Today is Saturday, January 18, the 18th day of 2014. There are 347 days left in the year.
1871 ― Second German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I and Bismarck
1896 ― First demonstration of an x-ray machine in the U.S., New York City
1934 ― Eugene O'Neill's “Days Without End” premieres in NYC
1944 ― First Chinese naturalized U.S. citizen since repeal of exclusion acts
1951 ― First use of lie detector in Netherlands
1960 ― U.S. and Japan sign joint defense treaty
1962 ― U.S. begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas
1974 ― “The $6 Million Man” starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV
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