About April 18
April 18, 2024 is the 109th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 257 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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Aries is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 286 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On April 18
- 1518 –Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.
- 1689 –Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
- 1797 –The Battle of Neuwied – French victory against the Austrians.
- 1848 –American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
- 1857 –“The Spirits Book” by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.
- 1880 –An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.
- 1881 –Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
- 1897 –The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
- 1899 –The St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
- 1902 –Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, is destroyed by an earthquake.
- 1906 –An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
- 1912 –The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.
- 1943 –World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.
- 1946 –The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
- 1958 –A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum.
- 1961 –CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule.
- 1974 –The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore dry port.
- 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.
- 1983 –A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.
- 1996 –In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the UN compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
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