January 18

Events

 * 1903 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States.

Births

 * 1543 - (baptised) Alfonso Ferrabosco (I), Italian composer (d. 1588)
 * 1841 -, French composer (d. 1894)
 * 1854 -, American telephone pioneer (d. 1934)
 * 1904 -, American accordionist (d. 2006)
 * 1933 -, American inventor (Dolby noise reduction system)
 * 1941 -, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1991)
 * 1945 -, Spanish singer
 * 1952 -, American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer
 * 1953 -, American musician
 * 1953 -, English singer & musician (Thompson Twins)
 * 1970 -, American rapper
 * 1971 -, American singer (KoЯn)
 * 1973 -, British singer (lead singer of Hard-Fi)
 * 1974 -, Australian television and radio
 * 1974 -, English musician (BBMak)