Historical Events In January - 18
Monday, 20 March 2023
1970 On January - 18 david O McKay, 9th Mormon president, dies at 96
1971 On this day in history catherine Calvert, actress (Fires of Faith), dies of stroke at 80
1972 Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69 on January - 18.
1973 On January - 18 john Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC
1974 On this day in history "The $6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV
1974 On this day in history israel & Egypt sign weapons accord
1974 The Secretary officially named the Navy's fourth nuclear-powered carrier the Carl Vinson on January - 18.
1975 "The Jeffersons" spin-off from "All in the Family" premieres on CBS on January - 18.
1976 Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes, Sparta), dies in crash [or 1/17] on this day in history.
1977 Australia's worst rail crash, at Granville, Sydney, kills 83 when train hits concrete bridge on January - 18.
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 January - 18.
1977 On January - 18 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 Roof of 3-year-old Civic Center in Hartford CT collapses (no injuries) on January - 18.
1978 On January - 18 thiokol conducts 2nd test firing of space shuttle's SRB
1978 Carl Betz, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show), dies at 67 on this day in history.
1979 On January - 18 cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82
1980 Gold reaches $1,000 an ounce on January - 18.
1980 On January - 18 pink Floyd's "The Wall" hits #1
1980 On January - 18 studio 54 owners Steve Rubell & Ian Schrager sentenced to 3½ years in prison for tax evasion & fined $20,000
1980 Cecil Beaton, British photographer, dies at 76 on January - 18.
1981 On January - 18 iran accepts US offer of $7.9 billion in frozen assets
1981 Iran agrees in principle to the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months on January - 18.
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 On January - 18 iOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball
1984 Malcolm H Kerr, 9th pres of American U of Beirut, shot dead on this day in history.
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 24th Space Shuttle (61-C) Mission-Columbia 7-returns to Earth on this day in history.
1986 On this day in history aIDS charity record "That's What Friends are For," hits #1
1986 On January - 18 fierce fighting in South Yemen's capital city of Aden interrupts evacuation of foreigners.
1986 On this day in history new York Lotto pays $30.5 million to one winner (#s are 19-20-27-34-41-46)
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