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Anniversary on the 18th of April 0731

Anniversary
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100 years anniversary
18 Apr 1925   Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor: Musician
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18 Apr 1925   Robert Caldwell Crawford: Composer
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18 Apr 1925   Charles Ebbets: President (Dodgers)
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18 Apr 1925   Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer and author (d. 2005)
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18 Apr 1925   Bob Hastings, American actor (d. 2014)
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18 Apr 1925   Bob Hastings Brooklyn NY, actor (McHale's Navy, All in the Family)
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18 Apr 1925   Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor musician
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18 Apr 1925   Robert Caldwell Crawford composer
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18 Apr 1925   Charles Ebbets president (Dodgers), dies
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18 Apr 1925   World's fair opens in Chicago
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18 Apr 1925   Radio facsimile
In 1925, the first U.S. commercial transcontinental radio transmission of a radio facsimile was sent from San Francisco, California to New York City. The photograph showed Marion Davies receiving a make-up box as a gift from Louis B. Mayer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. The service had been tried out the previous month by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company on 4 Mar 1925. The first photograph sent showed the inauguration of President Calvin Coolidge taken in Washington, D.C. Nine photographs were transmitted, each taking seven minutes, going to New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.
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18 Apr 1925   Woman's World Fair
In 1925, the first Woman's World's Fair in U.S. was officially opened in Chicago, Illinois, by Mrs Calvin Coolidge. For eight days, it displayed women's progress in 70 industries. This showed the diversification since the 1893 World's Fair, where the only example of woman's handiwork was the sewing exhibit.
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75 years anniversary
18 Apr 1950   Bill Sudderth III: Trumpeteer (Atlantic Star-Touch 4 Leaf Clover)
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18 Apr 1950   1st opening night-game, Cards beat Pirates, 4-2
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18 Apr 1950   1st transatlantic jet passenger trip
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18 Apr 1950   Polish Catholic church and government sign accord over relations
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18 Apr 1950   Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves
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18 Apr 1950   Yankees win 15-10 after trailing Red Sox 9-0 in 6th
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18 Apr 1950   Grigory Sokolov, Russian pianist and composer
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18 Apr 1950   Kenny Ortega, American director, producer, and choreographer
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18 Apr 1950   Tina Chow, American model and jewelry designer (d. 1992)
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18 Apr 1950   Paul Callery, Australian footballer
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18 Apr 1950   Bill Sudderth III trumpeter (Atlantic Star-Touch 4 Leaf Clover)
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18 Apr 1950   1st transatlantic jet passenger trip
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18 Apr 1950   New York Yankees win 15-10 after trailing Red Sox 9-0 in 6th
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18 Apr 1950   1st opening night-game, St Louis Cardinals beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-2
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18 Apr 1950   Polish Catholic church & government sign accord over relations
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18 Apr 1950   Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves
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18 Apr 1950   First U.S. jet international passenger flight
In 1950, the first U.S. jet passenger international trip was a flight from Malton Airport in Toronto, Canada to the International Airport, New York City. The Avro Canada jetliner carried a crew of three, with three passengers, and 15,000 airmail letters (which became the first airmail letters carried in the U.S. by jet plane). The 359 mile flight took one hour, powered by four Rolls-Royce Derwent jet engines.
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50 years anniversary
18 Apr 1975   Rob Touber [Robert J Noordervliet): Chansonnier / director, dies at 38
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18 Apr 1975   John Lennon releases "Stand by Me"
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18 Apr 1975   Sergei Terehhov, Estonian footballer and manager
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18 Apr 1975   Kerim Tekin, Turkish singer (d. 1998)
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18 Apr 1975   Jeong Jae-heon, South Korean voice actor
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18 Apr 1975   GoonRock, American songwriter and producer
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18 Apr 1975   Four Bay City Rollers fans were taken to hospital and 35 others required on site treatment after they attempted to swim across a lake to meet their heroes. The group were making an appearance at a BBC Radio 1 fun day at Mallory Park.
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18 Apr 1975   Rob Touber [Robert J Noordervliet) chansonnier/director, dies at 38
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18 Apr 1975   John Lennon releases "Stand by Me"
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25 years anniversary
18 Apr 2000   Four Monkee look-alikes were signed to play the 60's pop legends in a TV movie about the group's meteoric rise. The film called 'Daydream Believers' was set to start filming in Toronto.
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20 years anniversary
18 Apr 2005   Reebok pulled a UK TV ad featuring 50 Cent after a mother whose son was shot dead complained it glamorised gun crime. Lucy Cope, from London went to the Advertising Standards Authority about the campaign featuring the US rapper. The ASA had been investigating 54 other complaints from viewers over a reference to the rapper having been shot nine times.
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