TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2022

1919-WWI Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France

1943-Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis

1951-First use of lie detector in Netherlands

1960-US & Japan sign joint defense treaty

1962-U.S. begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas

1964-Beatles 1st appearance in Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35)

1974-"The $6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV

1980-Pink Floyd's "The Wall" hits #1

1981-Iran accepts US offer of $7.9 billion in frozen assets

1986-AIDS charity record "That's What Friends are For" hits #1

1990-South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African National Congress

1991-U.S. acknowledges CIA and US Army paid Noriega $320,000 over his career

1991-Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours & 11 minutes

1993-Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observed in all 50 states for 1st time

1996-Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson in NY