January 18

Today's Events

  • 1644
    1st UFO sighting in America by perplexed Pilgrims in Boston
  • 1778
    Capt James Cook stumbles over Hawaiian Islands
  • 1817
    San Mart¡n leads a revolutionary army over Andes
  • 1869
    Elegant Calif Theatre opens in SF
  • 1871
    German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I
  • 1911
    1st shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania)
  • 1913
    Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches South Pole
  • 1919
    Versailles Peace Conference
  • 1949
    1st US Congressional Standing Committee headed by Negro -W Dawson
  • 1956
    Tunisian Revolution Day (National Day)
  • 1969
    Soyuz 5 returns to Earth
  • 1973
    Islanders break 12 game losing streak 20 game road winless streak
  • 1980
    Barbara Britton dies
  • 1984
    80th Islander & 3rd dual hat trick (Carroll & Bossy) 9-1 win
  • 1985
    US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous agreement
  • 1986
    24th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 7 returns to Earth
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