On This Day in History January 18, 2020

Historical Events 532  Nika uprising against Emperor Justinian I in Constantinople fails, 30,000 killed by troops loyal to the Emperor in the Hippodrome 1591  King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, date is now observed as Royal Thai Armed Forces day 1788  First elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to set up a penal colony 1817  José de San Martín leads a revolutionary army over the Andes to attack Spanish royalists in Chile 1871  Second German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I and Otto von Bismarck 1943  Soviets announce they have broken the long Siege of Leningrad by Nazi Germany by opening a narrow land corridor, though the siege would not be fully lifted until a year later More Historical Events Famous Birthdays A. A. Milne (1882 - 1956) Daniel Williams (1858 - 1931) Kevin Costner 65th Birthday Oliver Hardy (1892 - 1957) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths John Tyler (1790 - 1862) Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) More Famous Deaths