Historical Events In January - 18

1911  On January - 18 the first shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania)  

1911  1st shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania) on this day in history.  

1911  On this day in history gabor Darvas, composer  

1912  On January - 18 english explorer Robert F Scott & his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before  

1912  On this day in history charles Moeller, Belgian theologist (Humanism et saintete)  

1913  Greek and Turkish naval forces battle off Tendos Isle on January - 18.  

1913  Turkish-Greek sea battle near Troy on this day in history.  

1913  On this day in history danny Kaye, Bkln NY, UNICEF/comedian/actor (Danny Kaye Show)  

1913  On this day in history edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician, dies at 49  

1914  On January - 18 arno Schmidt, writer  

1915  On this day in history the Germans perform the first aerial bombing of Britain, from a pair of Zeppelin dirigibles during WWI.  

1915  Train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die on January - 18.  

1915  With the European powers preoccupied with World War I, Japan secretly presents China with Twenty-one Demands for privileges on this day in history.  

1916  A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite stikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri on January - 18.  

1916  On this day in history alec Coxon, cricketer (England pace bowler in one Test, 2-90 & 1-82)  

1917  On January - 18 oscar Lewenstein, impressario  

1918  On January - 18 adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest  

1919  On this day in history wWI Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France  

1919  On January - 18 wW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France  

1919  Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Santiago Chile, composer on this day in history.  

1919  On January - 18 john C F, son of English king George V, dies at 13  

1921  On January - 18 william Archer's "Green Goddess," premieres in NYC  

1921  Bruce Woodcock, boxer on January - 18.  

1921  On January - 18 adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor, dies at 73  

1922  On this day in history irish author Liam O'Flaherty & others occupy the Rotunda in Dublin  

1922  On January - 18 irish author Liam O'Flaherty & others occupy Rotunda in Dublin  

1922  On this day in history constance Moore, Sioux City Iowa, actress (Window on Main Street)  

1923  1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies on this day in history.  

1923  On this day in history wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at 31  

1924  On January - 18 donald Baverstock, TV producer  

1925  Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, TV producer on this day in history.  

1927  On this day in history empress Charlotte, wife of Mexico's ill-fated Emperor Maximilian, dies.  

1929  "New York Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio on January - 18.  

1929  Stalin proposes to ban Trotsky from the Politburo on January - 18.  

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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 Jagiełło, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)  

1543  On this day in history birth of alfonso Ferrabosco, composer  

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

1657  On this day in history birth of hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)  

1672  On this day in history birth of antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)  

1685  Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1688  Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) was born on January - 18.  

0052  On January - 18 death of publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC)  

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

1367  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1425  On January - 18 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  On January - 18 antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63  

1586  On this day in history death of margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)