Happy Winnie the Pooh Day everyone! On January 18th in 1882, A.A. Milne was born.
January 19, 1836 -
Knife aficionado Jim Bowie arrives at the Alamo to assist its Texas defenders.
On January 18, 1871, while Prussian guns blasted all hell out of Paris, William I was proclaimed Emperor of a united Germany in nearby Versailles.
For this reason the Germans have always had a soft spot for France, and have returned often.
January 18, 1892 -
Oliver Hardy, American comedian, actor and the other half the the world's greatest comedy duo, was born.
January 18, 1903 -
President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States.
Unfortunately, once again, the ill-chosen "Prince Albert in the can" joke is used - and 'Bertie', the King had already heard the joke ad nauseum (Prince Albert was his father and penis ring wearing enthusiast) and was not amused.
January 18, 1904 -
Cary Grant, noted actor and over the top orgy participant, was born.
January 18, 1990 -
Rusty Hamer, the actor who played Danny Thomas's son on Make Room For Daddy, shoots himself in the head with a .357 Magnum in DeRidder, Louisiana. Rusty was 42 years old.
Uncle Tonoose made him do it.
January 18, 1990 -
Washington DC mayor Marion Barry is arrested on cocaine possession charges at the Vista International Hotel, as he tokes on a glass crack pipe while being videotaped with his mistress Rasheeda. Kids remember, say no to drugs, especially while being videotaped.
January 18, 1991 -
The United States admits that the CIA paid Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega over $300,000 during his career as undercover narc.
Those payments were approved mostly by George H. W. Bush.
And so it goes.
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