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What happened in history on this day: January 18?
On January 18 in ...
- 1837 - The US Coinage Act sets official US value of gold at $20.67 per ounce.
- 1862 - Confederate Territory of Arizona is formed.
- 1865 - Battle of Fort Moultrie, South Carolina.
- 1869 - Elegant California Theatre opens in San Francisco, California.
- 1896 - First exhibition of an X-ray machine, in New York City, New York.
- 1911 - First aircraft landing on deck of ship, a Curtiss aircraft on armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco Bay, California.
- 1916 - In Baxter, Missouri, a falling meteorite strikes a building.
- 1930 - -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), Watts, Oklahoma (state record low).
- 1933 - White Sands National Monument, New Mexico established.
- 1943 - Presliced bread sale in US banned to reduce bakery demand for metal parts.
- 1944 - First Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts.
- 1962 - US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas.
- 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1964 - Plans for the World Trade Center announced (New York City, New York, USA).
- 1967 - Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) sentenced to life in prison.
- 1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1969 - Expanded four-party Vietnam peace talks begin in Paris, France.
- 1978 - Roof of 3-year-old Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut collapses (no injuries).
- 1980 - Price of an ounce of silver hits record high of $50.35 in Comex trading.
- 1980 - Gold briefly reaches US$1,000 an ounce.
- 1980 - Studio 54 (New York) owners Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for tax evasion and fined US$20,000.
- 1981 - Iran accepts US offer of US$7.9 billion in frozen assets for the release of hostages.
- 1985 - US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise.
- 1986 - 24th Space Shuttle (61-C) Mission - Columbia 7 - returns to Earth.
- 1986 - New York Lotto pays US$30.5 million to one winner (numbers are 19-20-27-34-41-46).
- 1989 - Otis Redding, Dion, Rolling Stones, Temptations, and Stevie Wonder inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- 1990 - Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
- 1991 - Iraq fires eight SCUD missiles on Israel; first US pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn).
- 1991 - Eastern Airlines goes out of business after 62 years due to financial problems.
- 1991 - US acknowledges Central Intelligence Agency and US Army paid Manuel Noriega $320,000 over his career.
- 1993 - For the first time in the USA, Martin Luther King Day is officially observed in all fifty states.
- 2002 - A Canadian Pacific Railway train carrying anhydrous ammonia derails outside of Minot, North Dakota, killing one.
- 2007 - US investment bank Merrill Lynch announces 2006 profit of US$10.4 billion, the most successful year in its history.
Births on January 18
- 1782 - Birth of Daniel Webster in Salisbury, New Hampshire, USA; lawyer, Representative (1813-17, 1823-27), US Senator (1827-41, 1843-50), Secretary of State (1841-43, 1850-52), presidential candidate (1852).
- 1815 - Birth of Richard Yates in Warsaw, Kentucky, USA; Governor of Illinois (1861-65) (dies 1873).
- 1892 - Birth of Oliver Hardy in Harlem, Georgia, USA; comedy team member (Laurel and Hardy) (dies 1957).
- 1905 - Birth of Chick Chandler in Kingston, New York, USA; actor (Barney - One Happy Family).
- 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).
- 1939 - Birth of Bernard Glassman in New York, USA; Zen teacher/head (Zen Center of New York).
- 1941 - Birth of Bobby Goldsboro in Marianna, Florida, USA; singer, songwriter ("Honey, See The Funny Little Clown").
- 1941 - Birth of David Ruffin in Mississippi, USA; vocalist (Temptations - "Papa Was a Rolling Stone").
- 1953 - Birth of Brett Hudson in Portland, Oregon, USA; comedian (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show).
- 1955 - Birth of Kevin Costner in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/director (Fandango, Silverado, Bull Durham).
- 1955 - Birth of Mable Fergerson in Los Angeles, California, USA; 4x400m runner (Olympics-silver-1972).
- 1956 - Birth of Mark Collie in Waynesboro, Tennessee, USA; country singer ("Another Old Soldier").
- 1958 - Birth of Jeffrey N Williams in Superior, Wisconsin, USA; Major Army/astronaut.
- 1964 - Birth of Brady Anderson in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA; outfielder (Baltimore Orioles).
- 1967 - Birth of Peter Cox Junior in Bronxville, New York, USA; fencer-sabre (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Mike Lieberthal in Glendale, California, USA; catcher (Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1981 - Birth of Kimberly Gloudemans; Miss California Teen-USA (1997).
- 1981 - Birth of Latoya Farley; Miss Oklahoma Teen-USA (1996).
- 1984 - Birth of Kristy Lee Cook, American Idol finalist.
Deaths on January 18
- 1862 - John Tyler, 10th US President (1841-45), dies in Richmond, Virginia, CSA at age 71.
- 1951 - Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at age 41.
- 1966 - Kathleen Norris, US author, dies at age 85.
- 1977 - Paul Nordoff, US composer (Frog Prince), dies at age 67.
- 1978 - Death of Carl Betz at age 56, American actor (Alex Stone - Donna Reed Show) (born 1921).
- 1982 - Burnet Corwin Tuthill, US composer (Laurentia), dies at age 93.
- 1984 - Malcolm H Kerr, 9th president of American University of Beirut, shot dead.
- 1991 - Hamilton Fish, congressman (New York), dies at age 102.
- 1997 - Paul Tsongas, American politician (Senator-Democrat-Massachusetts), dies at age 55.
- 2003 - Death of Edward Farhat (The Original Sheik), Iraqi American Professianl Wrestler (born 1924).
- 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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