| 18/1/2000 | AEK crush Savinski 68-44 for the Saporta Cup. AEK defense performance equals their 30 year-old record in Europe (AEK - Rabat 95-44 in Morocco) |
| 18/1/1998 | Dan Georgiadis, former coach of Olympiacos, Panionios and the Greek national football team, dies aged 77 |
| 18/1/1991 | The longest match in the Australian Tennis Open history. Boris Becker and Omar Kamporese play for 5 hours and 11 minutes |
| 18/1/1980 | For the first time Greek police use dogs to patrol football grounds |
| 18/1/1961 | Valeriy Brumel sets new high jump world record with 2.23m in Moscow. For 10 years he will remain the world record holder in high jump, breaking his own records 5 times. He set his last record (2.28m) on July 3, 1971 |
| 18/1/1958 | William O'Ree of the Boston Ruins is the first black player in NHL |
| 18/1/1953 | First Formula 1 race held in South America, in Buenos Aires, with free admittance for the public. An accident occurs in the 32d lap when Nino Farina loses control of his Ferrari. 10 people die and 40 get injured |
| 18/1/1923 | Greece adopts the Gregorian Calendar |
| 18/1/1886 | Hockey Association established in England |
| 18/1/1879 | First England - Wales football match (2-1) at Kennington Oval |
