About April 18
April 18, 2025 is the 108th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 257 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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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 305 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On April 18
- 1025 –Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.
- 1689 –Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
- 1848 –American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
- 1880 –An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.
- 1899 –The St. Andrew’s Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
- 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.
- 1930 –BBC Radio announces that there is no news on that day.
- 1936 –The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1942 –World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan. Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
- 1946 –The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
- 1949 –The aircraft carrier USS United States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
- 1954 –Gamal Abdal Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
- 1955 –29 nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
- 1961 –The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted.
- 1980 –The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country’s first President. The Zimbabwe Dollar replaces the Rhodesian Dollar as the official currency.
- 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.
- 1988 –The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
- 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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