Page 6: Historical Events In January - 18

1929  "NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio on this day in history.   

1930  -27ºF (-33ºC), Watts OK (state record) on this day in history.   

1930  On January - 18 -27°F (-33°C), Watts, Oklahoma (state record)   

1933  On January - 18 white Sands National Monument, NM established   

1934  On this day in history eugene O'Neill's "Days Without End," premieres in NYC   

1936  On January - 18 rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70   

1937  On January - 18 future billionaire Howard Hughes sets a record for transcontinental air flight, making the trip from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes.   

1938  Bradman scores 104* for South Australia v NSW at the SCG on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history south African wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* vs New South Wales   

1939  On January - 18 sA wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* v NSW   

1940  Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74 on January - 18.   

1942  On this day in history nazi's arrest Frans Goedhart & Wiardi Beckman   

1943  On January - 18 jews in the Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis   

1943  On January - 18 moscow announced the 16-month Nazi siege of Leningrad was lifted.   

1943  On this day in history presliced bread sale banned to reduce bakery demand for metal parts   

1943  Soviets announce they broke the long Nazi siege of Leningrad on this day in history.   

1943  Jews in Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis on January - 18.   

1944  On January - 18 the first Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts   

1944  On this day in history the seige of Lenningrad, in the USSR, by the Germans ends after over two years   

1944  1st Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts on this day in history.   

1945  Approximately 800 prisoners remaining in the Lodz Ghetto are liberated by Soviet troops, after 74,600 have been deported to Auschwitz on this day in history.   

1945  Warsaw freed by Soviet army on this day in history.   

1947  Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400 on this day in history.   

1947  On January - 18 "Red Mill" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 831 performances   

1948  On this day in history ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS)   

1948  1st courses begin at University of Ibadan, Nigeria on January - 18.   

1949  "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont) on January - 18.   

1949  On January - 18 south African Reverend Andries P Treurnicht marries Engela Dreyer   

1950  Christopher Fry's "Venus Observed," premieres in London on January - 18.   

1951  Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against German Democratic Republic" on January - 18.   

1951  On this day in history the first use of lie detector in Netherlands   

1951  On January - 18 1st use of lie detector in Netherlands   

1951  Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1953  Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open on January - 18.   

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0885  Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) was born on this day in history.   

1519  Isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559) was born on January - 18.   

1543  Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer was born on January - 18.   

1641  Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois) was born on this day in history.   

1657  On January - 18 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  On January - 18 birth of tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized   

1688  On this day in history birth of lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)   

0052  Death of Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC) on this day in history.   

0474  On this day in history death of leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)   

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  On January - 18 death of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)   

1479  On this day in history louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61   

1580  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 on January - 18.   

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