham Bell (d. 1934)

1881 – Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard (d. 1975)

1892 – Oliver Hardy, American actor and comedian (d. 1957)

1901 – Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1973)

1931 – Chun Doo-hwan, South Korean general and politician, 5th President of South Korea (d. 2021)

1933 – Ray Dolby, an American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories (d. 2013)

1947 – Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player and journalist (d. 2018)

1971 – Jonathan Davis, American singer-songwriter

1980 – Julius Peppers, American football player

1995 – Leonard Fournette, American football player

 

Holiday Spotlight

National Gourmet Coffee Day

  I can't pinpoint the specific origin of coffee. Its past is enshrouded in legend and theory, but one thing I'm sure of is that it's been around for centuries. I believe the ancestors of today's Oromo people in Ethiopia's Jimma region were the first to recognize the coffee plant's energizing power. However, I don't have definitive evidence that coffee was grown before the 15th century or even where it was first cultivated.

 I've learned that either coffee consumption or knowledge of the coffee tree existed in Yemeni Sufi monasteries as early as the 16th century, quickly spreading to Mecca and Medina. By the 16th century, coffee had reached the Middle East, South India (Karnataka), Persia, Turkey, and northern Africa. It expanded throughout the Balkans, Italy, Europe, and Southeast Asia. With its ability to provide instant energy, coffee has since conquered various regions of the world and won many hearts. I've seen how a simple cup of coffee has evolved to suit different tastes and purposes. From Frappuccino and cold brews to espresso shots and even espresso martinis, I can now find coffee anywhere and in any form I like.

 This is the story of how gourmet coffee came into existence. Gourmet coffee is made from 100% Arabica beans. These beans require a cool subtropical climate at a higher altitude to thrive and provide smooth, powerful, and aromatic brews that regular beans can't match. As a coffee enthusiast, I believe it's a must-try because it's more luxurious than typical coffee in terms of taste, production, and intensity. National Gourmet Coffee Day celebrates this caffeine celebrity, and I wholeheartedly applaud it!

 

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Get to Know Your Customer Day -

Maintenance Day

National Forrest Day

Peking Duck Day

Thesaurus Day

Winnie the Pooh Day

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