On this day 18th January

in #history7 years ago

Some notable facts about this date, for more, visit http://www.onthisday.com

Facts

532 Nika uprising against Emperor Justinian in Constantinople fails, 30,000 killed by troops loyal to the Emperor in the Hippodrome

1591 King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, date is now observed as Royal Thai Armed Forces day

1788 First elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to set up a penal colony

1817 José de San Martín leads a revolutionary army over the Andes to attack Spanish royalists in Chile

1871 Second German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I and Otto von Bismarck

1943 Soviets announce they have broken the long siege of Leningrad by Nazi Germany

Deaths

52 BC Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC)

1862 John Tyler, 10th US President (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71

1936 Rudyard Kipling, English author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70

1949 Charles Ponzi [Carlo], Italian con-man (Ponzi scheme in the US), dies at 66

1990 Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23

1996 Minnesota Fats, [Rudolf Wanderone Jr], billiard hustler, dies at 82

2009 Tony Hart, British artist and TV presenter (b. 1925)

Sport

1938 Bradman scores 104* for South Australia v NSW at the SCG

1947 Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to Pirates (for $25-35,000)

1953 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open

Films and TV

1949 "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont)

1992 49th Golden Globes: Bugsy, Nick Nolte and Jodie Foster win

1998 55th Golden Globes: "Titanic", Peter Fonda, & Judi Dench win

2014 20th Screen Actors Guild Awards: Mathew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett win

Born on this day

1933 David Bellamy, English botanist/tv-program maker

1955 Kevin Costner, American actor (Fandango, Silverado, Bull Durham), born in Los Angeles, California

1983 Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress

A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us


Melanie Appleby


Tony Hart

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