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Events on the 18th of April in history

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18 Apr 0310 St Eusebius begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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18 Apr 0387 Bishop Ambrosius of Milan baptizes Augustinus
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18 Apr 0796 King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The patrician Osbald is placed on the throne, but is within 27 days abdicated.
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18 Apr 1025 Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
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18 Apr 1506 The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid.
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18 Apr 1518 Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.
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18 Apr 1521 Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication.
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18 Apr 1521 Parliament of Worms Cardinal Alexander questions Martin Luther
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18 Apr 1552 Mauritius of Saksen occupies Linz
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18 Apr 1599 Valencia arch duke Albrecht of Austrian marries Isabella of Spain
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18 Apr 1663 Osman declares war on Austria
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18 Apr 1666 Peace of Kleef Netherlands & bishop Von Galen of M
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18 Apr 1676 Sudbury, Mass attacked by Indians
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18 Apr 1689 Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
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18 Apr 1738 Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
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18 Apr 1775 Paul Revere and William Dawes warn "British are coming!"
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18 Apr 1775 Paul Revere rides from Charleston to Lexington
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18 Apr 1775 American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
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18 Apr 1775 Paul Revere & William Dawes warn "the British are coming!"
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18 Apr 1797 France and Austria signs cease fire
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18 Apr 1797 The Battle of Neuwied: French victory against the Austrians.
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18 Apr 1807 The Harwich ferry disaster occurred near the North Sea port of Harwich on the Essex coast (England) in which 60-90 people drowned during the capsizing of a small ferry boat.
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18 Apr 1809 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England
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18 Apr 1831 The University of Alabama is founded.
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18 Apr 1834 Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia
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18 Apr 1835 William Lamb Lord Melbourne forms British government
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18 Apr 1838 Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails
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18 Apr 1839 Henry Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds)
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18 Apr 1848 American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
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18 Apr 1853 1st train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km)
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18 Apr 1856 Russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns
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18 Apr 1857 "The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.
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18 Apr 1861 Battle of Harpers Ferry, Virginia
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18 Apr 1861 Colonel Robert E Lee turns down offer to command Union armies
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18 Apr 1862 Battle of Ft Jackson, Ft St. Philip and New Orleans, Louisiana
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18 Apr 1864 Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
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18 Apr 1864 Battle of Poison Springs AR (Camden Expedition)
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18 Apr 1865 Confederate General Johnson surrendered to General Sherman in North Carolina
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18 Apr 1868 San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed
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18 Apr 1869 1st international cricket match, held in San Francisco, is won by Californian
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18 Apr 1876 Daniel O'Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hours 32 minutes
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18 Apr 1879 Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on Indians citizen rights begins
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18 Apr 1880 An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.
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18 Apr 1881 Natural History Museum of South Kensington England opens
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18 Apr 1890 New York Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton
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18 Apr 1897 The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
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18 Apr 1899 The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
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18 Apr 1899 John McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager
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18 Apr 1902 Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, is destroyed by an earthquake.
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18 Apr 1902 Denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals
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18 Apr 1904 L'Humanit
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18 Apr 1906 8.25 earthquake shakes San Francisco, California
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18 Apr 1906 Calvinist Reformed Union in the Netherlands Church forms in Utrecht
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18 Apr 1906 An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
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18 Apr 1906 San Francisco earthquake & fire kills nearly 4,000 & destroys 75% of the city
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18 Apr 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (one of the most significant earthquakes of all time) kills over 700 people
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18 Apr 1907 Fairmont Hotel opens
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18 Apr 1907 Augustus Thomas' "Witching Hour", premieres in NYC
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18 Apr 1908 Tommy Burns KOs Jewy Smith in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
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18 Apr 1909 Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
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18 Apr 1909 Joan of Arc declared a saint
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18 Apr 1912 The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.
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18 Apr 1915 French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
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18 Apr 1918 Cleveland center fielder Tris Speaker turns an unassisted double play
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18 Apr 1921 Junior Achievement incorporated in Colorado Springs, Colorado
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18 Apr 1921 Philip James Barry's "Punch for Judy", premieres in NYC
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18 Apr 1922 Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0
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18 Apr 1923 Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opens.
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18 Apr 1923 74,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium
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18 Apr 1923 Poland annexes Central Lithuania
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18 Apr 1924 1st crossword puzzle book published (Simon & Schuster)
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18 Apr 1924 Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book.
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18 Apr 1925 World's fair opens in Chicago
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18 Apr 1926 Rhein Stadium opens in Dusseldorf Germany
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18 Apr 1927 Chiang Kai-shek forms anti-government in China
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18 Apr 1929 Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire
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18 Apr 1930 BBC reported there was no news, then played out with piano music.
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18 Apr 1934 1st "Washateria" (laundromat) opens (Ft Worth, Tx)
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18 Apr 1934 1st "Washateria" (laundromat) opens (Fort Worth TX)
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18 Apr 1934 Hitler names Joachim von Ribbentrop, ambassador for disarmament
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18 Apr 1935 General Sarazen's double eagle on the 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters
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18 Apr 1935 Netherlands election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote)
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18 Apr 1936 The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan.
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18 Apr 1936 Pan-Am Clipper begins regular passenger flights from San Francisco CA to Honolulu HI
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18 Apr 1938 Headless Mad Butcher victim found in Cleveland
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18 Apr 1939 Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey
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18 Apr 1939 Hubert Pierlot forms Belgian government
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18 Apr 1942 "Stars & Stripes" paper for US armed forces starts
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18 Apr 1942 Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
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18 Apr 1942 World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan. Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
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18 Apr 1942 "Stars & Stripes" paper for US armed forces starts
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18 Apr 1942 James H Doolittle bombs Tokyo & other Japanese cities
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18 Apr 1943 World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.
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18 Apr 1944 48th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cot
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18 Apr 1944 Leonard Bernstein & Jerome Robbins' ballet "Fancy Free" premieres in NYC
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18 Apr 1945 Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.
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18 Apr 1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops
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18 Apr 1945 1 armed outfielder, St Louis Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4
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18 Apr 1945 Epe freed (by corporal G van Aken)
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18 Apr 1946 "Call Me Mister" opens at National Theater NYC for 734 performances
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18 Apr 1946 Jackie Robinson debuts as 2nd baseman for the Montreal Royals
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18 Apr 1946 The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
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18 Apr 1946 League of Nations dissolves (3 months after the UN starts)
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18 Apr 1946 Rome/Auerbach/Horwitt's musical "Call Me Mister", premieres in NYC
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18 Apr 1946 US recognizes Tito's Yugoslavia government
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18 Apr 1948 International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands
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18 Apr 1949 The keel for the aircraft carrier USS United States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
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18 Apr 1949 Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth
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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 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 1951 "Make a Wish" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 102 performances
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18 Apr 1951 France, West Germany and Benelux form European Steel and Coal Community
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18 Apr 1951 Dutch Antilles government of Da Costa Gomez forms
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18 Apr 1951 New York Yankee Mickey Mantle goes 1-for-4 in his 1st game
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18 Apr 1953 "Pal Joey" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 542 performances
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18 Apr 1954 Colonel Nasser seizes power and becomes Prime Minister of Egypt
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18 Apr 1954 Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
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18 Apr 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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18 Apr 1955 "Ankles Aweigh" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 176 performances
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18 Apr 1955 Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
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18 Apr 1955 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed
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18 Apr 1955 1st Bandoeng Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens
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18 Apr 1956 Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco (civil ceremony)
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18 Apr 1956 Egypt & Israel agree to a cease fire
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18 Apr 1958 A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum.
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18 Apr 1958 Government troops reconquer Padang, Middle-Sumatra Indonesia
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18 Apr 1958 National League single-game record of 78,682, Giants lose to Dogers 6-5, in Los Angeles
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18 Apr 1959 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1
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18 Apr 1959 Stanley Cup Montr
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18 Apr 1961 CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule.
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18 Apr 1961 The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted.
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18 Apr 1962 16th NBA Championship Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3
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18 Apr 1963 Dr James Campbell performed the 1st human nerve transplant
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18 Apr 1963 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1
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18 Apr 1964 "Cafe Crown" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 3 performances
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18 Apr 1964 "Foxy" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances
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18 Apr 1964 Artisans strike in Belgium ends
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18 Apr 1964 Geraldine Mock of US becomes 1st woman to fly solo round the world
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18 Apr 1964 Sandy Koufax is 1st to strike out the side on 9 pitches
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18 Apr 1964 Van Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr Sloane"
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18 Apr 1966 Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics)
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18 Apr 1968 1st ABA basketball championship begins
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18 Apr 1968 San Francisco's Old Hall of Justice is demolished
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18 Apr 1968 178,000 employees of US Bell Telephone System go on strike
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18 Apr 1968 Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms
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18 Apr 1968 London Bridge is sold to US oil company (to be erected in Arizona)
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18 Apr 1968 Mart Crowley's "Boys in the Band", premieres in NYC
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18 Apr 1968 Peter Luke's "Hadrian VII", premieres in London
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18 Apr 1968 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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18 Apr 1969 Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund
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18 Apr 1971 Gavaskar makes 220 in 2nd inning vs West Indies after 124 in 1st
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18 Apr 1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic
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18 Apr 1972 "Lost in the Stars" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 39 performances
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18 Apr 1974 The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore's dry port.
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18 Apr 1974 Red Brigade kidnaps Italian Attorney General Mario Sossi
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18 Apr 1975 John Lennon releases "Stand by Me"
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18 Apr 1975 John Lennon releases "Stand by Me"
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18 Apr 1976 30th Tony Awards Travesties & Chorus Line win
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18 Apr 1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Karsten - Ping Golf Open
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18 Apr 1977 "Side by Side by Sondheim" opens at Music Box NYC for 390 performances
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18 Apr 1977 Alex Haley, Author of "Roots, " awarded Pulitzer Prize
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18 Apr 1977 Eddie Murray hits his 1st HR
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18 Apr 1977 Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Cristofer for "Shadow Box"
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18 Apr 1977 6th Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:48:33
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18 Apr 1977 81st Boston Marathon won by Jerome Drayton of Canada in 2:14:46
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18 Apr 1977 Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray hits his 1st homerun
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18 Apr 1977 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Side by Side" premieres at Music Box NYC for 390 performances
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18 Apr 1978 Senate votes to turn Panama Canal over to Panama on Dec 31, 1999
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18 Apr 1978 Senate votes to turn Panam
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18 Apr 1979 "Real People" premieres on NBC TV
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18 Apr 1979 "Real People" premieres on NBC TV
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18 Apr 1979 Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent
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18 Apr 1980 Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from the UK
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18 Apr 1980 The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.
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18 Apr 1981 The longest professional baseball game is begun in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The game is suspended at 4:00 the next morning and finally completed on June 23.
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18 Apr 1981 Pawtucket & Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game
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18 Apr 1982 Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act
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18 Apr 1982 Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Houston Astros)
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18 Apr 1982 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International
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18 Apr 1982 Zimbabwe capital Salisbury renamed Harare
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18 Apr 1983 Alice Walker wins Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple"
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18 Apr 1983 KMO-AM in Tacoma Washington changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO)
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18 Apr 1983 Pulitzer prize awarded to Alice Walker for "Color Purple"
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18 Apr 1983 A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.
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18 Apr 1983 A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at the US Embassy in Lebanon
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18 Apr 1983 Rangers 3-Islanders 1-Patrick Division Finals-Series tied at 2-2
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18 Apr 1983 12th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43
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18 Apr 1983 87th Boston Marathon won by Greg Meyer of Massachusetts in 2:09:00
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18 Apr 1984 Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43)
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18 Apr 1984 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
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18 Apr 1985 Flyers 3-Islanders 0-Patrick Division Finals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead
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18 Apr 1986 Robert M Gates, becomes deputy director of CIA
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18 Apr 1986 Titan rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg AFB
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18 Apr 1987 An unconscious skydiver is rescued by another diver in mid-air
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18 Apr 1987 Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race
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18 Apr 1987 Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run (vs. Robinson-Pirates)
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18 Apr 1987 Pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph)
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18 Apr 1987 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
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18 Apr 1988 Barbra Streisand records "Warm All Over"
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18 Apr 1988 The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
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18 Apr 1988 Barbra Streisand records "Warm All Over"
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18 Apr 1988 17th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30
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18 Apr 1988 92nd Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:43
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18 Apr 1989 Zimbabwe gains independence
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18 Apr 1990 Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines
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18 Apr 1990 Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in the WLAF
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18 Apr 1990 Supreme Court rules that states could make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography, even in one's home
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18 Apr 1991 Congress ends railroad workers' 1 day strike
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18 Apr 1991 Census Bureau says it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census
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18 Apr 1991 John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136
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18 Apr 1992 General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmad Shah Massoud to capture Kabul.
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18 Apr 1992 Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v West Indies Bridgetown)
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18 Apr 1992 Tennis ace Stefan Edberg marries Annette Olsen in Sweden
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18 Apr 1993 "Ain't Broadway Grand" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 25 performances
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18 Apr 1993 54th PGA Seniors Golf Championship Tom Wargo
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18 Apr 1993 Beirut-hostage Terry Anderson marries Madeleine Bassil
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18 Apr 1993 David Lee Roth arrested in New York NY for purchasing marijuana for $10
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18 Apr 1993 Trish Johnson wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship
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18 Apr 1994 "Beauty & the Beast" opens at Palace Theater, New York City
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18 Apr 1994 "Beauty & the Beast" opens at Palace Theater NYC
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18 Apr 1994 23rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:21:45
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18 Apr 1994 98th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:07:15
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18 Apr 1994 Arsenio Hall announces he will end his show in May 1994
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18 Apr 1994 Brian Lara scores 375 for West Indies vs England to beat Sobers' world record
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18 Apr 1994 Former President Richard Nixon suffers a stroke & dies 4 days later
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18 Apr 1994 Lebanon drops relations with Iran
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18 Apr 1994 Roseanne Barr Arnold files for divorce from Tom Arnold
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18 Apr 1994 STS-59 (Endeavour) lands [approximately]
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18 Apr 1995 Houston Post folds after 116 years
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18 Apr 1995 Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football
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18 Apr 1996 "Funny Thing Happened, " opens at St. James Theater NYC for 715 performances
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18 Apr 1996 In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
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18 Apr 1996 "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", opens at St James Theater NYC for 715 performances
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18 Apr 2007 A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251.
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18 Apr 2007 The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5–4 decision.
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18 Apr 2013 A suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe kills 27 people and injures another 65.
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18 Apr 2014 Sixteen people are killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest.
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