Thursday, January 18, 2024

History for January 18

History for January 18 - On-This-Day.com
Daniel Webster 1782 - American politician, Secretary of State under three presidents
  • 1778 - English navigator Captain James Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands, which he called the "Sandwich Islands."
  • 1943 - U.S. commercial bakers stopped selling sliced bread. Only whole loaves were sold during the ban until the end of World War II.
  • 1964 - The plans for the original World Trade Center in New York were unveiled to the public.
  • 1975 - "The Jeffersons" debuted on CBS-TV.
  • 1990 - A jury in Los Angeles, CA, acquitted former preschool operators Raymond Buckey and his mother, Peggy McMartin Buckey, of 52 child molestation charges.
  • 1990 - In an FBI sting, Washington, DC, Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for drug possession. He was later convicted of a misdemeanor.

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