On Jan. 18, 1936, author Rudyard Kipling, 71, died in Burwash, England.
In 1943 the Soviets announced they had broken the long Nazi siege of Leningrad.
In 1957 three B-52’s completed the first non-stop, round-the-world flight by jets, landing at March Air Force Base in California after 45 hours aloft.
In 1970 David McKay, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died in Salt Lake City at 96.
In 1975 “The Jeffersons,” a sitcom spinoff from “All in the Family,” premiered on CBS.
In 1990 a jury in Los Angeles acquitted former preschool operators Raymond Buckey and his mother, Peggy McMartin Buckey, of 52 child molestation charges.
In 1991 ailing Eastern Airlines shut down after 62 years in business.
In 1996 Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson.
In 1998 Pope John Paul II appointed 22 new Roman Catholic cardinals, including Chicago Archbishop Francis George.
