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What happened in history on this day: January 18?
On January 18 in ...
- 1948 - The DuMont network premieres TV series The Original Amateur Hour, hosted by Ted Mack.
- 1949 - CBS-TV debuts They Stand Accused courtroom TV drama.
- 1974 - ABC TV premieres The Six Million Dollar Man, starring Lee Majors.
- 1975 - The Jeffersons spin-off from All in the Family premieres on CBS.
- 1978 - CBS airs the 100th episode of Good Times TV show.
- 1995 - CBS airs the 100th episode of Northern Exposure TV show.
- 2001 - The British digital television channel e4 is launched.
Births on January 18
- 1892 - Birth of Oliver Hardy in Harlem, Georgia, USA; comedy team member (Laurel and Hardy) (dies 1957).
- 1904 - Birth of Cary Grant in England; actor (Arsenic and Old Lace, North by Northwest) (dies 1986).
- 1905 - Birth of Chick Chandler in Kingston, New York, USA; actor (Barney - One Happy Family).
- 1910 - Birth of Arthur John Howard; actor (Frieda, Last Holiday, Paradiso, Glass Cage).
- 1913 - Birth of Danny Kaye in Brooklyn, New York, USA; UNICEF/comedian/actor (The Danny Kaye Show).
- 1922 - Birth of Constance Moore in Sioux City, Iowa, USA; actress (Window on Main Street).
- 1941 - Birth of Iva Zanicchi; actress (Ragazza Tutta d'Oro).
- 1946 - Birth of Katia Ricciarelli; actress (Falstaff, Otello, Turandot).
- 1948 - Birth of Takeshi Kitano in Tokyo, Japan; actor (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence).
- 1953 - Birth of Brett Hudson in Portland, Oregon, USA; comedian (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show).
- 1955 - Birth of Johannes AM "Hans" van Tongeren; Dutch actor (Hunk).
- 1955 - Birth of Kevin Costner in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/director (Fandango, Silverado, Bull Durham).
- 1962 - Birth of Alison Arngrim; actress (Nellie - Little House of the Prairie).
- 1963 - Birth of Jane Horrocks in Lancashire, England; actress (Absolutely Fabulous).
- 1974 - Birth of Devon Odessa; actor (Sharon - My So Called Life, Girl of Limberlost).
- 1984 - Birth of Kristy Lee Cook, American Idol finalist.
- 1984 - Birth of Benji Schwimmer, winner of So You Think You Can Dance 2006.
Deaths on January 18
- 1923 - Wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at age 31.
- 1967 - Albert Conti, actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), dies at age 79.
- 1967 - Harry Antrim, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies of heart attack at age 83.
- 1968 - Bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at age 72.
- 1968 - John Ridgely, actor (Air Force, Possessed, Big Sleep), dies at age 58.
- 1968 - Lee Tracy, actor (Martin Kane - Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at age 69.
- 1971 - Catherine Calvert, actress (Fires of Faith), dies of stroke at age 80.
- 1976 - Sonia Dresdel, actor (Fallen Idol, Secret Tent), dies at age 67.
- 1977 - Yvonne Printemps, actress (Paris Waltz, Voyage to America), dies at age 81.
- 1978 - Death of Carl Betz at age 56, American actor (Alex Stone - Donna Reed Show) (born 1921).
- 1982 - Trent Lehman, actor (Butch - Nanny and the Professor), dies at age 20.
- 1985 - Wilfrid Brambell, actor (Hard Day's Night, Boys), dies at age 72.
- 1986 - Claire James, actress (Jack Armstrong), dies.
- 1991 - Lillian Bond, actress (Air Mail, Pick-up, Blond Cheat), dies at age 83.
- 1991 - Nita Krebs, actor (Munchkin - The Wizard of Oz), dies of heart attack at age 85.
- 1997 - Death of Adriana Caselotti of cancer at age 80; voice of Snow White in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- 2001 - Death of Al Waxman during heart bypass surgery at age 65; actor (CBC Radio, King of Kensington TV show, Cagney and Lacey).
- 2022 - Death of Peter Robbins of suicide at age 65 in Oceanside, California, USA; voice actor (Charlie Brown - Peanuts TV specials).
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