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| January 18th |
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| About January 18th is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 347 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (348 in leap years). January 18th begins the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Births 1782 - Daniel Webster, statesman, Secretary of State, Senator 1854 - Thomas A. Watson, telephone pioneer, shipbuilder 1892 - Oliver Hardy, comedian, actor (The Music Box) 1904 - Cary Grant, actor (The Philadelphia Story) 1932 - Joe Schmidt, Hall of Fame linebacker 1955 - Kevin Costner, actor, producer (Field of Dreams) 1961 - Mark Messier, Hall of Fame hockey player 1969 - Dave Batista, professional wrestler 1980 - Jason Segel, actor (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) Deaths 1862 - John Tyler, 10th U.S President 1923 - Wallace Reid, silent film actor 1997 - Paul Tsongas, U.S. Senator (Massachusetts) 2009 - James E. Swett, U.S. fighter pilot in WWII Events 1778 - James Cook becomes the first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands which he names the "Sandwich Islands". 1911 - The USS Pennsylvania in the San Francisco harbor is the location of the first land of an aircraft on a ship. 1919 - Bentley Motors Limited is founded by Walter Owen Bentley. 1958 - Willie O’Ree of the Boston Bruins becomes the first black player to play in a National Hockey League game. 1967 - The suspected "Boston Strangler" Albert DeSalvo is convicted and sentenced to life in prison. 1974 - The television series The Six Million Dollar Man debuts on ABC. 1976 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 in Super Bowl X to become back to back champions. 1990 - Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting. 1998 - Matt Drudge breaks the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his website The Drudge Report. 2007 - The storm Kyrill causes widespread damage across Western Europe. |
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