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What Happened on April 18th This Day in History

Year	Name
2019	A redacted version of the Mueller report is released to the United States Congress and the public.
2018	King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini.
1988	The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
1988	In Israel John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II, although the verdict is later overturned.
1980	The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.
1972	East African Airways Flight 720 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing 43.
1955	Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
1954	Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
1949	The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force, declaring Éire to be a republic and severing Ireland's "association" with the Commonwealth of Nations.
1947	The Operation Big Bang, the largest non-nuclear man-made explosion to that time, destroys bunkers and military installations on the North Sea island of Heligoland, Germany.
1946	The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
1945	Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.
1945	Italian resistance movement: In Turin, despite the harsh repressive measures adopted by Nazi-fascists, a great pre-insurrectional strike begins.
1943	World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.
1942	World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
1942	Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
1939	Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
1930	The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced that "there is no news" in their evening report.
1917	The II Italian Corps in France leaves from Italy for the western front. It will distinguish itself during the Third Battle of the Aisne and the Second Battle of the Marne, in Bligny and on the sector Courmas – Bois du Petit Champ, where it will considerably contribute to stop the German offensive on Eparnay, aimed to outflank Reims.
1916	White war on the Italian front (World War I): during a mine warfare in high altitude on the Dolomites, the Italian troops conquer the Col di Lana held by the Austrian army.
1915	French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
1912	The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.
1909	Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
1906	An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
1902	The 7.5 Mw  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800 and 2,000.
1899	The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
1897	The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
1864	Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
1857	"The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.
1847	American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
1831	The University of Alabama is founded in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
1783	Three-Fifths Compromise: The first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three fifths of persons (for the purpose of taxation), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederation. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
1775	American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
1738	Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
1689	Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
1521	Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication.
1518	Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.
1506	The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid.
1428	Peace of Ferrara between Republic of Venice, Duchy of Milan, Republic of Florence and House of Gonzaga: ending of the second campaign of the Wars in Lombardy fought until the Treaty of Lodi in 1454, which will then guarantee the conditions for the development of the Italian Renaissance.
796	King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The patrician Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days.

Famous People Born on April 18

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Year	Name
1942	Robert Christgau, American journalist and critic
1931	Bill Miles, American director and producer (d. 2013)
1936	Vladimir Hütt, Estonian physicist and philosopher (d. 1997)
1918	Tony Mottola, American guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
1937	Keiko Abe, Japanese marimba player and composer
1901	Al Lewis, American songwriter (d. 1967)
1922	Barbara Hale, American actress (d. 2017)
1953	Rick Moranis, Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter
1904	Pigmeat Markham, African-American comedian, singer, and dancer (d. 1981)
1905	George H. Hitchings, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

Famous People Deaths On April 18

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Date	Name
2022	Harrison Birtwistle, British composer (b. 1934)
2008	Germaine Tillion, French ethnologist and anthropologist (b. 1907)
1864	Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (b. 1832)
1176	Galdino della Sala, Italian archdeacon and saint
1898	Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (b. 1826)
850	Perfectus, Spanish monk and martyr
2004	Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 2nd President of Fiji (b. 1920)
1947	Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (b. 1887)
1732	Louis Feuillée, French astronomer, geographer, and botanist (b. 1660)
1945	John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer, invented the vacuum tube (b. 1849)