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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_18" title="January 18">January 18</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/474" title="474">474</a> – The young child <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_II_(emperor)" title="Leo II (emperor)">Leo II</a></b> became the sole <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Byzantine_emperors" title="List of Byzantine emperors">Byzantine emperor</a> upon the death of his grandfather <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_I_(emperor)" title="Leo I (emperor)">Leo I</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1535" title="1535">1535</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro" title="Francisco Pizarro">Francisco Pizarro</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lima" title="History of Lima">founded Ciudad de los Reyes</a></b> (present-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lima" title="Lima">Lima</a>, Peru) as the capital of the lands he conquered for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Spain" title="Monarchy of Spain">Spanish crown</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1788" title="1788">1788</a> – The armed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%27s_tender" title="Ship's tender">tender</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Supply_(1759)" title="HMS Supply (1759)">HMS <i>Supply</i></a></b>, the first ship of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Fleet" title="First Fleet">First Fleet</a>, arrived at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botany_Bay" title="Botany Bay">Botany Bay</a>, Australia.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: In <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Iskra" title="Operation Iskra">Operation Iskra</a></b>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> established a narrow land corridor to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Leningrad</a>, partially easing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad" title="Siege of Leningrad">the protracted German siege</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958" title="1958">1958</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_O%27Ree" title="Willie O'Ree">Willie O'Ree</a></b> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> played his first game in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a>, becoming the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Canadians" title="Black Canadians">black Canadian</a> to compete in the NHL.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990" title="1990">1990</a> – In a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_operation" title="Sting operation">sting operation</a> conducted by the FBI, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Barry" title="Marion Barry">Marion Barry</a></b>, the mayor of Washington, D.C., was arrested for possession of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_cocaine" title="Crack cocaine">crack cocaine</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jobst_of_Moravia" title="Jobst of Moravia">Jobst of Moravia</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1411); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Quinault" title="Jeanne Quinault">Jeanne Quinault</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1783); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinod_Kambli" title="Vinod Kambli">Vinod Kambli</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1972)</p>
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