January 18
1733 - The first polar bear was exhibited in America, in Boston.
1778 - English navigator Captain James Cook reached the present-day Hawaiian Islands, which he named the "Sandwich Islands."
1782 - Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire.
1788 - The First Fleet, carrying convicts and sheep, arrived in Australia's Botany Bay.
1911 - The first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Eugene B. Ely brought his Curtiss biplane in for a safe landing on the deck of the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco Harbor.
1912 - The ill-fated Scott expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover Amundsen had been there first.
1943 - The Nazi siege of Leningrad in the Soviet Union was broken.
1943 - During World War II, Jewish insurgents in the Warsaw Ghetto launched their initial armed resistance against Nazi troops, who eventually succeeded in crushing the rebellion.
1990 - A jury in Los Angeles acquitted former preschool operators Raymond Buckey and his mother, Peggy McMartin Buckey, of 52 child molestation charges.
1991 - Financially strapped Eastern Airlines shut down after more than six decades in operation.
1993 - All 50 states joined in the observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday for the first time.
2005 - The world's largest commercial jet, the Airbus A380 "superjumbo" capable of flying up to 800 passengers, was unveiled in Toulouse, France.
2012 - President Barack Obama rejected the Keystone XL project, a Canadian company's plan to build a 1,700-mile pipeline to carry oil across six U.S. states to Texas refineries.
2013 - Former Democratic New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was indicted on charges that he'd used his office for personal gain, accepting payoffs, free trips and gratuities from contractors while the city was struggling to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. (Nagin was later convicted and released from prison in 2020.)
2019 - Jason Van Dyke, the white Chicago police officer who gunned down Black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014, was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison.
2020 - Ahead of opening statements in the first Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, House prosecutors wrote that Trump had "used his official powers to pressure a foreign government to interfere in a United States election for his personal political gain," while Trump's legal team denounced what it called a "brazen and unlawful attempt to overturn the results of the 2016 election."
Birthdays
25 - Mateus Ward (actor)
25 - Tee Higgins (football player)
27 - Millie O'Connell (actress)
31 - Montana Tucker (singer)
33 - Carlacia Grant (actress)
36 - Angelique Kerber (tennis player)
36 - Ashleigh Murray (actress)
38 - Devin Kelley (actress)
38 - Becca Tobin (actress)
40 - Kristy Lee Cook (singer)
41 - Samantha Mumba (actress)
44 - Jason Segel (actor)
48 - Derek Richardson (actor)
55 - Jesse L. Martin (actor)
55 - Dave Bautista (actor/professional wrestler)
59 - Dave Attell (comedian)
60 - Jane Horrocks (actress)
62 - Alison Arngrim (actress)
64 - Mark Rylance (actor)
68 - Mark Collie (actor/singer)
69 - Kevin Costner (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 18
1951 - The NFL passed a rule that said that a tackle, guard or center was not eligible to catch a forward pass.
1958 - Willie O'Ree made his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins. He was the first black player to enter the league.
1976 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 to win Super Bowl X.
1983 - Dick Motta becomes the fifth coach in NBA history to record 600 wins.
1996 - Major League Baseball owners unanimously approved interleague play, beginning with the 1997 season.
1998 - The Boston Celtics retired Robert Parrish's #00.
2002 - Two NHL records held by Bobby Hull were broken in a game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Washington Capitals. Luc Robitaille scored his 611th career goal and Brett Hull scored his 99th game-winning goal. Robitaille's goal gave him the most goals of any left wing in NHL history and 10th place on the career NHL goal list. Brett Hull's goal moved him into third place on the game-winning goal list.
2017 - Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2022 - The Boston Bruins retire Willie O'Ree's #22 on the 64th anniversary of his becoming the NHL's first Black player.
1733 - The first polar bear was exhibited in America, in Boston.
1778 - English navigator Captain James Cook reached the present-day Hawaiian Islands, which he named the "Sandwich Islands."
1782 - Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire.
1788 - The First Fleet, carrying convicts and sheep, arrived in Australia's Botany Bay.
1911 - The first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Eugene B. Ely brought his Curtiss biplane in for a safe landing on the deck of the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco Harbor.
1912 - The ill-fated Scott expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover Amundsen had been there first.
1943 - The Nazi siege of Leningrad in the Soviet Union was broken.
1943 - During World War II, Jewish insurgents in the Warsaw Ghetto launched their initial armed resistance against Nazi troops, who eventually succeeded in crushing the rebellion.
1990 - A jury in Los Angeles acquitted former preschool operators Raymond Buckey and his mother, Peggy McMartin Buckey, of 52 child molestation charges.
1991 - Financially strapped Eastern Airlines shut down after more than six decades in operation.
1993 - All 50 states joined in the observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday for the first time.
2005 - The world's largest commercial jet, the Airbus A380 "superjumbo" capable of flying up to 800 passengers, was unveiled in Toulouse, France.
2012 - President Barack Obama rejected the Keystone XL project, a Canadian company's plan to build a 1,700-mile pipeline to carry oil across six U.S. states to Texas refineries.
2013 - Former Democratic New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was indicted on charges that he'd used his office for personal gain, accepting payoffs, free trips and gratuities from contractors while the city was struggling to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. (Nagin was later convicted and released from prison in 2020.)
2019 - Jason Van Dyke, the white Chicago police officer who gunned down Black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014, was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison.
2020 - Ahead of opening statements in the first Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, House prosecutors wrote that Trump had "used his official powers to pressure a foreign government to interfere in a United States election for his personal political gain," while Trump's legal team denounced what it called a "brazen and unlawful attempt to overturn the results of the 2016 election."
Birthdays
25 - Mateus Ward (actor)
25 - Tee Higgins (football player)
27 - Millie O'Connell (actress)
31 - Montana Tucker (singer)
33 - Carlacia Grant (actress)
36 - Angelique Kerber (tennis player)
36 - Ashleigh Murray (actress)
38 - Devin Kelley (actress)
38 - Becca Tobin (actress)
40 - Kristy Lee Cook (singer)
41 - Samantha Mumba (actress)
44 - Jason Segel (actor)
48 - Derek Richardson (actor)
55 - Jesse L. Martin (actor)
55 - Dave Bautista (actor/professional wrestler)
59 - Dave Attell (comedian)
60 - Jane Horrocks (actress)
62 - Alison Arngrim (actress)
64 - Mark Rylance (actor)
68 - Mark Collie (actor/singer)
69 - Kevin Costner (actor)
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Today in Sports History - January 18
1951 - The NFL passed a rule that said that a tackle, guard or center was not eligible to catch a forward pass.
1958 - Willie O'Ree made his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins. He was the first black player to enter the league.
1976 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 to win Super Bowl X.
1983 - Dick Motta becomes the fifth coach in NBA history to record 600 wins.
1996 - Major League Baseball owners unanimously approved interleague play, beginning with the 1997 season.
1998 - The Boston Celtics retired Robert Parrish's #00.
2002 - Two NHL records held by Bobby Hull were broken in a game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Washington Capitals. Luc Robitaille scored his 611th career goal and Brett Hull scored his 99th game-winning goal. Robitaille's goal gave him the most goals of any left wing in NHL history and 10th place on the career NHL goal list. Brett Hull's goal moved him into third place on the game-winning goal list.
2017 - Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2022 - The Boston Bruins retire Willie O'Ree's #22 on the 64th anniversary of his becoming the NHL's first Black player.
