Historical Events In January - 18

1954  On January - 18 fanfani forms Italian government   

1954  Fanfani forms Italian govt on January - 18.   

1954  Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Conflict, Maltese Falcon), dies at 74 on January - 18.   

1955  U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower agrees to allow a presidential news conference to be aired (but not broadcast live) on television for the first time on this day in history.   

1955  On January - 18 battle of Yijiangshan occurred.   

1956  German Democratic Republic forms own army on January - 18.   

1956  On January - 18 german DR forms own army (National People's Army)   

1957  On January - 18 3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hours 19 minutes   

1957  3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hr 19 min on January - 18.   

1958  On January - 18 the first black in the NHL (William O'Ree, Boston Bruins)   

1958  On January - 18 1st black in NHL (William O'Ree, Boston Bruins)   

1959  Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open on January - 18.   

1960  On this day in history uS & Japan sign joint defense treaty   

1961  Zanzibar's Afro-Shirazi party wins 1 seat by a single vote & parliament by a single seat on this day in history.   

1962  Southern University closed due to demonstrations on January - 18.   

1962  On January - 18 uS begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas   

1962  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1962  Raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86 on January - 18.   

1963  On this day in history johnnie Moyes, journalist/cricketer (S Aust batsman), dies   

1964  Beatles first appearance in Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35) on January - 18.   

1964  Plans for the World Trade Center announced (New York City NY) on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history h L de Vries appointed Dutch Governor of Suriname   

1966  Indira Gandhi is elected prime minister of India on January - 18.   

1966  Indira Gandhi, daughter of the late Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, became prime minister of India on January - 18.   

1966  On this day in history kathleen Norris, US author, dies at 85   

1967  Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) sentenced to life in prison on January - 18.   

1967  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on January - 18.   

1967  Yellowknife replaces Ottawa as capital of NW Territories, Canada on January - 18.   

1967  Albert Conti, actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), dies at 79 on January - 18.   

1968  On January - 18 the United States and Soviet Union agreed on a draft of a nuclear non-proliferation treaty.   

1968  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at 72   

1969  Expanded 4 party Vietnam peace talks began in Paris on this day in history.   

1969  On January - 18 soyuz 5 returns to Earth   

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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 this day in history.   

1543  Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer was born on January - 18.   

1641  Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois) was born on this day in history.   

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  On January - 18 birth of tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized   

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

0052  On January - 18 death of publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC)   

0474  On January - 18 death of leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)   

1367  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1425  Death of Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391) on January - 18.   

1471  Death of Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419) on January - 18.   

1479  On January - 18 louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61   

1580  On this day in history 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.