Page 8: Historical Events In January - 18

1970  On January - 18 david O McKay, 9th Mormon president, dies at 96   

1971  Catherine Calvert, actress (Fires of Faith), dies of stroke at 80 on January - 18.   

1972  Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history john Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC   

1974  "The $6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV on this day in history.   

1974  On January - 18 israel & Egypt sign weapons accord   

1974  On this day in history the Secretary officially named the Navy's fourth nuclear-powered carrier the Carl Vinson   

1975  "The Jeffersons" spin-off from "All in the Family" premieres on CBS on January - 18.   

1976  On January - 18 ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes, Sparta), dies in crash [or 1/17]   

1977  Australia's worst rail crash, at Granville, Sydney, kills 83 when train hits concrete bridge on this day in history.   

1977  Imran Khan takes 12 wickets in match for Pakistan win at the SCG on this day in history.   

1977  On his last day as U.S. President, Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino, better known to U.S. troops as Tokyo Rose, from her acts of treason during WWII on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80   

1978  Geoff Boycott captains England for the first time, vs Pakistan Karachi on this day in history.   

1978  On January - 18 roof of 3-year-old Civic Center in Hartford CT collapses (no injuries)   

1978  On this day in history thiokol conducts 2nd test firing of space shuttle's SRB   

1978  Carl Betz, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show), dies at 67 on January - 18.   

1979  On this day in history cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82   

1980  Gold reaches $1,000 an ounce on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history pink Floyd's "The Wall" hits #1   

1980  Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell & Ian Schrager sentenced to 3½ years in prison for tax evasion & fined $20,000 on January - 18.   

1980  Cecil Beaton, British photographer, dies at 76 on January - 18.   

1981  Iran accepts US offer of $7.9 billion in frozen assets on January - 18.   

1981  Iran agrees in principle to the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months on this day in history.   

1981  Wendy O Williams arrested in Milwaukee for on-stage obscenity on this day in history.   

1982  Burnet Corwin Tuthill, US composer (Laurentia), dies at 93 on January - 18.   

1983  IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history malcolm H Kerr, 9th pres of American U of Beirut, shot dead   

1985  US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise on this day in history.   

1985  Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Moslem leader, hanged at 76 on January - 18.   

1986  On this day in history 24th Space Shuttle (61-C) Mission-Columbia 7-returns to Earth   

1986  AIDS charity record "That's What Friends are For," hits #1 on this day in history.   

1986  On January - 18 fierce fighting in South Yemen's capital city of Aden interrupts evacuation of foreigners.   

1986  New York Lotto pays $30.5 million to one winner (#s are 19-20-27-34-41-46) on this day in history.   

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

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  Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized was born on January - 18.   

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

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

0474  On January - 18 death of leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)   

1367  On January - 18 pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46   

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  On January - 18 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)