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18 Apr 1025
Bolesaw Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno becoming the first King of Poland
18 Apr 1506
The cornerstone of the current St. Peters Basilica is laid in the Vatican
18 Apr 1518
Bona Sforza is crowned queen consort of Poland
18 Apr 1666
Peace of Kleef Netherlands & bishop Von Galen of Munster
18 Apr 1688
Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery Francis Daniel Pastorius authors 1st formal written protest against African-American slavery in English colonies in Germantown Pennsylvania
18 Apr 1738
Real Academia de la Historia (Royal Academy of History) founded in Madrid
18 Apr 1783
Fighting ceases in the American Revolution eight years to the day when it began
18 Apr 1809
First run of 2000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England
18 Apr 1848
American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico
18 Apr 1861
Colonel Robert E. Lee turns down offer to command Union armies (US Civil War)
18 Apr 1862
Battle of Fort Jackson Fort St Philip & New Orleans Louisiana
18 Apr 1864
Battle of Poison Springs Arkansas (Camden Expedition)
18 Apr 1868
San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed
18 Apr 1869
1st international cricket match held in San Francisco won by California
18 Apr 1876
Daniel OLeary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hrs 32 min
18 Apr 1879
Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on indians citizen rights begins
18 Apr 1880
An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield Missouri killing 99 people and injuring 100.
18 Apr 1881
Natural History Museum opens in South Kensington England
18 Apr 1890
NY Commission of Emigration ends closing Castle Clinton
18 Apr 1898
2nd Boston Marathon won by Canadian Ron McDonald in race record 24200
18 Apr 1899
John McGraw at 36 has his managerial debut as Oriole manager
18 Apr 1904
LHumanit under Jean Jaurs begins publishing
18 Apr 1904
8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring in 23804.4
18 Apr 1906
Calvinist Reformed Union in Neth Church forms in Utrecht
18 Apr 1906
The Los Angeles Times story on the Azusa Street Revival launches Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement
18 Apr 1907
Augustus Thomas Witching Hour premieres in NYC
18 Apr 1910
14th Boston Marathon won by Canadian Fred Cameron in 22852.4
18 Apr 1912
Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City
18 Apr 1912
Tripolitan War in continuing hostilities Turkey closes the Dardanelles Straits after an Italian naval bombardment of the coastline
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.
18 Apr 1916
US Secretary of State Warns Germany that the USA may break diplomatic relations unless torpedo attacks on unarmed ships stop
18 Apr 1918
Cleveland center fielder Tris Speaker turns an unassisted double play
18 Apr 1921
Junior Achievement incorporated in Colorado Spring
18 Apr 1921
Philip James Barrys Punch for Judy premieres in NYC
18 Apr 1921
25th Boston Marathon won by Frank Zuna in race record 21857.6
18 Apr 1923
74000 (62281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium
18 Apr 1924
1st crossword puzzle book published by Simon & Schuster
18 Apr 1929
Palace for Peoples industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire
18 Apr 1930
Attempted raid on the armoury of police and auxiliary forces in Chittagong in Bengal province British India by armed pro-independence revolutionaries led by Surya Sen popularly known as Master-da
18 Apr 1930
BBC news announcer announces there is no news at 2045 news bulletin plays music instead
18 Apr 1932
36th Boston Marathon won by German runner Paul de Bruyn in 23336.4
18 Apr 1934
1st Washateria (laundromat) opens (Fort Worth Texas)
18 Apr 1935
Gen Sarazens double eagle on 15th wins him his 2nd Masters
18 Apr 1935
Netherlands election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote)
18 Apr 1936
Pan-Am Clipper begins regular passenger flights from San Francisco to Honolulu
18 Apr 1938
Headless Mad Butcher victim found in Cleveland
18 Apr 1938
42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson in 23534.8 his second victory in the event
18 Apr 1939
Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey
18 Apr 1942
Stars & Stripes paper for US armed forces starts
18 Apr 1942
Stanley Cup Final Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto ON Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings 3-1 for a 4-3 series win Toronto recovers after losing first 3 games
18 Apr 1944
Leonard Bernstein & Jerome Robbins ballet premieres in NYC
18 Apr 1945
1 armed outfielder St Louis Brown Pete Gray 1st game he goes 1 for 4
18 Apr 1945
Clandestine Radio 1212 after broadcasting pro-nazi propaganda for months used their influence to trap 350000 German army group B troops
18 Apr 1945
Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Bolivia established
18 Apr 1946
Rome Auerbach and Horwitts musical Call Me Mister opens at National Theater NYC for 734 performances
18 Apr 1946
League of Nations dissolves (3 months after UN starts)
18 Apr 1948
International Court of Justice opens at The Hague Netherlands
18 Apr 1949
Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth
18 Apr 1949
53rd Boston Marathon won by Gsta Leandersson of Sweden in 23150.8
18 Apr 1950
1st opening night-game Cards beat Pirates 4-2
18 Apr 1950
Polish Catholic church & government sign accord over relations
18 Apr 1950
Sam Jethroe is 1st African American to play for Boston Braves
18 Apr 1950
Yankees win 15-10 after trailing Red Sox 9-0 in 6th
18 Apr 1951
Make a Wish opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 102 performances
18 Apr 1951
Dutch Antilles government of Da Costa Gomez forms
18 Apr 1951
France West Germany & Benelux form European Steel & Coal Community
18 Apr 1953
Pal Joey closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 542 performances
18 Apr 1954
Colonel Gamal Abdal Nasser seizes power & becomes Prime Minister of Egypt
18 Apr 1955
Ankles Aweigh opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 176 performances
18 Apr 1955
1st WalkDont Walk lighted street signals installed
18 Apr 1955
1st Bandoeng Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens
18 Apr 1955
59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 21822
18 Apr 1958
Government troops reconquer Padang Middle-Sumatra Indonesia
18 Apr 1958
NL single-game record of 78682 Giants lose to Dogers 6-5 in LA
18 Apr 1959
Stanley Cup Final Montreal Forum Montreal Quebec Montreal Canadiens 4th straight title beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 for a 4-1 series win
18 Apr 1960
64th Boston Marathon won by Paavo Kotila of Finland in 22054
18 Apr 1961
CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule
18 Apr 1962
16th NBA Championship Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers 4 games to 3
18 Apr 1963
Dr James Campbell performed the 1st human nerve transplant
18 Apr 1963
Stanley Cup Final Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto ON Toronto Maple Leafs go back-to-back with a 3-1 Game 5 win over Detroit Red Wings for a 4-1 series victory
18 Apr 1964
Cafe Crown closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 3 performances
18 Apr 1964
Foxy closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances
18 Apr 1964
Sandy Koufax is 1st to strike out the side on 9 pitches
18 Apr 1966
70th Boston Marathon Kenji Kimihara of Japan wins in 21711 American Bobbi Gibb first woman in 32140 (unsanctioned)
18 Apr 1968
178000 employees of US Bell Telephone System go on strike
18 Apr 1968
Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms
18 Apr 1968
London Bridge is sold to US oil company (to be erected in Arizona)
18 Apr 1968
Mart Crowleys Boys in the Band premieres in NYC
18 Apr 1968
Peter Lukes Hadrian VII premieres in London
18 Apr 1968
San Franciscos Old Hall of Justice demolished
18 Apr 1969
Greek actress and activist Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund
18 Apr 1970
France beats England 35-13 at Stade Colombes Paris to earn a share of the Five Nations Rugby Championship with Wales
18 Apr 1971
Gavaskar makes 220 in 2nd inning v WI after 124 in 1st
18 Apr 1972
Lost in the Stars opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 39 performances
18 Apr 1972
The Widgery Report on Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland is published causing outrage among the people of Derry who call it the Widgery Whitewash
18 Apr 1974
Red Brigade kidnaps Italian attorney general Mario Sossi
18 Apr 1976
30th Tony Awards Travesties & A Chorus Line win
18 Apr 1977
Side by Side by Stephen Sondheim opens at Music Box NYC for 390 performances
18 Apr 1977
81st Boston Marathon Canadian Jerome Drayton wins mens race in 21446 American Miki Gorman takes her 2nd womens event in 24833
18 Apr 1977
Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Cristofer for Shadow Box
18 Apr 1978
Senate votes to turn Panama Canal over to Panama on Dec 31 1999
18 Apr 1979
Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent
18 Apr 1980
Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from UK
18 Apr 1981
Longest game in Professional Baseball Pawtucket Red Sox tie Rochester Red Wings 2-2 in 32 innings (game resumed 23rd June)
18 Apr 1982
Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros)
18 Apr 1982
Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act
18 Apr 1983
87th Boston Marathon American double Greg Meyer mens champion in 20900 Joan Benoit takes womens race in 22243 her 2nd event title
18 Apr 1983
A lone suicide bomber kills 63 at US Embassy in Lebanon
18 Apr 1983
KMO-AM in Tacoma Wash changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO)
18 Apr 1984
Space Shuttle Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly Air Force Base
18 Apr 1984
Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (22243)
18 Apr 1985
Wham become the first western pop act to release an album in China
18 Apr 1986
Titan rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg AFB
18 Apr 1987
Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race
18 Apr 1987
Pat Knauff France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph)
18 Apr 1987
Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious skydiver near Coolidge Arizona
18 Apr 1988
92nd Boston Marathon Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya wins mens race in 20843 Rosa Mota of Portugal repeats as womens champion in 22430
18 Apr 1990
Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines
18 Apr 1990
Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF
18 Apr 1990
Supreme Court rules states could make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography even in ones home
18 Apr 1991
US Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census
18 Apr 1992
Start of South Africas 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown)
18 Apr 1993
Aint Broadway Grand opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 25 performances
18 Apr 1994
Beauty & the Beast opens at Palace Theater NYC
18 Apr 1994
98th Boston Marathon Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya wins 2nd straight title in 20715 Uta Pippig of Germany claims womens race in 22145
18 Apr 1994
Arsenio Hall announces he will end his show in May
18 Apr 1994
Cricketer Brian Lara hits 375 runs on 1 day for WI vs England to beat Gary Sobers world record
18 Apr 1994
Former President Nixon suffered a stroke & dies 4 days later
18 Apr 1996
Funny Thing Happened opens at St James Theater NYC for 715 performances
18 Apr 1996
In Lebanon at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces accidentally shell the UN compound at Quana.
18 Apr 1998
51st British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS) The Full Monty Best Film Baz Luhrmann Best Director
18 Apr 2004
50th British Academy Television Awards Little Britain Best Comedy Buried Best Drama
18 Apr 2005
109th Boston Marathon Hailu Negussie of Ethiopia claims mens section in 21144 Catherine Ndereba of Kenya wins back-to-back races and 4th overall womens title in 22512
18 Apr 2007
The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision
18 Apr 2008
NBA owners give approval of a potential Seattle SuperSonics relocation to Oklahoma City in a 282 vote by the Board of Governors
18 Apr 2011
115th Boston Marathon Kenyan double Geoffrey Mutai wins mens race in record 20302 Caroline Kilel takes womens section in 22236
18 Apr 2012
The Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples begins burning artworks after cultural institution budget cuts
18 Apr 2013
27 people are killed and 65 are injured in a cafe bombing in Baghdad Iraq
18 Apr 2013
Two earth-like planets are discovered orbiting the star Kepler-62
18 Apr 2014
12 Nepalese climbers are killed by an avalanche on Mt Everest
18 Apr 1864
Battle of Dybbl Denmark is defeated by Prussian and Austrian forces storming Dybbol fort in the deciding battle of the Second Schleswig War
18 Apr 1967
Jonathan Frid makes his 1st appearance as 200-year-old vampire Barnabas Collins on TVs Dark Shadows show becomes a huge hit
18 Apr 1993
PGA Seniors Championship Mens Golf PGA National GC American Tom Wargo pars second playoff hole to beat Bruce Crampton of Australia and take his first and only major title
18 Apr 1996
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opens at St James Theater NYC for 715 performances
18 Apr 1999
PGA Seniors Championship Mens Golf PGA National GC Allen Doyle wins first of 4 Senior PGA major titles with a 2 stroke margin over runner-up Vicente Fernndez of Argentina
18 Apr 1918
The Peoples Council of Latvia proclaims the independence of the new country of Latvia
18 Apr 1944
Leonard Bernstein & Jerome Robbins ballet Fancy Free premieres in NYC
18 Apr 1958
Government troops reconquer Padang Middle-Sumatra Indonesia
18 Apr 1958
NL single-game record crowd of 78682 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Dodgers win over San Francisco Giants 6-5
18 Apr 1977
Musical revue Side by Side by Sondheim opens at Music Box NYC for 390 performances
18 Apr 1996
Revival of Stephen Sondheims musical comedy A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum starring Nathan Lane opens at St James Theater NYC for 715 performances
18 Apr 1688
Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery Francis Daniel Pastorius presents 1st formal written protest against African-American slavery in English colonies in Germantown Pennsylvania
18 Apr 1783
American Revolution George Washington issues General Order announcing the end of hostilities with Britain giving thanks to the Almighty and offering congratulations and authorizing an extra ration of alcohol to the troops to celebrate [1]
18 Apr 1845
Whaling ship the Manhattan captained by Mercator Cooper is the first ship officially permitted visit Edo Japan in 220 years rescuing shipwrecked sailors
18 Apr 1899
John McGraw at 26 has his managerial debut as Oriole manager
18 Apr 1964
Albert Hague and Marty Brills musical Cafe Crown starring Theodore Bikel closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 3 performances
18 Apr 1890
NY Commission of Emigration ends closing Castle Garden NYC (now known as Castle Clinton) [1]
18 Apr 1946
Rome Auerbach and Horwitts musical Call Me Mister opens at National Theater NYC runs for 734 performances
18 Apr 1951
Make a Wish opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC runs for 102 performances
18 Apr 1955
1st Bandoeng Conference opens in Indonesia attended by 29 nations - first international assembly of Asian-African nations
18 Apr 1955
Dan Shapiro and music by Sammy Fains musical Ankles Aweigh opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC runs for 176 performances
18 Apr 1964
Albert Hague and Marty Brills musical Cafe Crown starring Theodore Bikel closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 3 performances
18 Apr 1976
30th Tony Awards Travesties (play) & A Chorus Line (musical) win
18 Apr 1985
Wham become the first western pop act to release an album in China
18 Apr 1994
Disneys stage adaptation of its animated musical Beauty & the Beast opens at Palace Theater NYC
18 Apr 1996
Second successful revival of Stephen Sondheims musical comedy A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum starring Nathan Lane opens at St James Theater NYC for 715 performances
18 Apr 1868
San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals forms in San Francisco California
18 Apr 1906
The Los Angeles Times story on the Azusa Street Revival launches Pentecostalism as a worldwide religious movement
18 Apr 1958
NL single-game record crowd of 78682 as the Los Angeles Dodgers win their first ever home game over San Francisco Giants 6-5 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
18 Apr 1980
Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from the United Kingdom
18 Apr 1987
Bettino Craxi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy
18 Apr 2004
Jason Koumas scores a last minute goal in a 1-0 win against Sunderland
18 Apr 2017
British Prime Minister Teresa May announces she will seek a snap election
18 Apr 2018
Protests begin in Managua Nicaragua over proposed changes to social security protesters beaten by suspected pro-government gangs
18 Apr 2018
Black Panther is the first film shown at a commercial cinema in 35 years in Saudi Arabia as cinemas are reopened
18 Apr 2019
Irish Journalist Lyra McKee shot to death covering riots in Derry Northern Ireland with dissident republican group the New IRA claiming responsibility
18 Apr 2020
Canadas worst modern mass shooting as a gunman kills 18 people including a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer across Nova Scotia
18 Apr 2020
French flagship aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle reports over 1000 cases of COVID-19 prompting an investigation
18 Apr 2021
12-team European Super League is announced to widespread condemnation amongst governments non-involved clubs press and fans amidst the furore all 6 EPL clubs withdraw within 3 days
18 Apr 2022
Russia begins a major new offensive in Donbas during their invasion of Ukraine [1]
18 Apr 2023
Fox News settles lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for 787.5 million moments before trial with Fox admitting it had defamed Dominion during US 2020 election by broadcasting conspiracy theories [1]
18 Apr 1025
Bolesaw I the Brave is crowned in Gniezno becoming the first King of Poland
18 Apr 1593
William Shakespeares poem Venus and Adonis is registered for publication - his first work to be printed and his most famous work during his lifetime [1]
18 Apr 1775
Paul Revere William Dawes and Samuel Prescott ride from Charlestown to Lexington warning the regulars are coming
18 Apr 1921
Junior Achievement incorporated in Colorado Springs
18 Apr 1934
C.A. Tannahill opens 1st US Washateria (laundromat) in Fort Worth Texas four electric washing machines available for hourly rental - no dryers were available
18 Apr 1977
Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Cristofer for his play Shadow Box
18 Apr 2024
Fossil evidence of the largest known snake 11-15 meters long named Vasuki indicus 66 million years old published from a mine in Panandhro western India [1]
18 Apr 2024
New report finds nearly half of Chinas cities are sinking due to development and extracting too much water [1]
18 Apr 2024
Police are sent in to remove students on campus at Columbia University protesting Israeli actions in Gaza - ignites protests across US campuses [1]
18 Apr 2024
United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council resolution recognising Palestine as a state with the UK and Switzerland abstaining [1]
18 Apr 1775
Paul Revere William Dawes and Samuel Prescott ride from Charlestown to Lexington warning the regulars are coming out [1]
18 Apr 1879
Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on Native American citizenship rights begins
18 Apr 1880
F4 tornado strikes Marshfield in Missouri killing 99 people and injuring 100
18 Apr 1904
LHumanit under Jean Jaurs begins publication
18 Apr 1924
First crossword puzzle book published by Simon & Schuster
18 Apr 1934
C.A. Tannahill opens the first US Washateria (laundromat) in Fort Worth Texas four electric washing machines are available for hourly rental but no dryers are available
18 Apr 1938
Superman first appears in DC Comics Action Comics Series Issue 1 dated June
18 Apr 1946
League of Nations dissolves three months after United Nations is formeds
18 Apr 1955
First WalkDont Walk lighted street signals are installed
18 Apr 1963
Dr. James Campbell performs the first human nerve transplant
18 Apr 1967
Jonathan Frid makes his first appearance as 200-year-old vampire Barnabas Collins on TVs Dark Shadows and the show becomes a huge hit