18 January
January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 347 days remaining (348 in leap years)
Events
- 350 - General Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans, proclaims himself Emperor.
- 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
- 1520 - King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde.
- 1535 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro.
- 1670 - Henry Morgan captures Panama.
- 1701 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia.
- 1778 - James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands."
- 1861 - Georgia joins the Confederacy.
- 1871 - Wilhelm I of Germany becomes the first German Emperor.
- 1886 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
- 1896 - The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time.
- 1911 - Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco harbor, marking the first time an aircraft landed on a ship
- 1919 - World War I: A peace conference opens in Versailles, France.
- 1919 - Bentley Motors is founded.
- 1939 - Louis Armstrong records "Jeepers Creepers."
- 1943 - World War II: Soviet officials announce they have broken the Wehrmacht's siege of Leningrad.
- 1943 - The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
- 1944 - The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City for the first time hosts a jazz concert; the performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
- 1958 - Willie O'Ree, the first African American National Hockey League player, make his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
- 1964 - The Beatles appear on the Billboard magazine charts for the first time.
- 1967 - Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler," is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life in prison.
- 1975 - The Jeffersons debuts on CBS.
- 1977 - Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious "legionnaire's disease."
- 1977 - Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
- 1978 - The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
- 1983 - The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe Olympic medals to his family.
- 1990 - Former preschool operators Raymond Buckey and his mother Peggy McMartin Buckey are acquitted in a Los Angeles, California court of 52 child molestation charges.
- 1990 - Washington, DC, Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
- 1991 - Eastern Airlines shuts down after 62 years citing financial problems.
- 1993 - For the first time, Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is officially observed in all 50 United States states.
- 1995 - In southern France near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc a network of caves are discovered that contain paintings and engravings that are 17,000 to 20,000 years old.
- 1997 - In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other.
- 1997 - Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided.
- 2002 - A Canadian Pacific Railway train carrying anhydrous ammonia derails outside of Minot, North Dakota, killing one man and calling into question the maintenance of CP track and the policy of voice-tracking used by Clear Channel Communications.
Births
- 1689 - Montesquieu, French writer (d. 1755)
- 1779 - Peter Roget, lexicographer (d. 1869)
- 1782 - Daniel Webster, statesman (d. 1852)
- 1840 - Henry Austin Dobson, poet (d. 1921)
- 1849 - Edmund Barton, first Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1920)
- 1854 - Thomas Watson (inventor), telephone pioneer
- 1882 - A. A. Milne, author (d. 1956)
- 1892 - Oliver Hardy, comedian, actor (d. 1957)
- 1903 - Werner Hinz, actor (d. 1985)
- 1904 - Cary Grant, actor (d. 1986)
- 1905 - Joseph Bonanno, gangster (d. 2002)
- 1913 - Danny Kaye, actor (d. 1987)
- 1914 - Arno Schmidt, author (d. 1979)
- 1932 - Robert Anton Wilson, author
- 1931 - Chun Doo-hwan, President of South Korea
- 1933 - John Boorman, director
- 1937 - John Hume, politician, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998
- 1938 - Curt Flood, baseball star (d. 1997)
- 1941 - David Ruffin, singer (d. 1991)
- 1944 - Paul Keating, twenty-fourth Prime Minister of Australia
- 1946 - Joseph Deiss, member of the Swiss Federal Council
- 1947 - Takeshi Kitano, actor and director
- 1949 - Philippe Starck, French designer
- 1950 - Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian racing driver (d. 1982)
- 1955 - Kevin Costner, actor
- 1961 - Mark Messier, hockey star
- 1974 - Michael Tunn, TV/Radio Presenter Australia
Deaths
- 52 BC - Publius Clodius Pulcher, murdered in the Via Appia (b. ca. 92 BC)
- 474 - Leo I, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (b. 457)
- 1367 - King Peter I of Portugal
- 1862 - John Tyler, former President of the United States, member of the Congress of the Confederate States of America (b. 1790)
- 1873 - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, author (b. 1803)
- 1927 - Empress Carlotta of Mexico (b. 1840)
- 1936 - Rudyard Kipling, British writer (b. 1865)
- 1940 - Kazimierz Tetmajer, full name Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish poet and writer (b. 1865)
- 1952 - Curly Howard, actor, comedian, member of the Three Stooges
- 1954 - Sydney Greenstreet, actor (b. 1879)
- 1966 - Kathleen Norris, writer
- 1980 - Sir Cecil Beaton, fashion designer (b. 1904)
- 1984 - Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and song writer of rebetiko (b. 1915)
- 1991 - Leo Hurwitz, documentary film producer
- 2000 - Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, architect (b. 1897)
- 2003 - Richard Crenna, actor (b. 1927)
Holidays and observances
Recorded this date
- 1900 "Smoky Mokes" (m. Abe Holzmann)
- Metropollitan Orchestra
- 1905 "Won't You Fondle Me?" (w.m. James Kendis & Herman Paley)
- Billy Murray & Bob Roberts
- 1905 "Have You Seen Maggie Riley?" (Von Tilzer)
- Billy Murray
- 1905 "Oh! Oh! Sallie" (Hartlett)
- Billy Murray & Bob Roberts
- 1907 "Cast Thy Burden Upon The Lord" (Mendelssohn)
- Peter Dawson, Ernest Pike, Florence Venning & Eleanor Jones-Hudson
- 1913 "Welcome Home" (w.m. Irving Berlin)
- Peerless Quartet
- 1922 "Gesu Bambino" (Yon, Martens)
- Peter Dawson
- 1922 "Kalua" (w. Anne Caldwell m. Jerome Kern)
- Shannon Four
- 1927 "That's Why I Love You" (w.m. Walter Donaldson & Paul Ash)
- Jack O'Hagan with p. Gil Dech
- 1928 "My Regular Girl" (w. Bud Green m. Harry Warren)
- Al Bowlly with John Abriani's Six
- 1928 "A Shady Tree" (w.m. Walter Donaldson)
- Al Bowlly with John Abriani's Six
- 1928 "Are You Thinking Of Me Tonight?" (w.m. Harry Akst, Benny Davis & L. Wolfe Gilbert)
- Al Bowlly with John Abriani's Six
- 1929 "My Mother's Eyes" (w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer)
- George Jessel
- 1929 "Sweetheart Of All My Dreams" (w.m. Art Fitch, Kay Fitch & Bert Lowe)
- Johnny Marvin with Nat Shilkret
- 1929 "All By Yourself In The Moonlight" (w.m. Jay Wallis)
- Johnny Marvin with Nat Shilkret
- 1929 "My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now" (w. Irving Caesar m. Cliff Friend)
- Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
- 1932 "Goodnight Vienna" (w.m. Holt Marvell & George Posford)
- Jack Buchanan with O/Ray Noble
- 1933 "Try A Little Tenderness" (w.m. Harry Woods, Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly)
- Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & His Orchestra
- 1935 "Dust Off That Old Pianna" (w.m. Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner & Gerald Marks)
- Ozzie Nelson & Harriet Hilliard with Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra
- 1935 "Rigmarole" (Mooney)
- with Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra
- 1936 "The Music Goes 'Round And Around" (w. "Red"Hodgson m. Edward Farley & Michael Riley)
- Louis Armstrong
- 1936 "Doin' The New Low-Down" (w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh)
- Ellis Jackson with Billy Cotton & his Cotton Pickers
- 1936 "Ain't Misbehavin'" (w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller & Harry Brooks)
- Teddy Foster with Billy Cotton & his Band
- 1936 "Shine" (w. Cecil Mack & Lew Brown m. Ford T. Dabney)
- Teddy Foster with Billy Cotton & his Band
- 1936 "After You've Gone" (w. Henry Creamer m. Turner Layton)
- Teddy Foster with Billy Cotton & his Cotton Pickers
- 1938 "Ring Dem Bells" (w.m. Duke Ellington & Irving Mills)
- Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra
- 1938 "Walter, Walter" (w.m. W. E. Haines, J. Harper & Eugene Butler)
- Gracie Fields with Fred Hartley Quintet
- 1939 "Jeepers Creepers" (w. Johnny Mercer m. Harry Warren)
- Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra
- 1940 "In The Mood" (w. Andy Razaf m. Joe Garland)
- Joe Loss & his Orchestra
- 1940 "It's A Hap - Hap - Happy Day" (w.m. Sammy Timberg, Winston Sharples & Al J. Neiburg)
- Josephine Bradley & her Orchestra
- 1942 "I Want My Mama" (w. (Port) Jararaca & Vincente Paiva (Eng) Al Stillman m. Jararaca & Vincente Paiva)
- Bing Crosby with Woody Herman & his Woodchoppers
- 1942 "Deep In The Heart Of Texas" (w. June Hershey m. Don Swander)
- Bing Crosby with Woody Herman & his Woodchoppers
- 1942 "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes" (w.m. A. P. Carter)
- Bing Crosby with Woody Herman & his Woodchoppers
- 1943 "Ev'ry Night About This Time" (w. Ted Koehler m. Jimmy Monaco)
- Beryl Davis with Geraldo & his Orchestra
- 1944 "If You Were The Only Girl In The World" (w. Clifford Grey m. Nat D. Ayer)
- Dick Haymes & Song Spinners with O/Camarata
- 1944 "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" (w. Bob Russell m. Duke Ellington)
- Billie Holiday
- 1944 "It's Love, Love, Love" (w.m. Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney & Mack David)
- Skip Nelson & Trio with Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians
- 1945 "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry" (w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne)
- Kitty Kallen with Harry James & his Orchestra
- 1949 "Bonaparte's Retreat" (w.m. Pee Wee King)
- Pee Wee King & his Orchestra
- 1949 "Better Luck Next Time" (w.m. Irving Berlin)
- Judy Garland with O/Johnny Green
- 1949 "Wunderbar" (w.m. Cole Porter)
- Alfred Drake & Jane Pickens
- 1949 "Why Can't You Behave?" (w.m. Cole Porter)
- Jane Pickens & Alfred Drake with O/Lehman Engel
- 1949 "I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore" (w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss)
- Stardusters with Gordon Jenkins
- 1950 "Can't We Talk It Over?" (w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young)
- Andrews Sisters with O/Gordon Jenkins
- 1950 "There Will Never Be Another You" (w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren)
- Andrews Sisters with O/Gordon Jenkins
- 1952 "September In The Rain" (w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren)
- Jo Stafford with O/Paul Weston
- 1952 "Something To Remember You By" (w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz)
- Jo Stafford w. Norman Luboff Choir with O/Paul Weston
- 1952 "I'm In The Mood For Love" (w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh)
- Jo Stafford w. Norman Luboff Choir with O/Paul Weston
- 1953 "Mexican Joe" (w.m. Mitchell Torok)
- Jim Reeves with Circle O Ranch Boys
- 1954 "The Book" (w. Paddy Roberts m. Hans Gottwald)
- David Whitfield with Stanley Black & his Orchestra & chorus
- 1956 "Now You Has Jazz" (w.m. Cole Porter)
- Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong with Louis Armstrong & All Stars
- 1962 "I'm On My Way" (Tepper, Bennett)
- Cliff Richard
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