Historical Events In January - 18

1911  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On January - 18 greek and Turkish naval forces battle off Tendos Isle.   

1913  On this day in history turkish-Greek sea battle near Troy   

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

1913  On January - 18 edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician, dies at 49   

1914  Arno Schmidt, writer on this day in history.   

1915  The Germans perform the first aerial bombing of Britain, from a pair of Zeppelin dirigibles during WWI on January - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1916  On January - 18 alec Coxon, cricketer (England pace bowler in one Test, 2-90 & 1-82)   

1917  On January - 18 oscar Lewenstein, impressario   

1918  On this day in history adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest   

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

1919  WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France on this day in history.   

1919  On January - 18 juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Santiago Chile, composer   

1919  John C F, son of English king George V, dies at 13 on January - 18.   

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

1921  On January - 18 bruce Woodcock, boxer   

1921  Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

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

1922  Constance Moore, Sioux City Iowa, actress (Window on Main Street) on January - 18.   

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

1923  On January - 18 wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at 31   

1924  Donald Baverstock, TV producer on January - 18.   

1925  On this day in history anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, TV producer   

1927  Empress Charlotte, wife of Mexico's ill-fated Emperor Maximilian, dies on January - 18.   

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 JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)   

1543  Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer was born on this day in history.   

1641  On this day in history birth of francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)   

1657  Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) was born on this day in history.   

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  Death of Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC) on this day in history.   

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 January - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1479  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1580  On January - 18 antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63   

1586  On January - 18 death of margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)