TODAY IN HISTORY

Jan. 18, 1957

A trio of B-52’s completed the first non-stop, roundthe-world flight by jet planes, landing at March Air Force Base in California after more than 45 hours aloft. ALSO ON THIS DATE

1778

English navigator Captain James Cook reached the present-day Hawaiian Islands, which he named the “Sandwich Islands.”

1904

Actor Cary Grant was born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England.

1911

The first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Eugene B. Ely brought his Curtiss biplane in for a safe landing on the deck of the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco Harbor.

1919

The Paris Peace Conference, held to negotiate peace treaties ending the First World War, opened in Versailles, France.

1936

Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling, 70, died in London.

1943

During World War II, Jewish insurgents in the Warsaw Ghetto launched their initial armed resistance against Nazi troops, who eventually succeeded in crushing the rebellion. The Soviets announced they’d broken through the long Nazi siege of Leningrad. A U.S. ban on the sale of pre-sliced bread _ aimed at reducing bakeries’ demand for metal replacement parts _ went into effect.

1967

Albert DeSalvo, who claimed to be the “Boston Strangler,” was convicted of armed robbery, assault and sex offenses.

1993

The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was observed in all 50 states for the first time.

2001

President Bill Clinton, in a farewell from the Oval Office, told the nation that America had “done well” during his presidency, with recordbreaking prosperity and a cleaner environment.