WillDekkard
01-18-2010, 03:15 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- January 18th
* 350 Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor.
* 474 Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor.
* 532 Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
* 1126 Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.
* 1486 King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV.
* 1520 King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Εsunden.
* 1535 Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded Lima, the capital of Peru.
* 1562 Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
* 1591 King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed marked as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.
* 1670 Henry Morgan captures Panama.
* 1701 Frederick I becomes King of Prussia.
* 1777 Representatives of the New Hampshire Grants declare the independence of the Vermont Republic from Britain.
* 1778 James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
* 1788 The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay.
* 1861 American Civil War Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States.
* 1866 Wesley College, Melbourne was established.
* 1871 Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed the first German Emperor in the 'Hall of Mirrors' of the Palace of Versailles towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The empire was known as the Second Reich to Germans.
* 1884 Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom.
* 1886 Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
* 1896 The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time.
* 1903 President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States.
* 1911 Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco harbor, marking the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
* 1913 A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos during the First Balkan War, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
* 1915 Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
* 1916 A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri.
* 1919 World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
* 1919 Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
* 1919 Bentley Motors Limited is founded.
* 1941 World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.
* 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
* 1944 The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
* 1944 Soviet forces liberate Leningrad, effectively ending a three year Nazi siege, known as the Siege of Leningrad.
* 1945 Liberation of the Budapest ghetto by the Red Army.
* 1955 Battle of Yijiangshan occurred.
* 1958 Willie O'Ree, the first African Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut.
* 1967 Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler," is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life in prison.
* 1969 United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay resulting in the loss of all 32 passengers and six crew members.
* 1974 A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
* 1977 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
* 1977 Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
* 1978 The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
* 1983 The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
* 1990 Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
* 1991 Eastern Air Lines goes out of business after 62 years, citing financial problems.
* 1993 For the first time, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed in all 50 states.
* 1994 The Cando event, a possible bolide impact in Cando, Spain. Witnesses claim to have seen a fireball in the sky lasting for almost one minute.
* 1997 In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other.
* 1997 Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided.
* 1998 Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair story on his website The Drudge Report.
* 2000 The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth.
* 2002 Sierra Leone Civil War is finally declared over.
* 2003 A bushfire kills 4 people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
* 2005 The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
* 2007 The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people, Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Hurricane Kyrill, causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. Other losses include the Container Ship MSC Napoli destroyed by the storm off the coast of Devon, England.
- January 18th
* 350 Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor.
* 474 Leo II briefly becomes Byzantine emperor.
* 532 Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
* 1126 Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.
* 1486 King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV.
* 1520 King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Εsunden.
* 1535 Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded Lima, the capital of Peru.
* 1562 Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.
* 1591 King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed marked as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.
* 1670 Henry Morgan captures Panama.
* 1701 Frederick I becomes King of Prussia.
* 1777 Representatives of the New Hampshire Grants declare the independence of the Vermont Republic from Britain.
* 1778 James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".
* 1788 The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay.
* 1861 American Civil War Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States.
* 1866 Wesley College, Melbourne was established.
* 1871 Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed the first German Emperor in the 'Hall of Mirrors' of the Palace of Versailles towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The empire was known as the Second Reich to Germans.
* 1884 Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom.
* 1886 Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.
* 1896 The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time.
* 1903 President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States.
* 1911 Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco harbor, marking the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
* 1913 A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos during the First Balkan War, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
* 1915 Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
* 1916 A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri.
* 1919 World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
* 1919 Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
* 1919 Bentley Motors Limited is founded.
* 1941 World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.
* 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.
* 1944 The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
* 1944 Soviet forces liberate Leningrad, effectively ending a three year Nazi siege, known as the Siege of Leningrad.
* 1945 Liberation of the Budapest ghetto by the Red Army.
* 1955 Battle of Yijiangshan occurred.
* 1958 Willie O'Ree, the first African Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut.
* 1967 Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler," is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life in prison.
* 1969 United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay resulting in the loss of all 32 passengers and six crew members.
* 1974 A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
* 1977 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
* 1977 Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
* 1978 The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
* 1983 The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
* 1990 Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
* 1991 Eastern Air Lines goes out of business after 62 years, citing financial problems.
* 1993 For the first time, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed in all 50 states.
* 1994 The Cando event, a possible bolide impact in Cando, Spain. Witnesses claim to have seen a fireball in the sky lasting for almost one minute.
* 1997 In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other.
* 1997 Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided.
* 1998 Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair story on his website The Drudge Report.
* 2000 The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth.
* 2002 Sierra Leone Civil War is finally declared over.
* 2003 A bushfire kills 4 people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.
* 2005 The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France
* 2007 The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people, Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Hurricane Kyrill, causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe. Other losses include the Container Ship MSC Napoli destroyed by the storm off the coast of Devon, England.