Historical Events In January - 18
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
1970 On this day in history david O McKay, 9th Mormon president, dies at 96
1971 On this day in history catherine Calvert, actress (Fires of Faith), dies of stroke at 80
1972 Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1973 On this day in history john Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC
1974 On this day in history "The $6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV
1974 On January - 18 israel & Egypt sign weapons accord
1974 The Secretary officially named the Navy's fourth nuclear-powered carrier the Carl Vinson on January - 18.
1975 On this day in history "The Jeffersons" spin-off from "All in the Family" premieres on CBS
1976 On this day in history ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes, Sparta), dies in crash [or 1/17]
1977 Australia's worst rail crash, at Granville, Sydney, kills 83 when train hits concrete bridge on January - 18.
1977 Imran Khan takes 12 wickets in match for Pakistan win at the SCG on this day in history.
1977 On January - 18 on his last day as U.S. President, Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino, better known to U.S. troops as Tokyo Rose, from her acts of treason during WWII.
1977 Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80 on January - 18.
1978 On this day in history geoff Boycott captains England for the first time, vs Pakistan Karachi
1978 Roof of 3-year-old Civic Center in Hartford CT collapses (no injuries) on January - 18.
1978 Thiokol conducts 2nd test firing of space shuttle's SRB on January - 18.
1978 Carl Betz, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show), dies at 67 on this day in history.
1979 On January - 18 cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82
1980 Gold reaches $1,000 an ounce on this day in history.
1980 On January - 18 pink Floyd's "The Wall" hits #1
1980 On January - 18 studio 54 owners Steve Rubell & Ian Schrager sentenced to 3½ years in prison for tax evasion & fined $20,000
1980 On this day in history cecil Beaton, British photographer, dies at 76
1981 Iran accepts US offer of $7.9 billion in frozen assets on January - 18.
1981 On January - 18 iran agrees in principle to the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months.
1981 On this day in history wendy O Williams arrested in Milwaukee for on-stage obscenity
1982 Burnet Corwin Tuthill, US composer (Laurentia), dies at 93 on this day in history.
1983 IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball on January - 18.
1984 Malcolm H Kerr, 9th pres of American U of Beirut, shot dead on this day in history.
1985 US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise on this day in history.
1985 Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Moslem leader, hanged at 76 on January - 18.
1986 On January - 18 24th Space Shuttle (61-C) Mission-Columbia 7-returns to Earth
1986 On January - 18 aIDS charity record "That's What Friends are For," hits #1
1986 On this day in history fierce fighting in South Yemen's capital city of Aden interrupts evacuation of foreigners.
1986 On this day in history new York Lotto pays $30.5 million to one winner (#s are 19-20-27-34-41-46)
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