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  • 532 Nika uprising against Emperor Justinian I in Constantinople fails; 30,000 are killed by troops loyal to the emperor in the Hippodrome
  • 1591 King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, date is now observed as Royal Thai Armed Forces Day
  • 1788 First elements of the First Fleet, carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia, arrive at Botany Bay to establish a penal colony
  • 1817 Argentine General José de San Martín leads a revolutionary army over the Andes to attack Spanish royalists in Chile
  • 1871 Second German Empire is proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I and Otto von Bismarck
  • Two young girls help assemble Soviet submachine guns during the Siege of Leningrad

    Siege of Leningrad

    1943 Soviets announce they have broken the long siege of Leningrad by Nazi Germany by opening a narrow land corridor, though the siege is not fully lifted until a year later
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  • 1974 Science fiction TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man" premieres on ABC, starring Lee Majors
  • 1980 Pink Floyd's double album "The Wall" hits #1
  • 1983 IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals for his pentathlon and decathlon victories, 70 years after they were stripped from him for accepting $25 to play semi-pro baseball

World's 62 richest people are now as wealthy as the poorest half of the world's population, according to a report published by Oxfam

January 18, 2016

  • Daniel Webster

    1782 - 1852

  • Edmund Barton

    1849 - 1920

  • Daniel Hale Williams

    1858 - 1931

  • A. A. Milne

    1882 - 1956

  • Ray Dolby

    1933 - 2013

  • Paul Keating

    82 Years Old
More Birthdays on January 18

  • Oliver Hardy

    1892 - 1957

  • Cary Grant

    1904 - 1986

  • Kevin Costner

    71 Years Old

  • Peter Mark Roget

    1779 - 1869

  • Curt Flood

    1938 - 1997

  • Mark Messier

    65 Years Old

  • Angelique Kerber

    38 Years Old

Perplexed pilgrims in Boston report America's first UFO sighting

January 18, 1644

  • 1486 King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV
  • 1827 American religious leader Joseph Smith Jr (21) weds future church group movement leader Emma Hale (22) in South Bainbridge, New York, until his death in 1844
  • 1893 British poet and writer Rudyard Kipling (26) weds Carrie Balestier (29) at All Souls Church in Langham Place, London, England; writer. Henry James gave away the bride
  • 1996 Princess of Rock Lisa Marie Presley files for divorce from King of Pop Michael Jackson in NYC
More January 18 Weddings

  • John Tyler

    1790 - 1862

  • Rudyard Kipling

    1865 - 1936

  • Glenn Frey

    1948 - 2016

  • Don Sutton

    1945 - 2021
More January 18 Deaths
  • Cary Grant with his friend and favourite co-star Grace Kelly – Princess Grace of Monaco

    The Name Is Bond – Cary Bond!

    They wanted Cary Grant to take the part of James Bond when the film series was launched with Dr No in the early Sixties. But the debonair actor turned it down. January 18, 1904
  • Author and Novelist Miguel de Cervantes

    Weekly Quiz for January 13 - 19

    Who was the 1st American President to travel overseas by airplane? What is the world's largest office building? Who was crowned the 1st tsar of Russia in 1547?
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  • Beer is poured down the drains as Prohibition takes a hold in the United States

    Prohibition and The Rise of Al Capone

    January 16, 1920
  • Watched by his nervous son William, Benjamin Franklin flies a kite in a thunderstorm

    The President Who Was Never President

    January 17, 1706
  • The First World War memorial outside St Andrew's church at Wellingham, Norfolk

    War Victim Goes to Bottom of the Pile

    January 19, 1915
  • Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter with youngsters helped by the Carter Center

    My Name is Jimmy Carter and I’m Running for President

    January 20, 1977
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