18 January 1701 | Frederick Elector of Brandenburg and Sophia Charlotte von Hanover have themselves crowned the first King and Queen of Prussia at Königsberg. |
18 January 1840 | The Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, the first U.S. electrical journal, begins publication. |
18 January 1871 | Wilhelm I, King of Prussia, is proclaimed German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Otto, then Prince of Bavaria, becomes ill as he witnesses the event. |
18 January 1912 | Edward Townsend Stotesbury and Lucretia Roberts Cromwell are married at 1808 New Hampshire Avenue in Washington D.C. |
18 January 1919 | The World War I Peace Conference opens at the Palace of Versailles. |
18 January 1956 | The German Democratic Republic forms its own army, the National People's Army. |
18 January 1957 | Three B-52s set the record for around-the-world flight, 45 minutes 19 minutes. |
18 January 1964 | Plans for the World Trade Center are announced in New York City. |
18 January 1991 | Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel. |
18 January 1993 | The Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday is observed in all 50 Unites States for the first time. |
18 January 2004 | Frederick King of Prussia and Franziska Baroness von Ow, Otto King of Bavaria and Maria Empress of the Western Roman Empire, George and Martha Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings lunch at the King of Prussia Tavern in Germantown, Pennsylvania. |
18 January 2005 | Marie-Antoinette Queen of France, Ludwig II King of Bavaria and Lucretia "Eva" Bishop Roberts Cromwell Stotesbury Dougherty Stotesbury deliver "Here a Versailles, There a Versailles, Everywhere a Versailles, Sigh" for the Horace Trumbauer Architecture Fan Club Convention at Versailles, Herrenchiemsee and Whitemarsh respectively. In the evening, Ned and Eva renew their wedding vows at the New Town Hall of Germantown in Philadelphia. |
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