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Berlin (dpa) - The current calendar sheet for January 18, 2021:
3rd calendar week, 18th day of the year
347 days until the end of the year
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Zodiac sign: Capricorn
Name day: Priska, Wolfrid
HISTORICAL DATA
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2020 - At least 75 soldiers die in a rocket attack on a military camp in the Yemeni province of Marib.
President Abed Rabbo Mansur Hadi blames the attack on the Houthi rebels supported by Iran.
2016 - Stuttgart is the first city to issue a fine dust alarm in Germany.
Residents and commuters are encouraged to voluntarily give up their cars.
Stuttgart has to reduce air pollution, otherwise the EU faces fines worth millions.
2001 - The storage of the “genetic fingerprint” of sex criminals, for example, is compatible with the Basic Law.
The Federal Constitutional Court publishes a corresponding decision.
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1996 - Ten people are killed in a fire in a Lübeck asylum seekers' home, including several children.
1956 - The People's Chamber of the GDR passes the law on the creation of the National People's Army (NVA).
1951 - The film “Die Sünderin” with Hildegard Knef in the leading role is premiered in Frankfurt and causes a scandal because of a short nude scene.
1901 - The first German cabaret opens its doors in Berlin's Alexanderstrasse, the "Überbrettl" by Ernst von Wolzüge.
1871 - After the victory over France, the German princes in Versailles proclaim the Prussian King Wilhelm I as German Emperor.
1701 - Elector Friedrich von Brandenburg crowns himself king in Königsberg and thus establishes the Prussian royal house.
BIRTHDAYS
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1988 - Angelique Kerber (33), German tennis player, number one in the world 2016-2017
1971 - Pep Guardiola (50), Spanish soccer coach (FC Barcelona, FC Bayern Munich, Manchester City)
1944 - Alexander Van der Bellen (77), Austrian politician, Federal President since 2017
1941 - José Ignacio López (80), Spanish industrial manager and business consultant, head of production and purchasing at Volkswagen 1993-97
1931 - Dieter Vogel (90), German journalist, spokesman for the Federal Government 1991-1995
DAYS OF DEATH
1976 - Friedrich Hollaender, German pop, revue and film composer (“I'm set for love from head to toe”), born in 1896
1936 - Rudyard Kipling, British writer ("The Jungle Book"), Nobel Prize for Literature 1907, born 1865
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