Jan 18.
1535:Francisco Pizarro founds the city of Lima in Peru.
1778:Captain Cook stumbles onto The Sandwich Islands(Hawaii).
1788:Parts of the First Fleet carrying convicts from England to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
..1871:Second German Empire proclaimed by Wilhelm l and Bismarck.
1919:Bentley is founded and the Versailles peace conference opens ,post WWl.
1943:Soviets announce they have broken the Siege of Leningrad.
1962:US begins its defoliant program in Vietnam.
1964:Plans announced for World Trade Center in N.Y.
1973:Final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus broadcast on BBC.
1974:"Six Million Dollar Man" premieres on NBC.
1977:Bacterium causing Legionaires Disease revealed.
1993:Martin Luther King Day observed in all 50 US states for the first day.
1998:The film "Titanic" wins a Golden Globe.