Historical Events In January - 18

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

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

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

1933  On this day in history white Sands National Monument, NM established   

1934  On January - 18 eugene O'Neill's "Days Without End," premieres in NYC   

1936  Rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1937  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 on January - 18.   

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

1939  On January - 18 south African wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* vs New South Wales   

1939  SA wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* v NSW on this day in history.   

1940  On January - 18 kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74   

1942  Nazi's arrest Frans Goedhart & Wiardi Beckman on this day in history.   

1943  Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history 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 this day in history soviets announce they broke the long Nazi siege of Leningrad   

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

1944  The first Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts on January - 18.   

1944  On January - 18 the seige of Lenningrad, in the USSR, by the Germans ends after over two years   

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

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  "Red Mill" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 831 performances on this day in history.   

1948  Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS) on January - 18.   

1948  On this day in history 1st courses begin at University of Ibadan, Nigeria   

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  On January - 18 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 January - 18.   

1951  On January - 18 robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 January - 18.   

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 January - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1425  Death of Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391) on January - 18.   

1471  On January - 18 death of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)   

1479  On January - 18 louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61   

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

1586  Death of Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522) on this day in history.