Today in history: Jan. 18
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, and more events that happened on this day in history.
1913: Danny Kaye
In 1913, entertainer Danny Kaye was born David Daniel Kaminsky in New York City.
1943: Warsaw Ghetto
In 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.
1957: B-52s
In 1957, a trio of B-52s completed the first non-stop, round-the-world flight by jet planes, landing at March Air Force Base in California after more than 45 hours aloft.
1990: Raymond Buckey and Peggy McMartin Buckey
In 1990, a jury in Los Angeles acquitted former preschool operators Raymond Buckey and his mother, Peggy McMartin Buckey, of 52 child molestation charges.
1991: Eastern Airlines
In 1991, financially strapped Eastern Airlines shut down after more than six decades in business.
1993: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
In 1993, the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was observed in all 50 states for the first time.
2005: "Superjumbo"
In 2005, the world’s largest commercial jet, the Airbus A380 “superjumbo” capable of flying up to 800 passengers, was unveiled in Toulouse, France.
2011: Hu Jintao
In 2011, Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington for a four-day state visit; President Barack Obama welcomed him with a private dinner in the White House residence.
2011: R. Sargent Shriver
In 2011, the first director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver, died in Bethesda, Maryland, at age 95.
2012: Internet protest
In 2012, Wikipedia and other websites went dark to protest two congressional proposals intended to thwart the online piracy of copyrighted movies and TV programs.
2017: Hall of Fame
Five years ago: Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez were elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame.
2017: Italy
Five years ago: Twenty-nine people were killed when an avalanche buried the Hotel Rigopiano in central Italy (nine people were pulled out alive by rescuers).
2019: Jason Van Dyke
In 2019, Jason Van Dyke, the white Chicago police officer who gunned down Black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014, was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison.
2021: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
One year ago: Speakers at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. holiday celebration in Atlanta called for a renewed dedication to nonviolence following a turbulent year in which a deadly pandemic, protests over systemic racism and a divisive election capped by an attack on the U.S. Capitol strained Americans’ capacity for civility.
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City residents wait in a line extending around the block to receive free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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The recently discovered photos were taken inside the Warsaw Ghetto by a Polish firefighter as the Nazi Germans were brutally crushing the uprising of 1943.