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Today in History: Monday, January\u00a0 18, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Jan. 18, 1919, the World War I peace conference opened in Versailles, France.
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1778<\/td>\nEnglish navigator Captain James Cook became the first European to reach the Hawaiian Islands.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1782<\/td>\nLawyer and statesman Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, N.H.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1788<\/td>\nThe first English settlers arrived in Australia’s Botany Bay to establish a penal colony.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1862<\/td>\nJohn Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, died in Richmond, Va., at age 71.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1871<\/td>\nWilliam I of Prussia was proclaimed German emperor in Versailles, France.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1892<\/td>\nOliver Hardy of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy was born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Ga.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1904<\/td>\nActor Cary Grant was born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1911<\/td>\nThe 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1943<\/td>\nThe Soviets announced that they had broken the long Nazi siege of Leningrad.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nWashington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nFinancially strapped Eastern Airlines shut down after more than six decades in business.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nThe Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was observed in all 50 states for the first time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nThe world’s largest commercial jet, an Airbus A380 that can carry 800 passengers, was unveiled in Toulouse, France.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nThe first director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver, died at age 95.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Jason Segel (“How I Met Your Mother”) turns 36 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Bobby Goldsboro<\/td>\nSinger, songwriter<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark Messier<\/td>\nHockey Hall of Famer<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dave Attell<\/td>\nComedian<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jesse L. Martin<\/td>\nActor (“Law & Order”)<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Kevin Costner turns 61 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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