Historical Events In January - 18

1954  On January - 18 fanfani forms Italian government   

1954  On January - 18 fanfani forms Italian govt   

1954  On this day in history sydney Greenstreet, actor (Conflict, Maltese Falcon), dies at 74   

1955  U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower agrees to allow a presidential news conference to be aired (but not broadcast live) on television for the first time on this day in history.   

1955  Battle of Yijiangshan occurred on this day in history.   

1956  German Democratic Republic forms own army on January - 18.   

1956  On January - 18 german DR forms own army (National People's Army)   

1957  3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hours 19 minutes on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history 3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hr 19 min   

1958  The first black in the NHL (William O'Ree, Boston Bruins) on this day in history.   

1958  1st black in NHL (William O'Ree, Boston Bruins) on January - 18.   

1959  Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open on January - 18.   

1960  On this day in history uS & Japan sign joint defense treaty   

1961  On January - 18 zanzibar's Afro-Shirazi party wins 1 seat by a single vote & parliament by a single seat   

1962  Southern University closed due to demonstrations on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history uS begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas   

1962  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1962  On January - 18 raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86   

1963  On this day in history johnnie Moyes, journalist/cricketer (S Aust batsman), dies   

1964  Beatles first appearance in Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35) on this day in history.   

1964  Plans for the World Trade Center announced (New York City NY) on January - 18.   

1965  H L de Vries appointed Dutch Governor of Suriname on this day in history.   

1966  On January - 18 indira Gandhi is elected prime minister of India.   

1966  Indira Gandhi, daughter of the late Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, became prime minister of India on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history kathleen Norris, US author, dies at 85   

1967  On January - 18 albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) sentenced to life in prison   

1967  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1967  Yellowknife replaces Ottawa as capital of NW Territories, Canada on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history albert Conti, actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), dies at 79   

1968  On this day in history the United States and Soviet Union agreed on a draft of a nuclear non-proliferation treaty.   

1968  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at 72   

1969  Expanded 4 party Vietnam peace talks began in Paris on January - 18.   

1969  On this day in history soyuz 5 returns to Earth   

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0885  On this day in history birth of daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)   

1519  On this day in history birth of isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)   

1543  On January - 18 birth of alfonso Ferrabosco, composer   

1641  Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois) was born on January - 18.   

1657  Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) was born on January - 18.   

1672  Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) was born on January - 18.   

1685  On January - 18 birth of tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized   

1688  Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

0052  On this day in history death of publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC)   

0474  Death of Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401) on this day in history.   

1367  On January - 18 pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46   

1425  On this day in history death of edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)   

1471  Death of Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) on January - 18.   

1479  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 on January - 18.   

1580  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1586  Death of Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522) on this day in history.