Historical Events In January - 18

1911  On this day in history the first shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania)   

1911  On this day in history 1st shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania)   

1911  Gabor Darvas, composer on January - 18.   

1912  English explorer Robert F Scott & his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before on January - 18.   

1912  On this day in history charles Moeller, Belgian theologist (Humanism et saintete)   

1913  Greek and Turkish naval forces battle off Tendos Isle on January - 18.   

1913  Turkish-Greek sea battle near Troy on this day in history.   

1913  Danny Kaye, Bkln NY, UNICEF/comedian/actor (Danny Kaye Show) on this day in history.   

1913  On January - 18 edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician, dies at 49   

1914  On January - 18 arno Schmidt, writer   

1915  The Germans perform the first aerial bombing of Britain, from a pair of Zeppelin dirigibles during WWI on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die   

1915  On this day in history with the European powers preoccupied with World War I, Japan secretly presents China with Twenty-one Demands for privileges.   

1916  A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite stikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri on January - 18.   

1916  On this day in history alec Coxon, cricketer (England pace bowler in one Test, 2-90 & 1-82)   

1917  Oscar Lewenstein, impressario on this day in history.   

1918  Adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest on January - 18.   

1919  WWI Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France on this day in history.   

1919  WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France on January - 18.   

1919  Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Santiago Chile, composer on January - 18.   

1919  On this day in history john C F, son of English king George V, dies at 13   

1921  William Archer's "Green Goddess," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1921  Bruce Woodcock, boxer on this day in history.   

1921  Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1922  Irish author Liam O'Flaherty & others occupy the Rotunda in Dublin on January - 18.   

1922  Irish author Liam O'Flaherty & others occupy Rotunda in Dublin on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history constance Moore, Sioux City Iowa, actress (Window on Main Street)   

1923  1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies on this day in history.   

1923  Wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at 31 on January - 18.   

1924  On January - 18 donald Baverstock, TV producer   

1925  Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, TV producer on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history empress Charlotte, wife of Mexico's ill-fated Emperor Maximilian, dies.   

1929  "New York Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio on this day in history.   

1929  Stalin proposes to ban Trotsky from the Politburo on January - 18.   

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0885  On January - 18 birth of daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)   

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

1543  Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer was born on this day in history.   

1641  On this day in history birth of francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)   

1657  Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) was born on January - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history birth of lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)   

0052  On this day in history death of publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC)   

0474  Death of Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401) on this day in history.   

1367  On this day in history pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46   

1425  On this day in history 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 January - 18 louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61   

1580  On January - 18 antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63   

1586  Death of Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522) on January - 18.