Notable Historical Events on April 18th
April 18th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
310 |
St Eusebius begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
387 |
Bishop Ambrosius of Milan baptizes Augustinus |
1025 |
Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. |
1506 |
The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid. |
1518 |
Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland. |
1521 |
Diet of Worms: Cardinal Alexander questions Martin Luther |
1552 |
Mauritius of Saksen occupies Linz |
1663 |
Osman declares war on Austria |
1666 |
Peace of Kleef: Netherlands & bishop Von Galen of Munster |
1676 |
Sudbury, Mass attacked by Indians |
1738 |
Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid. |
1775 |
Paul Revere & William Dawes ride from Charleston to Lexington warning the "regulars are coming!" |
1783 |
Fighting ceases in the American Revolution, eight years to the day since it began. |
1797 |
France & Austria signs cease fire |
1809 |
1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England |
1834 |
Charles Darwin sails to Rio Santa Cruz up Patagonia |
1835 |
William Lamb (Lord Melbourne) forms British government |
1838 |
Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails |
1848 |
American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico. |
1853 |
1st train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km) |
1856 |
Russian Republic Chancellor Earl von Nesselrode resigns |
1861 |
Battle of Harpers Ferry, Virginia, part of the Maryland Campaign (US Civil War) |
1861 |
Colonel Robert E. Lee turns down offer to command Union armies (US Civil War) |
1862 |
Battle of Ft Jackson, Ft St Philip & New Orlean's, LA |
1864 |
Battle of Poison Springs, AR (Camden Expedition) |
1865 |
Confederate Gen Johnson surrendered to General William T. Sherman in North Carolina |
1868 |
San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed |
1869 |
1st international cricket match, held in SF, wins by Californian |
1874 |
David Livingstone, African explorer, buried in Westminster Abbey |
1876 |
Daniel O'Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hrs 32 min |
1879 |
Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on indians citizen rights begins |
1880 |
An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100. |
1881 |
Natural History Museum opens in South Kensington, England |
1881 |
Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico. |
1890 |
NY Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton |
1899 |
John McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager |
1899 |
The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria. |
1902 |
Denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals |
1904 |
L'Humanité, under Jean Jaurès begins publishing |
1906 |
8.25 earthquake shakes SF Calif |
1906 |
Calvinist Reformed Union in Neth Church forms in Utrecht |
1906 |
San Francisco earthquake & fire kills nearly 4,000 & destroy 75% of city |
1906 |
The Los Angeles Times story on the Azusa Street Revival launches Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement. |
1907 |
Augustus Thomas' "Witching Hour" premieres in NYC |
1907 |
Fairmont Hotel opens |
1908 |
Tommy Burns KOs Jewy Smith in 5 for heavyweight boxing title |
1912 |
The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City. |
1912 |
Tripolitan War: in continuing hostilities, Turkey closes the Dardanelles Straits after an Italian naval bombardment of the coastline |
1915 |
French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I. |
1916 |
US Secretary of State Warns Germany that the USA may break diplomatic relations unless torpedo attacks on unarmed ships stop |
1918 |
Cleveland center fielder Tris Speaker turns an unassisted double play |
1921 |
Junior Achievement incorporated in Colorado Spring |
1921 |
Philip James Barry's "Punch for Judy" premieres in NYC |
1922 |
Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0 |
1923 |
74,000 (62,281 paid) on hand for opening of Yankee Stadium |
1923 |
Poland annexes Central Lithuania |
1924 |
1st crossword puzzle book published (Simon & Schuster) |
1925 |
World's Fair opens in Chicago |
1926 |
Rhein Stadium opens in Dusseldorf Germany |
1927 |
Chiang Kai-Shek forms anti-government in China |
1929 |
Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire |
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. |
1934 |
1st "Washateria" (laundromat) opens (Fort Worth, Tx) |
1934 |
Hitler names Joachim von Ribbentrop ambassador for disarmament |
1935 |
Gen Sarazen's double eagle on 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters |
1935 |
Netherlands election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote) |
1936 |
Pan-Am Clipper begins regular passenger flights from San Francisco to Honolulu |
1938 |
Headless Mad Butcher victim found in Cleveland |
1939 |
Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey |
1939 |
Hubert Pierlot forms Belgian government |
1942 |
"Stars & Stripes" paper for US armed forces starts |
1942 |
James Doolittle bombs Tokyo & other Japanese cities |
1942 |
Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3 |
1944 |
48th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:50.4 |
1944 |
Leonard Bernstein & Jerome Robbins' ballet premieres in NYC |
1945 |
1 armed outfielder, St L Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4 |
1945 |
Epe freed (by corporal G van Aken) |
1945 |
Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops |
1945 |
Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Bolivia are established. |
1946 |
"Call Me Mister" opens at National Theater NYC for 734 performances |
1946 |
Jackie Robinson debuts as 2nd baseman for the Montreal Royals |
1946 |
League of Nations dissolves (3 months after UN starts) |
1946 |
Rome/Auerbach/Horwitt's musical "Call Me Mister" premieres in NYC |
1946 |
US recognizes Tito's Yugoslavia government |
1948 |
International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands |
1949 |
Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth |
1950 |
1st opening night-game, Cards beat Pirates, 4-2 |
1950 |
1st transatlantic jet passenger trip |
1950 |
Polish Catholic church & government sign accord over relations |
1950 |
Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves |
1950 |
Yankees win 15-10 after trailing Red Sox 9-0 in 6th |
1951 |
"Make a Wish" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 102 performances |
1951 |
Dutch Antilles government of Da Costa Gomez forms |
1951 |
France, West Germany & Benelux form European Steel & Coal Community |
1953 |
"Pal Joey" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 542 performances |
1954 |
Colonel Nasser seizes power & becomes PM of Egypt |
1954 |
Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open |
1955 |
"Ankles Aweigh" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 176 perfs |
1955 |
1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed |
1955 |
1st Bandoeng Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens |
1956 |
Egypt & Israel agree to a cease fire |
1958 |
Government troops reconquer Padang, Middle-Sumatra Indonesia |
1958 |
NL single-game record of 78,682, Giants lose to Dogers 6-5, in LA |
1958 |
A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound is to be released from an insane asylum. |
1959 |
Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1 |
1961 |
CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule. |
1962 |
16th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3 |
1963 |
"Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 8 performances |
1963 |
Dr James Campbell performed the 1st human nerve transplant |
1963 |
Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1 |
1964 |
"Cafe Crown" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 3 performances |
1964 |
"Foxy" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances |
1964 |
Artisans strike in Belgium ends |
1964 |
Sandy Koufax is 1st to strike out the side on 9 pitches |
1964 |
Van Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr Sloane" |
1966 |
Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics) |
1968 |
178,000 employees of US Bell Telephone System go on strike |
1968 |
1st ABA basketball championship began |
1968 |
Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms |
1968 |
London Bridge is sold to US oil company (to be erected in Arizona) |
1968 |
Mart Crowley's "Boys in the Band" premieres in NYC |
1968 |
Peter Luke's "Hadrian VII" premieres in London |
1968 |
San Francisco's Old Hall of Justice demolished |
1968 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1969 |
Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund |
1971 |
Gavaskar makes 220 in 2nd inning v WI after 124 in 1st |
1971 |
Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic |
1972 |
"Lost in the Stars" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 39 performances |
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" |
1973 |
US Government ends Mandatory Oil Import Program, established in 1959 by President Eisenhower |
1974 |
Red Brigade kidnaps Italian attorney general Mario Sossi |
1975 |
John Lennon releases "Stand by Me" |
1976 |
30th Tony Awards: Travesties & Chorus Line win |
1976 |
Judy Rankin wins LPGA Karsten- Ping Golf Open |
1977 |
"Side by Side" by Stephen Sondheim opens at Music Box NYC for 390 perfs |
1977 |
6th Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:48:33 |
1977 |
81st Boston Marathon won by Jerome Drayton of Canada in 2:14:46 |
1977 |
Alex Haley, author of "Roots", awarded Pulitzer Prize |
1977 |
Eddie Murray hits his 1st HR |
1977 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to Michael Cristofer for "Shadow Box" |
1978 |
Senate votes to turn Panama Canal over to Panama on Dec 31, 1999 |
1979 |
"Real People" premieres on NBC TV |
1979 |
Major Haddad declares South-Lebanon independent |
1980 |
Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) declares independence from UK |
1981 |
Pawtucket & Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game |
1982 |
Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros) |
1982 |
Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act |
1982 |
Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International |
1982 |
Zimbabwe capital Salisbury renamed Harare |
1983 |
12th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43 |
1983 |
87th Boston Marathon won by Greg Meyer of Mass in 2:09:00 |
1983 |
A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at US Embassy in Lebanon |
1983 |
KMO-AM in Tacoma Wash changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO) |
1983 |
Pulitzer Prize awarded to Alice Walker for "The Color Purple" |
1983 |
Rangers 3-Isles 1-Patrick Div Finals-Series tied at 2-2 |
1984 |
Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB |
1984 |
Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43) |
1985 |
Flyers 3-Isles 0-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead |
1986 |
Robert M Gates, becomes deputy director of CIA |
1986 |
Titan rocket explodes seconds after liftoff from Vandenberg AFB |
1987 |
An unconscious skydiver is rescued by another diver in mid-air |
1987 |
Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race |
1987 |
Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run (vs Robinson-Pirates) |
1987 |
Pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph) |
1988 |
17th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30 |
1988 |
92nd Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:43 |
1988 |
Barbra Streisand records "Warm All Over" |
1989 |
Zimbabwe gains independence |
1990 |
Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines |
1990 |
Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF |
1990 |
Supreme Court rules states could make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography, even in one's home |
1991 |
Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census |
1991 |
Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike |
1991 |
John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136 |
1992 |
Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown) |
1993 |
"Ain't Broadway Grand" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 25 perfs |
1993 |
54th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Tom Wargo |
1993 |
David Lee Roth arrested in NYC for purchasing marijuana for $10 |
1993 |
Trish Johnson wins LPGA Atlanta Women's Golf Championship |
1994 |
"Beauty & the Beast" opens at Palace Theater NYC |
1994 |
23rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:21:45 |
1994 |
98th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:07:15 |
1994 |
Arsenio Hall announces he will end his show in May 1994 |
1994 |
Brian Lara scores 375 for WI vs England to beat Sobers' record |
1994 |
Cricketer Brian Lara hits 375 runs on 1 day (world record) |
1994 |
Former President Nixon suffered a stroke & dies 4 days later |
1994 |
Lebanon drops relations with Iran |
1994 |
STS-59 (Endeavour) lands [approx] |
1995 |
Houston Post folds after 116 years |
1995 |
Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football |
1996 |
"Funny Thing Happened" opens at St James Theater NYC for 715 perfs |
1996 |
In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces accidentally shell the UN compound at Quana. |
1999 |
Wayne Gretzky plays his last game in the NHL, as his New York Rangers lose 2-1 to the Pittsburgh Penguins |
2007 |
The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision. |
2012 |
The Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples begins burning artworks after cultural institution budget cuts |
2013 |
27 people are killed and 65 are injured in a cafe bombing in Baghdad, Iraq |
2013 |
Two earth-like planets are discovered orbiting the star Kepler-62 |
2014 |
12 Nepalese climbers are killed by an avalanche on Mt Everest |
2016 |
Drone hits British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Airport |
2016 |
Asian shares drop, crude tumbles after Doha deal fails |
2016 |
China's first quarter quarterly growth of 1.1 percent misses forecasts |
2016 |
South Korea Says North Is Preparing for 5th Nuclear Test |
2017 |
New Trump Order Extends 'Buy American' And 'Hire American' Rules |
2017 |
Pence reassures Japan of US resolve against North Korea |
2017 |
A Murder Posted on Facebook Prompts Outrage and Questions Over Responsibility |
2017 |
White House: Trump congratulates Erdogan after disputed win |
2017 |
First woman to officially run Boston Marathon finishes race again at 70 |
2017 |
Arkansas execution delayed as Supreme Court refuses to overrule state court |
2017 |
Trump may have to be patient about North Korea |
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