This day in History - January 18

373 Historic Events for January 18
1943 Birth Dave Greene, rocker
1944 Event 1st Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts
1944 Birth Larry "Legs" Smith, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman)
1944 Birth Relus ter Beek, Dutch Minister of defense (PvdA)
1945 Event Warsaw freed by Soviet army
1946 Birth Katia Ricclarelli, actress (Falstaff, Otello, Turandot)
1947 Event "Red Mill" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 831 performances
1947 Event Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to Pirates (for $25-35,000)
1947 Event Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400
1948 Event 1st courses begin at University of Ibadan, Nigeria
1948 Event Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS)
1948 Birth Takeshi Kitano, Tokyo Japan, actor (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence)
1949 Event "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont)
1949 Event South African Rev Andries P Treurnicht marries Engela Dreyer
1949 Event 1st US Congressional standing committee headed by Negro (W Dawson)
1950 Event Christopher Fry's "Venus Observed," premieres in London
1950 Event Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion
1950 Birth John Hughes, director (Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Weird Science)
1950 Birth Claudia de Colombia, Bogato Columbia, spanish singer (Yo Creo En Ti)
1950 Birth Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer
1951 Event NFL takes control of failing Baltimore Colts
1951 Event NFL rules tackles, guards and centers ineligible for forward pass
1951 Event Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against GDR"
1951 Death Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41
1951 Event 1st use of lie detector in Netherlands