January 18, 1958
Hockey player Willie O’Ree of the Boston Bruins took to the ice for a game against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first black to play in the National Hockey League (NHL).
January 18, 1985
For the first time since joining the World Court in 1946, the United States walked out of a case, concerning U.S. paramilitary activities against the Nicaraguan government, charging that the case was a “misuse of the court for political and propaganda purposes.”
