January 18 Events

2011 A $28 billion merger between Comcast and NBC Universal is approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission
2011 Joe Lieberman, an independent U.S. Senator from Connecticut announces he will not seek re-election in 2012
2010 China begins text message surveillance, blocking customers from the country's two largest operators for lewd messages
1998 "Ragtime," opens at Ford Theater New York City
1998 48th NHL All-Star Game: North America beats World 8-7 at Vancouver
1998 55th Golden Globes Awards
1998 ABL All-Star Game at Disney complex in Orlando
1998 Boston Celtics retire Robert Parrish's #00
1998 Kelly Robbins wins Healthsouth Golf Inaugural
1998 UCP Telethon
1997 47th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 11-7 at San Jose Arena
1996 Baseball owners unanimously approve interleague play in 1997
1996 Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson in New York
1995 Kumble takes 16-99 in match for Karnataka vs. Kerala
1995 Pope John Paul II begins visit to Australia
1993 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday observed in all 50 states for 1st time
1993 West Indies win the World Series Cup, beating Australia 2-0
1992 43rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 10-6 at Philadelphia
1992 49th Golden Globes
1992 Actress Joan Chen (Twin Peaks) marries Dr. Peter Hui
1992 Comedian Pat McCormick injured in a car accident
1992 NHL All Star Game - Campbell-10, Wales-6 (Brett Hull, MVP) at Philadelphia
1991 Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel
1991 U.S. acknowledges CIA and U.S. Army paid Noriega $320,000 over his career
1991 WLAF's New York Knights become NY-New Jersey Knights
1991 Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours and 11 minutes
1990 South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African National Congress
1990 Washington D.C., Mayor Marion Barry arrested in drug enforcement sting
1989 Astronomers discover pulsar in remnants of Supernova 1987A (LMC)
1989 IBM announces earnings up 10.4% in 1988
1989 Otis Redding, Dion, Rolling Stones, Temptations and Stevie Wonder
1989 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win the World Series Cup
1988 Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board
1987 11th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Days of Our Live wins
1986 24th Space Shuttle (61-C) Mission-Columbia 7-returns to Earth
1986 AIDS charity record "That's What Friends are For," hits #1
1986 New York Lotto pays $30.5 million to one winner (#s are 19-20-27-34-41-46)
1985 U.S. renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise