Tuesday, January 18, 2022.

• 1949 - "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont)
• 1949 - 1st US Congressional standing committee headed by Negro (W Dawson)
• 1949 - South African Rev Andries P Treurnicht marries Engela Dreyer
• 1950 - Christopher Fry's "Venus Observed," premieres in London
• 1950 - Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion
• 1951 - 1st use of lie detector in Netherlands
• 1951 - Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against GDR"
• 1951 - NFL rules tackles, guards & centers ineligible for forward pass
• 1951 - NFL takes control of failing Baltimore Colts
• 1953 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
• 1954 - Fanfani forms Italian govt
• 1956 - German DR forms own army (National People's Army)
• 1957 - 3 B-52's set record for around-the-world flight, 45 hr 19 min
• 1958 - 1st black in NHL (William O'Ree, Boston Bruins)
• 1959 - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
• 1960 - US & Japan sign joint defense treaty
• 1961 - Zanzibar's Afro-Shirazi party wins 1 seat by a single vote & parliament by a single seat
• 1962 - Southern University closed due to demonstrations
• 1962 - US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas
• 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1963 - Reinier Paping wins Dutch 11-Cities Skating Race (10:59)
• 1964 - Beatles 1st appear on Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35)
• 1964 - Plans for World Trade Center announced (NYC)
• 1965 - H L de Vries appointed Dutch governor of Suriname
• 1966 - Robert C Weaver, confirmed as 1st black cabinet member (HUD)
• 1967 - 20th NHL All-Star Game: Montreal beat All-Stars 3-0 at Montreal
• 1967 - Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) sentenced to life in prison
• 1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1967 - Yellowknife replaces Ottawa as capital of NW Territories, Canada
• 1968 - "Happy Time" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 286 performances
• 1968 - Hester & Appolinar's musical "Your Own Thing," premieres in NYC
• 1968 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 1969 - Expanded 4 party Vietnam peace talks began in Paris
• 1970 - Hasse B”rjes skates world record 500m in 38.9 sec
• 1970 - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 16-13
• 1971 - Ivan Koloff beats Bruno Sammartino in NY, to become WWF champ