This Day in History
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
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Paul Revere and William Dawes set out on horseback to warn of British attack
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Journalist Ernie Pyle killed
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Doolittle leads air raid on Tokyo
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The Great San Francisco Earthquake topples buildings, killing thousands
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Germans shoot down French pilot Roland Garros
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Nixon says prospects for peace in Vietnam are better
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Joan Benoit wins Boston Marathon
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JFK denies U.S. military intervention in Cuba
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Federal court decides to release poet Ezra Pound from hospital for criminally insane
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Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco marry
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Missouri is ravaged by tornadoes
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