373 Historic Events for January 18
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| 1914 |
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Arno Schmidt, writer
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| 1915 |
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Train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die
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| 1916 |
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Alec Coxon, cricketer (England pace bowler in one Test, 2-90 and 1-82)
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Oscar Lewenstein, impressario
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| 1918 |
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Bohuslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 58
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Ton Brandsteder, CEO/founder (Sony Nederland)
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest
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| 1919 |
Death |
John C F, son of English king George V, dies at 13
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| 1919 |
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Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Santiago Chile, composer
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| 1919 |
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WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France
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| 1921 |
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William Archer's "Green Goddess," premieres in NYC
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| 1921 |
Death |
Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor, dies at 73
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| 1921 |
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Bruce Woodcock, boxer
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| 1922 |
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Irish author Liam O'Flaherty and others occupy Rotunda in Dublin
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Yehezkiel Braun, composer
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Constance Moore, Sioux City Iowa, actress (Window on Main Street)
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| 1923 |
Death |
Wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at 31
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| 1923 |
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1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Donald Baverstock, TV producer
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, TV producer
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Gilles Deleuze, philosopher
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Roepie Kruize, Dutch field hockey player (Olympic-Bronze-48/Silver-52)
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| 1929 |
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Stalin proposes to ban Trotsky from the Politburo
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| 1929 |
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"NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio
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| 1930 |
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-27øF (-33øC), Watts, Oklahoma (state record)
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