THE DAY IN HISTORY · JANUARY 18
January 18 in history
What happened on January 18: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1918 and 1977, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Russian Constituent Assembly
5/18 Jan 1918 — Russia’s first freely elected parliament (the SRs won; the Bolsheviks came second) meets for a single day before Red Guards close it down. The fork where a democratic road was shut.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
— Indiana ratifies the ERA
18 Jan 1977 — Indiana ratifies by a single vote in its Senate, after a phone call from Rosalynn Carter. It is the last state to ratify before the deadline: three short of the 38 needed.
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