On this day: January 18

POSTED: 11:53 AM PST Jan 17, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 17, 2013 

Three B-52s become the first aircraft to circle the globe non-stop, Willie O'Ree breaks the NHL's color barrier, "The Jeffersons" premieres, and Jim Thorpe gets his Olympic medals back, all on this day.

OTD January 18 - 1989 RnR Hall of Fame
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1989: The fourth annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies take place in New York City, with the inductees including Dion, Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones, The Temptations and Stevie Wonder. Here Mick Jagger of the The Rolling Stones performs with Tina Turner at the induction concert.

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