April 18

April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). There are 257 days remaining.

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 Recorded this date

Events

• 1518 - Bona Sforza is crowned as queen of Poland and married to Sigismund I of Poland.
• 1775 - Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott ride to warn of impending arrests of Samuel Adams and John Hancock and seizure of weapons. Only Prescott finishes the ride.
• 1906 - 1906 San Francisco earthquake, estimated magnitude 7.8, destroys much of San Francisco, California.
• 1934 - The first "washateria" opens in Fort Worth, Texas.
• 1942 - World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Tokyo occurs.
• 1942 - Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 1945 - A thousand-bomber raid on the small island of Heligoland leaves nothing standing; 128 people, mostly anti-aircraft crew, were killed.
• 1946 - The League of Nations dissolves.
• 1947 - While destroying German naval installations on Heligoland, the British Royal Navy detonate 6800 tons of explosive in an attempt to demolish the island.
• 1949 - The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force.
• 1954 - Gamal Abdal Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
• 1958 - A federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound should be released from an insane asylum.
• 1972 - The Roland Corporation founded in Osaka.
• 1974 - Italian prosecutor Mario Sossi is kidnapped by the Red Brigades.
• 1980 - The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) came into being.
• 1983 - A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.
• 1994 - Brian Lara scores 375 in an innings of a test cricket match, beating Garfield Sobers's previous record of 365.
• 1996 - Over 100 Lebanese civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the UN compound at Qana (see Qana Massacre).
• 2002 - A new order of insects, Mantophasmatodea, is announced.

• 1480 - Lucrezia Borgia, Renaissance ruler and daughter of Pope Alexander VI (d. 1519)
• 1590 - Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)
• 1819 - Franz von Suppé, Croatian - Austrian composer (d. 1895)
• 1857 - Clarence Darrow, attorney (d. 1938)
• 1864 - Richard Harding Davis, author (d. 1916)
• 1882 - Leopold Stokowski, conductor and founder of the American Symphony Orchestra (d. 1977)
• 1893 - Jo Swerling, writer (d. 1964)
• 1897 - Ardito Desio, Italian topographer and mountaineer (d. 2001)
• 1901 - László Németh, author (d. 1975)
• 1904 - Pigmeat Markham, comedian (d. 1981)
• 1921 - Jean Richard, actor (d. 2001)
• 1921 - Barbara Hale, actress
• 1928 - Otto Piene, painter
• 1940 - Robert N. Kucey, author
• 1946 - Hayley Mills, actress
• 1947 - James Woods, actor
• 1949 - Geoff Bodine, automobile racer
• 1954 - Rick Moranis, comedian
• 1963 - Conan O'Brien, comedian
• 1966 - Trine Hattestad, javelin thrower

• 1674 - John Graunt, statistician
• 1689 - George Jeffreys, British Chief Justice, presided over the "Bloody Assizes" (b. 1648)
• 1873 - Justus von Liebig, chemist (b. 1803)
• 1945 - Ernie Pyle, American journalist (b. 1900)
• 1964 - Ben Hecht, playwright, screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1955 - Albert Einstein, scientist (b. 1879)
• 2002 - Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer on the Kon-Tiki expedition (b. 1914)
• 2003 - Edgar F. Codd, Founder of theory of relational databases (b. 1923)
• 2003 - Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)
• 2004 - Kamisese Mara, first Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1920)

• Good Friday (2003)

• 1896 - "Onward, Christian Soldiers" (w. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould m. Sir Arthur Sullivan)
  - J. W. Myers
  
• 1912 - "Dreams Of Long Ago" (w. Earl Carroll m. Enrico Caruso)
  - Enrico Caruso with O/Walter B. Rogers
  
• 1913 - "San Francisco Bound" (w.m. Irving Berlin)
  - Peerless Quartette
  
• 1916 - "And They Called It Dixieland" (w. Raymond Egan m. Richard A. Whiting)
  - James Reed & James F. Harrison
  
• 1919 - "Jazz Baby" (w. Blanche Merrill & William Jerome m. William Jerome)
  - Marion Harris with O/Rosario Bourdon
  
• 1924 - "It Had To Be You" (w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones)
  - California Ramblers
  
• 1928 - "Log Cabin Blues" (Delaney)
  - Clarence Williams' Washboard Five
  
• 1930 - "The Yellow Dog Blues" (w.m. W. C. Handy)
  - Ted Lewis & his Band
  
• 1934 - "Cocktails For Two" (w.m. Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow)
  - Carl Brisson with Jimmie Grier & his Orchestra
  
• 1935 - "I'll Never Say - "Never Again" Again" (w.m. Harry Woods)
  - Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra
  
• 1935 - "About A Quarter To Nine" (w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren)
  - Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra
  
• 1935 - "She's A Latin From Manhattan" (w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren)
  - Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra
  
• 1939 - "Back In The Saddle Again" (w.m. Gene Autry & Ray Whitley)
  - Gene Autry
  
• 1939 - "Pavanne" (m. Morton Gould)
  - Glenn Miller & his Orchestra
  
• 1939 - "I'll Walk Beside You" (w.m. Alan Murray & Edward Lockton)
  - Peter Dawson with Hubert Greenslade
  
• 1940 - "The Breeze And I" (w. Al Stillman m. Ernesto Lecuona)
  - Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra
  
• 1944 - "Tenement Symphony" (w. Sid Kuller & Ray Golden m. Hal Borne)
  - Dorothy Carless with Geraldo & his Orchestra
  
• 1945 - "Close As Pages In A Book" (w. Dorothy Fields m. Sigmund Romberg)
  - Bing Crosby with O/John Scott Trotter
  
• 1945 - "If I Loved You" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers)
  - Bing Crosby with O/John Scott Trotter
  
• 1945 - "Just A-Wearyin' For You" (w. Frank Stanton m. Carrie Jacobs-Bond)
  - Bing Crosby with O/John Scott Trotter
  
• 1945 - "I Love You Truly" (w.m. Carrie Jacobs-Bond)
  - Bing Crosby with O/John Scott Trotter
  
• 1946 - "Sweethearts" (w. Robert B. Smith m. Victor Herbert)
  - Jeanette MacDonald with O/Russ Case
  
• 1949 - "Bali Ha'i" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers)
  - Juanita Hall with O/Salvatore Dell'Isola
  
• 1949 - "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" (w.m. Stan Jones)
  - Peggy Lee w. Jud Conlon Singers with O/Dave Barbour
  
• 1949 - "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers)
  - Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour All-Stars
  - Mary Martin with O/Salvatore Dell'Isola
  
• 1949 - "A Wonderful Guy" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers)
  - Mary Martin with O/Salvatore Dell'Isola
  
• 1949 - "Honey Bun" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers)
  - Danny Kaye with O/Gordon Jenkins
  
• 1949 - "Happy Talk" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers)
  - Juanita Hall with O/Salvatore Dell'Isola
  
• 1949 - "Bloody Mary" (w. Oscar Hammerstein m. Richard Rodgers)
  - Men's Chorus with O/Salvatore Dell'Isola
  
• 1949 - "This Nearly Was Mine" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers)
  - Ezio Pinza with O/Salvatore Dell'Isola
  
• 1949 - "There Is Nothin' Like A Dame" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers)
  - Myron McCormick & male chorus with O/Salvatore Dell'Isola
  - Danny Kaye with O/Gordon Jenkins
  
• 1949 - "Some Enchanted Evening" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers)
  - Ezio Pinza with O/Salvatore Dell'Isola
  
• 1949 - "Younger Than Springtime" (w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers)
  - William Tabbert with O/Salvatore Dell'Isola
  
• 1950 - "The Old Piano Roll Blues" (w.m. Cy Coben)
  - Al Jolson & Andrews Sisters
  
• 1950 - "'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" (w. Henry Creamer m. Turner Layton)
  - Al Jolson & Andrews Sisters
  
• 1950 - "Peterkin Pillowby" (w.m. Sol Marcus & Eddie Seiler)
  - Rosemary Clooney with O/ Percy Faith
  
• 1950 - "Little Sally One Shoe"
  - Rosemary Clooney with O/ Percy Faith
  
• 1950 - "Who'll Tie The Bell (On The Old Cat's Tail)"
  - Rosemary Clooney with O/ Percy Faith
  
• 1950 - "Little Johnny Chickadee" (w. Leo Talent m. J. Fred Coots)
  - Rosemary Clooney with O/ Percy Faith
  
• 1952 - "On The First Warm Day" (w.m. Bart Howard)
  - Rosemary Clooney
• 1952 - "Botch-A-Me" (w. (Eng) Eddie Stanley (Ital) R. Morbelli & L. Astore m. R. Morbelli & L. Astore)
  - Rosemary Clooney
• 1952 - "Too Old To Cut The Mustard" (w.m. Bill Carlisle)
  - Marlene Dietrich & Rosemary Clooney
• 1956 - "Thanks For The Memory" (w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger)
  - Bing Crosby with O/Jack Pleis
  

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