373 Historic Events for January 18
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| 1930 |
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Shostakovitch' opera "The Nose," premieres in Leningrad
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Joe Schmidt, NFL Hall-of-Famer
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Robert Anton Wilson, US, sci-fi author (Trick Top Hat)
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| 1933 |
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White Sands National Monument, NM established
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Ray Dolby, sound expert/inventor (Dolby noise limiting system)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
David Bellamy, English botanist/tv-program maker
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Vladimir Yevgrafovich Bugrov, cosmonaut
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| 1933 |
Birth |
John Boorman, producer/dir (Exorcist II, Deliverance, Zardoz)
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| 1934 |
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Eugene O'Neill's "Days Without End," premieres in NYC
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Raymond Briggs, English author (Fungus the Bogeyman)
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| 1936 |
Death |
Rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70
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| 1938 |
Event |
Bradman scores 104* for South Australia v NSW at the SCG
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| 1938 |
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Pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander is elected to Hall of Fame
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Bernard Glassman, NY, Zen teacher/head (Zen Center of NY)
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| 1939 |
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SA wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* v NSW
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| 1940 |
Death |
Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Iva Zanicchi, actress (Ragazza Tutta d'Oro)
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| 1941 |
Birth |
David Ruffin, Miss, vocalist (Temptations-Papa Was a Rolling Stone)
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Bobby Goldsboro, Marianna Fla, singer (Honey)
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| 1942 |
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Nazi's arrest Frans Goedhart and Wiardi Beckman
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| 1943 |
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Jews in Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis
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| 1943 |
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Presliced bread sale banned to reduce bakery demand for metal parts
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| 1943 |
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Soviets announce they broke long Nazi siege of Leningrad
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| 1943 |
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US rations bread and metal
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| 1943 |
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Uprising in Warsaw ghetto
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