1912British explorer Robert F. Scott and his expedition reach the South Pole, aiming to be the first to ever arrive there. But they discover Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his group beat them to the pole by more than a month. Scott and his party perish during a difficult return trip.

1967Albert DeSalvo, the man claiming to be the "Boston Strangler," serial killer is convicted of armed robbery, assault and sex offenses. Sentence to life in prison, DeSalvo is killed by a fellow inmate behind bars more than six years later.

And 1936Rudyard Kipling, the British author and poet whose works include <The Jungle Book> and <Gunga Din> dies at age 70.

Today in History, January 18th, Camille Bohannan, the Associated Press.