Historical Events In January - 18

1986  On January - 18 claire James, actress (Jack Armstrong), dies  

1987  On January - 18 11th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Days of Our Live wins  

1988  Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board on this day in history.  

1989  On January - 18 astronomers discover pulsar in remnants of Supernova 1987A (LMC)  

1989  On January - 18 candace Thomas marries Steve Garvey  

1989  IBM announces earnings up 10.4% in 1988 on January - 18.  

1989  Otis Redding, Dion, Rolling Stones, Temptations & Stevie Wonder inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on January - 18.  

1989  West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win the World Series Cup on this day in history.  

1989  On this day in history bruce Chatwin, British writer, dies at 49  

1990  On January - 18 arthur J. Goldberg, former Supreme Court justice, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, is found dead in his Washington, D.C. apartment at age 81.  

1990  South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African National Congress on this day in history.  

1990  Washington DC, Mayor Marion Barry arrested in drug enforcement sting on January - 18.  

1990  Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry was arrested in an FBI sting at a downtown hotel and charged with buying and smoking crack cocaine on January - 18.  

1990  Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23 on this day in history.  

1991  On January - 18 eastern Airlines goes out of business after 62 years  

1991  On this day in history eastern Airlines stopped flying and said it would liquidate its assets. The announcement followed a two-year effort to escape bankruptcy.  

1991  On this day in history iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel  

1991  Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours & 11 minutes on this day in history.  

1991  US acknowledges CIA and US Army paid Noriega $320,000 over his career on this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history hamilton Fish, congressman (NY), dies at 102  

1992  On January - 18 49th Golden Globes  

1992  On this day in history actress Joan Chen (Twin Peaks) marries Dr Peter Hui  

1992  Comedian Pat McCormick injured in a car accident on January - 18.  

1992  John Remme, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56 on January - 18.  

1993  Martin Luther King Jr holiday observed in all 50 states for first time on this day in history.  

1993  Seven people were killed and nearly 70 more injured when two commuter trains collided on a bridge in Gary, Ind on this day in history.  

1993  West Indies win the World Series Cup, beating Australia 2-0 on this day in history.  

1993  M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1994  On January - 18 iran-Contra independent counsel Lawrence Walsh issued his final report on the scandal. He blasted former President Bush for his Christmas Eve 1992 pardons of six Iran-Contra defendants.  

1994  Arthur Altman, songwriter, dies at 83 on January - 18.  

1995  On January - 18 kumble takes 16-99 in match for Karnataka vs Kerala  

1995  On this day in history officials in Paris announced the discovery of a magnificent display of Paleolithic cave art in southern France.  

1995  Pope John Paul II begins visit to Australia on January - 18.  

1995  On January - 18 adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939), dies at 91  

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0885  Daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930) was born on January - 18.  

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

1543  On January - 18 birth of alfonso Ferrabosco, composer  

1641  On January - 18 birth of francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)  

1657  On this day in history birth of hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)  

1672  Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.  

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  Death of Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC) on January - 18.  

0474  Death of Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401) on January - 18.  

1367  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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)