On This Day in History - January 18 |
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| What Happened On This Day In History - January 18 |
1486 January 18
1486-01-18
King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV
1733 January 18
1733-01-18
1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)
1840 January 18
1840-01-18
Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st U.S. electrical journal, appears
1896 January 18
1896-01-18
1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in U.S. (New York City)
1911 January 18
1911-01-18
1st shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania)
1923 January 18
1923-01-18
1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies
1947 January 18
1947-01-18
Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400
1951 January 18
1951-01-18
1st use of lie detector in Netherlands
1964 January 18
1964-01-18
Plans for the World Trade Center announced (New York City NY)
1968 January 18
1968-01-18
U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1989 January 18
1989-01-18
Astronomers discover pulsar in remnants of Supernova 1987A (LMC)
