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	Tuesday, January 18th The 018th day of 2011. There are 347 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Jan. 18, 1912, English explorer Robert F. Scott and his expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there first. (Go to article.)On Jan. 18 , 1854, Thomas Watson ,the American telephone pioneer and shipbuilder , was born. Following hisdeath on Dec. 13 , 1934, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. |Other Birthdays)
		On January 18, 1862, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about New York City's government. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
1778	English navigator Captain James Cook became the first European to reach the Hawaiian Islands.
1782	Lawyer and statesman Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, N.H.
1788	The first English settlers arrived in Australia's Botany Bay to establish a penal colony.
1862	John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, died in Richmond, Va., at age 71.
1871	William I of Prussia was proclaimed German emperor in Versailles, France.
1892	Oliver Hardy of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy was born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Ga.
1911	The first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Eugene B. Ely flew onto the deck of the USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco harbor.
1919	The World War I peace conference opened in Versailles, France.
1943	The Soviets announced that they had broken the long Nazi siege of Leningrad.
1990	Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
1991	Financially strapped Eastern Airlines shut down after 62 years in business.
1993	The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was observed in all 50 states for the first time.
2005	The world's largest commercial jet, an Airbus A380 that can carry 800 passengers, was unveiled in Toulouse, France.

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Current Birthdays

Kevin Costner turns 56 years old today.

AP Photo/Matt Sayles Actor Kevin Costner turns 56 years old today.

70 Bobby Goldsboro Singer, songwriter 50 Mark Messier Hockey Hall of Famer 48 Martin O'Malley Governor of Maryland 46 Dave Attell Comedian 31 Jason Segel Actor ("How I Met Your Mother")

Historic Birthdays
Thomas Watson
1/18/1854 - 12/13/1934 American telephone pioneer/shipbuilder  (Go to obit.)
70	Daniel Webster 1/18/1782 - 10/24/1852 American orator/politician
93	Joseph Glidden 1/18/1813 - 10/9/1906 American inventor
66	Seth Low 1/18/1850 - 9/17/1916 American philanthropist/educator
66	Oliver Hardy 1/18/1892 - 8/7/1957 American comic movie actor
73	Daniel Hale Williams 1/18/1858 - 8/4/1931 American physician
62	Hans Goldschmidt 1/18/1861 - 5/25/1923 German chemist
85	Myron Taylor 1/18/1874 - 5/6/1959 American financier/diplomat
74	A.A. Milne 1/18/1882 - 1/31/1956 English humorist
101	Sir Thomas Sopwith 1/18/1888 - 1/27/1989 English WW1 aircraft designer
82	Cary Grant 1/18/1904 - 11/29/1986 English/American actor
74	Danny Kaye 1/18/1913 - 3/3/1987 American actor/comedian

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