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| Birthday January 18, 1779 Peter Roget, of Thesaurus fame--invented Slide Rule and pocket chessboard |
| Birthday January 18, 1782 Daniel Webster, early American orator & politician |
| Birthday January 18, 1813 Joseph Farwell Glidden, invented 1st coml useable barbed wire |
| Birthday January 18, 1849 Sir Edmund Barton, 1st prime minister of Australia (1900-03) |
| Birthday January 18, 1854 Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell |
| Birthday January 18, 1867 Ruben Dario, national poet of Nicaragua |
| Birthday January 18, 1882 A.A. Milne, author of Winnie-the-Pooh |
| Birthday January 18, 1882 A.A. Milne is born |
| Birthday January 18, 1892 Oliver Hardy, of comedy team Laurel & Hardy |
| Birthday January 18, 1904 Cary Grant, Actor (Arsenic & Old Lace and North by Northwest) |
| Birthday January 18, 1913 Danny Kaye, comedian and Actor and UNICEF |
| Birthday January 18, 1922 Constance Moore, in Sioux City Iowa |
| Birthday January 18, 1942 Muhammad Ali, (aka Cassius Clay) -- boxer |
| History January 18, 1644 1st UFO sighting in America by perplexed Pilgrims in Boston |
| History January 18, 1776 Georgia's royal governor is arrested |
| History January 18, 1778 Cook discovers Hawaii |
| History January 18, 1778 Capt James Cook stumbles over Hawaiian Islands |
| History January 18, 1803 Jefferson requests funds for Lewis and Clark |
| History January 18, 1803 Jefferson requests funding for Lewis and Clark expedition |
| History January 18, 1817 San Mart¡n leads a revolutionary army over Andes |
| History January 18, 1862 John Tyler dies |
| History January 18, 1869 Elegant Calif Theatre opens in SF |
| History January 18, 1871 German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I |
| History January 18, 1911 1st shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania) |
| History January 18, 1912 Scott reaches the South Pole |
| History January 18, 1913 Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches South Pole |
| History January 18, 1919 Wilson attends Paris Peace Conference |
| History January 18, 1919 Versailles Peace Conference |
| History January 18, 1919 Peace conference opens in Paris |
| History January 18, 1943 Germans resume deportations from Warsaw to Treblinka |
| History January 18, 1949 1st US Congressional Standing Committee headed by Negro -W Dawson |
| History January 18, 1950 China and Soviet Union recognize Democratic Republic of Vietnam |
| History January 18, 1956 Tunisian Revolution Day (National Day) |
| History January 18, 1958 NHL is integrated |
| History January 18, 1969 Heavy rain leads to landslides in Southern California |
| History January 18, 1969 Soyuz 5 returns to Earth |
| History January 18, 1971 McGovern begins his presidential campaign |
| History January 18, 1973 Islanders break 12 game losing streak 20 game road winless streak |
| History January 18, 1975 Mandy is Barry Manilow's first #1 pop hit |
| History January 18, 1980 Barbara Britton dies |
| History January 18, 1984 80th Islander & 3rd dual hat trick (Carroll & Bossy) 9-1 win |
| History January 18, 1985 United States walks out of World Court case |
| History January 18, 1985 US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous agreement |
| History January 18, 1985 Coen brothers release debut film, Blood Simple |
| History January 18, 1986 24th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 7 returns to Earth |
| History January 18, 1990 Barry arrested on drug charges |
| History January 18, 2009 GM auctions off historic cars |