Today is Tuesday, January 18, the 18th day of 2011. There are 347 days left in the year.
1644 ― Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's first UFO sighting
1871 ― Second German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I and Bismarck
1919 ― WWI Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France
1944 ― First Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts
1960 ― U.S. and Japan sign joint defense treaty
1964 ― Beatles first appearance in Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-No. 35)
1974 ― ``The $6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV
1980 ― Pink Floyd's ``The Wall" hits No. 1
1989 ― Otis Redding, Dion, Rolling Stones, Temptations and Stevie Wonder inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1993 ― Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observed in all 50 states for first time