18 January

 10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 18 January:

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1. Born on this date in 1882 was A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne, author, of the Winnie The Pooh stories.
2. Another writer born on this date was Arthur Ransome, author of Swallows and Amazons, in 1884.
3. Cary Grant, real name Archibald Leach, actor whose films include Arsenic and Old Lace, To Catch a Thief, and North by Northwest, was born in 1904, in Bristol.
4. In 1778 Captain James Cook discovered the Sandwich Islands, which he named after Lord Sandwich, then first Lord of the Admiralty. Nowadays, these islands are called Hawaii.
5. In 2014 Lewis Clarke, 16, of Bristol set a new world record after becoming the youngest person to trek to the South Pole.
6. In 1913, an actor called Tom Horan offered passers by a £5 note for a penny. It was for a bet, and there was no catch, but the public were so suspicious that he only sold two!
7. In 2006, animals in Michael Jackson's private zoo were declared to be in good health after officials paid a surprise visit to the Neverland ranch. The animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, had raised concerns about the welfare of Jackson’s animals.
8. In 1881, 100 people died in the Great Victorian Blizzard which devastated south England. 16 foot snow drifts were reported in London.
9. The polygraph, also known as a lie detector, was used for the first time in the Netherlands on this date in 1951.
10. In 1989 Donald Burns achieved the loudest recorded shout (119dBA) in New Jersey.

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