Page 6: Historical Events In January - 18

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

1930  -27ºF (-33ºC), Watts OK (state record) on this day in history.   

1930  On January - 18 -27°F (-33°C), Watts, Oklahoma (state record)   

1933  On January - 18 white Sands National Monument, NM established   

1934  On this day in history eugene O'Neill's "Days Without End," premieres in NYC   

1936  On January - 18 rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70   

1937  Future billionaire Howard Hughes sets a record for transcontinental air flight, making the trip from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history bradman scores 104* for South Australia v NSW at the SCG   

1939  South African wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* vs New South Wales on this day in history.   

1939  On January - 18 sA wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* v NSW   

1940  Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74 on January - 18.   

1942  Nazi's arrest Frans Goedhart & Wiardi Beckman on this day in history.   

1943  Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis on this day in history.   

1943  On January - 18 moscow announced the 16-month Nazi siege of Leningrad was lifted.   

1943  Presliced bread sale banned to reduce bakery demand for metal parts on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history soviets announce they broke the long Nazi siege of Leningrad   

1943  On this day in history jews in Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis   

1944  The first Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts on January - 18.   

1944  The seige of Lenningrad, in the USSR, by the Germans ends after over two years on January - 18.   

1944  1st Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts on January - 18.   

1945  On January - 18 approximately 800 prisoners remaining in the Lodz Ghetto are liberated by Soviet troops, after 74,600 have been deported to Auschwitz.   

1945  On this day in history warsaw freed by Soviet army   

1947  Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400 on this day in history.   

1947  On January - 18 "Red Mill" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 831 performances   

1948  On January - 18 ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS)   

1948  On January - 18 1st courses begin at University of Ibadan, Nigeria   

1949  "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont) on this day in history.   

1949  South African Reverend Andries P Treurnicht marries Engela Dreyer on this day in history.   

1950  On January - 18 christopher Fry's "Venus Observed," premieres in London   

1951  On this day in history hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against German Democratic Republic"   

1951  On January - 18 the first use of lie detector in Netherlands   

1951  On this day in history 1st use of lie detector in Netherlands   

1951  Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1953  Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open on this day in history.   

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

1519  On January - 18 birth of isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)   

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

1641  On January - 18 birth of francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois)   

1657  On January - 18 birth of hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)   

1672  On this day in history birth of antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731)   

1685  On this day in history birth of tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized   

1688  Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765) was born on January - 18.   

0052  Death of Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC) on January - 18.   

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  On January - 18 death of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)   

1479  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1580  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1586  Death of Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522) on this day in history.