Historical Events In January - 18
Monday, 20 March 2023
1929 "NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio on January - 18.
1930 On this day in history -27ºF (-33ºC), Watts OK (state record)
1930 -27°F (-33°C), Watts, Oklahoma (state record) on January - 18.
1933 White Sands National Monument, NM established on January - 18.
1934 Eugene O'Neill's "Days Without End," premieres in NYC on January - 18.
1936 Rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70 on January - 18.
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 January - 18.
1939 On January - 18 south African wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* vs New South Wales
1939 On this day in history sA wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* v NSW
1940 On January - 18 kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74
1942 On January - 18 nazi's arrest Frans Goedhart & Wiardi Beckman
1943 On this day in history 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 On January - 18 soviets announce they broke the long Nazi siege of Leningrad
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 The seige of Lenningrad, in the USSR, by the Germans ends after over two years on January - 18.
1944 On January - 18 1st Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts
1945 On this day in history approximately 800 prisoners remaining in the Lodz Ghetto are liberated by Soviet troops, after 74,600 have been deported to Auschwitz.
1945 On January - 18 warsaw freed by Soviet army
1947 Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400 on this day in history.
1947 "Red Mill" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 831 performances on January - 18.
1948 On January - 18 ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS)
1948 1st courses begin at University of Ibadan, Nigeria on this day in history.
1949 "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont) on this day in history.
1949 South African Reverend Andries P Treurnicht marries Engela Dreyer on this day in history.
1950 Christopher Fry's "Venus Observed," premieres in London on this day in history.
1951 On this day in history hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against German Democratic Republic"
1951 On this day in history the first use of lie detector in Netherlands
1951 1st use of lie detector in Netherlands on this day in history.
1951 On this day in history robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41
1953 On January - 18 louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
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