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01/18/1930
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Shostakovitch' opera "The Nose," premieres in Leningrad
Type: Event
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01/18/1932
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Joe Schmidt, NFL Hall-of-Famer
Type: Birth
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01/18/1932
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Robert Anton Wilson, US, sci-fi author (Trick Top Hat)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1933
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White Sands National Monument, NM established
Type: Event
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01/18/1933
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David Bellamy, English botanist/tv-program maker
Type: Birth
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01/18/1933
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John Boorman, producer/dir (Exorcist II, Deliverance, Zardoz)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1933
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Ray Dolby, sound expert/inventor (Dolby noise limiting system)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1933
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Vladimir Yevgrafovich Bugrov, cosmonaut
Type: Birth
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01/18/1934
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Eugene O'Neill's "Days Without End," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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01/18/1935
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Raymond Briggs, English author (Fungus the Bogeyman)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1936
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Rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70
Type: Death
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01/18/1938
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Bradman scores 104* for South Australia v NSW at the SCG
Type: Event
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01/18/1938
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Pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to Hall of Fame
Type: Event
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01/18/1939
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SA wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* v NSW
Type: Event
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01/18/1939
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Bernard Glassman, NY, Zen teacher/head (Zen Center of NY)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1940
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Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74
Type: Death
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01/18/1941
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Bobby Goldsboro, Marianna Fla, singer (Honey)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1941
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David Ruffin, Miss, vocalist (Temptations-Papa Was a Rolling Stone)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1941
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Iva Zanicchi, actress (Ragazza Tutta d'Oro)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1942
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Nazi's arrest Frans Goedhart and Wiardi Beckman
Type: Event
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01/18/1943
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Jews in Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis
Type: Event
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01/18/1943
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Presliced bread sale banned to reduce bakery demand for metal parts
Type: Event
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01/18/1943
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Soviets announce they broke long Nazi siege of Leningrad
Type: Event
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01/18/1943
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US rations bread and metal
Type: Event
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01/18/1943
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Uprising in Warsaw ghetto
Type: Event
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01/18/1943
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Dave Greene, rocker
Type: Birth
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01/18/1944
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1st Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts
Type: Event
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01/18/1944
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Larry "Legs" Smith, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1944
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Relus ter Beek, Dutch Minister of defense (PvdA)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1945
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Warsaw freed by Soviet army
Type: Event
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01/18/1946
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Katia Ricclarelli, actress (Falstaff, Otello, Turandot)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1947
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"Red Mill" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 831 performances
Type: Event
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01/18/1947
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Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to Pirates (for $25-35,000)
Type: Event
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01/18/1947
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Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400
Type: Event
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01/18/1948
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1st courses begin at University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Type: Event
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01/18/1948
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Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS)
Type: Event
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01/18/1948
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Takeshi Kitano, Tokyo Japan, actor (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1949
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"They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont)
Type: Event
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01/18/1949
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1st US Congressional standing committee headed by Negro (W Dawson)
Type: Event
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01/18/1949
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South African Rev Andries P Treurnicht marries Engela Dreyer
Type: Event
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01/18/1950
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Christopher Fry's "Venus Observed," premieres in London
Type: Event
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01/18/1950
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Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion
Type: Event
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01/18/1950
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Claudia de Colombia, Bogato Columbia, spanish singer (Yo Creo En Ti)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1950
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Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer
Type: Birth
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01/18/1950
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John Hughes, director (Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Weird Science)
Type: Birth
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01/18/1951
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1st use of lie detector in Netherlands
Type: Event
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01/18/1951
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Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against GDR"
Type: Event
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01/18/1951
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NFL rules tackles, guards and centers ineligible for forward pass
Type: Event
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01/18/1951
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NFL takes control of failing Baltimore Colts
Type: Event
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01/18/1951
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Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41
Type: Death
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