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What happend on 18. April in History
In our data base we found 335 events happened on 18. April:
• 1025: Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. [category: Events]
• 1161: Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury [category: Deaths]
• 1480: Lucrezia Borgia, Florentine ruler and daughter of Pope Alexander VI (d. 1519) [category: Births]
• 1506: The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid. [category: Events]
• 1518: Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland. [category: Events]
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• 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. [category: Events]
• 1552: John Leland, English antiquarian (b. 1502) [category: Deaths]
• 1556: Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (b. 1495) [category: Deaths]
• 1558: Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent [category: Deaths]
• 1567: Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (b. 1503) [category: Deaths]
• 1580: Thomas Middleton, English dramatist (d. 1627) [category: Births]
• 1590: Ahmed I, Ottoman emperor (d. 1617) [category: Births]
• 1605: Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (d. 1674) [category: Births]
• 1636: Julius Caesar, English judge [category: Deaths]
• 1648: Jeanne Guyon, French mystic (d. 1717) [category: Births]
• 1650: Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian (b. 1602) [category: Deaths]
• 1666: Jean-Féry Rebel, French composer and violinist (d. 1747) [category: Births]
• 1674: John Graunt, English statistician (b. 1620) [category: Deaths]
• 1689: George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, British Chief Justice (b. 1648) [category: Deaths]
• 1689: Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros. [category: Events]
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• 1732: Louis Feuillée, French explorer (b. 1660) [category: Deaths]
• 1738: Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid. [category: Events]
• 1740: Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English merchant banker (d. 1810) [category: Births]
• 1759: Jacques Widerkehr, Alsatian composer and cellist (d. 1823) [category: Births]
• 1763: Marie-Josephte Corriveau, Canadian convicted murderer (b. 1733) [category: Deaths]
• 1771: Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1820) [category: Births]
• 1772: David Ricardo, English political economist (d. 1823) [category: Births]
• 1775: American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements. [category: Events]
• 1794: Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1796: Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist (b. 1732) [category: Deaths]
• 1797: Adolphe Thiers, French statesman (d. 1877) [category: Births]
• 1797: The Battle of Neuwied – French victory against the Austrians. [category: Events]
• 1802: Erasmus Darwin, English physician and botanist (b. 1731) [category: Deaths]
• 1813: James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist (d. 1865) [category: Births]
• 1819: Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban Revolutionary (d. 1874) [category: Births]
• 1819: Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (d. 1895) [category: Births]
• 1831: The University of Alabama is founded. [category: Events]
• 1838: Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French scientist (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1848: American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico. [category: Events]
• 1857: Alexander Shirvanzade, Armenian playwright and novelist (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1857: Clarence Darrow, American attorney (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1857: The Spirits Book by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France. [category: Events]
• 1859: Tantya Tope, Indian Revolutionary and General (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1863: Leopold Graf Berchtold, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1863: Linton Hope, English naval architect and yachtsman (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1864: Richard Harding Davis, American author (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1864: Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement. [category: Events]
• 1873: Ernst Reckeweg, American gymnast (death date unknown) [category: Births]
• 1873: Justus von Liebig, German chemist (b. 1803) [category: Deaths]
• 1874: Ivana Brlic-Mazuranic, Croatian writer (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1874: Oskar Ernst Bernhardt, German author (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1877: Vicente Sotto, Filipino patriot, author (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1879: Korneli Kekelidze, Georgian philologist (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1880: Sam Crawford, American baseball player (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1880: An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100. [category: Events]
• 1881: Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico. [category: Events]
• 1882: Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian ruler and author (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1882: Leopold Stokowski, Polish conductor (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1888: Duffy Lewis, American baseball player (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1889: Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and activist (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1893: Violette Morris, French athlete (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1896: Na Hye-sok, Korean poeter, feminist writer and painter, educators, journalists. (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1897: Ardito Desio, Italian topographer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1897: The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1898: Gustave Moreau, French painter (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria. [category: Events]
• 1901: Al Lewis, American lyricist (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1901: Elene Akhvlediani, Georgian artist (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1901: László Németh, Hungarian writer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1902: Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1902: Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-French rabbi and Hasidic Judaism leader (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1902: Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, is destroyed by an earthquake. [category: Events]
• 1904: Pigmeat Markham, American comedian (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1904: Sumner Paine, American shooter (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1905: George H. Hitchings, American scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1905: Sydney Halter, Canadian lawyer and sports executive (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1906: Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1906: An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California. [category: Events]
• 1907: Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian composer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1909: Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome. [category: Events]
• 1911: Maurice Goldhaber, Austrian-American physicist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1912: The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City. [category: Events]
• 1914: Claire Martin, Canadian novelist [category: Births]
• 1915: Joy Davidman, American poet and writer, wife of C. S. Lewis (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1915: French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I. [category: Events]
• 1916: Doug Peden, Canadian athlete (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1917: Frederika of Hanover, Queen Consort of Greece (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1917: Ty LaForest, Canadian baseball player (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1917: Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: André Bazin, French critic and theorist (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1918: Clifton Hillegass, American publisher (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1918: Gabriel Axel, Danish director [category: Births]
• 1918: Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1918: Tony Mottola, American guitarist (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1919: Virginia O'Brien, American actress and singer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1919: Vondell Darr, American actress (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1921: Jean Richard, French actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1922: Barbara Hale, American actress [category: Births]
• 1923: Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opens. [category: Events]
• 1924: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American blues musician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1924: Henry Hyde, American politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1924: Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book. [category: Events]
• 1925: Bob Hastings, American actor [category: Births]
• 1925: Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1927: Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1930: Clive Revill, New Zealand actor [category: Births]
• 1930: BBC Radio announces that there is no news on that day. [category: Events]
• 1934: George Shirley, American tenor [category: Births]
• 1934: James Drury, American actor [category: Births]
• 1935: Costas Ferris, Greek director [category: Births]
• 1935: Panait Istrati, Romanian writer (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Tommy Ivo, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1936: Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan. [category: Events]
• 1937: Jan Kaplický, Czech-British architect [category: Births]
• 1938: George Bryant, American archer (b. 1978) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: Thomas J. Moyer, American judge [category: Births]
• 1940: Joseph L. Goldstein, American scientist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1940: Mike Vickers, British musician and composer (Manfred Mann) [category: Births]
• 1942: Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1942: Robert Christgau, American journalist and critic [category: Births]
• 1942: Steve Blass, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1942: Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor, art patron, and collector, founder of Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France. [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan. Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed. [category: Events]
• 1943: Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island. [category: Events]
• 1944: Robert Hanssen, American FBI agent [category: Births]
• 1945: Margaret Hassan, Irish aid worker (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1945: Ernie Pyle, American journalist (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: William, Prince of Albania (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany. [category: Events]
• 1946: Hayley Mills, English actress [category: Births]
• 1946: Jean-François Balmer, Swiss actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Skip Spence, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape) (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1946: The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands. [category: Events]
• 1947: Cindy Pickett, American actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Dorothy Lyman, American actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Herbert Mullin, American serial killer [category: Births]
• 1947: James Woods, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, screenwriter, and director [category: Births]
• 1947: Kathy Acker, American author (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1947: Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest, politician, and Nazi collaborator (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Régis Wargnier, French director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1949: Geoff Bodine, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1949: Will Hay, English comedian and actor (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: The keel for 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. [category: Events]
• 1950: Kenny Ortega, American producer and choreographer [category: Births]
• 1950: Paul Callery, Australian footballar [category: Births]
• 1951: Pierre Pettigrew, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Ricardo Fortaleza, Australian-Filipino boxer [category: Births]
• 1951: António Óscar Carmona, Portuguese politician, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Rick Moranis, Canadian comedian [category: Births]
• 1954: Gamal Abdal Nasser seizes power in Egypt. [category: Events]
• 1955: Albert Einstein, German physicist (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: 29 nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference. [category: Events]
• 1956: Anna Kathryn Holbrook, American actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Eric Roberts, American actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Melody Thomas Scott, American actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Poonam Dhillon, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Malcolm Marshall, Indian cricketer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1958: Maurice Gamelin, French general (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum. [category: Events]
• 1959: Irving Cummings, American actor and film director (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Jane Leeves, British actress [category: Births]
• 1961: John Podhoretz, American columnist and political pundit [category: Births]
• 1961: Kelly Hansen, American singer and musician (Foreigner and Hurricane) [category: Births]
• 1961: Steve Lombardi, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1961: CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule. [category: Events]
• 1961: The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted. [category: Events]
• 1962: Jeff Dunham, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1963: Conan O'Brien, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1963: Eric McCormack, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Peter Van Loan, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1963: Meyer Jacobstein, American politician (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Bez, English dancer and author [category: Births]
• 1964: Jim Ellison, American singer and musician (Material Issue) (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1964: Niall Ferguson, British historian [category: Births]
• 1964: Rithy Panh, Cambodian director [category: Births]
• 1964: Ben Hecht, American writer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Rob Stenders, Dutch disc jockey [category: Births]
• 1965: Steven Stayner, American kidnap victim (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1965: Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor and engineer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Camille Coduri, English actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Trine Hattestad, Norwegian athlete [category: Births]
• 1966: Valeri Kamensky, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1967: Maria Bello, American actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Karl Miller, German footballer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: David Hewlett, English-Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Mary Birdsong, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Keith R.A. DeCandido, American author [category: Births]
• 1969: Princess Sayako of Japan [category: Births]
• 1969: Stefan Schwarz, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Esther Schweins, German actress and comedienne [category: Births]
• 1970: François Leroux, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1970: Greg Eklund, American musician (Everclear and The Oohlas) [category: Births]
• 1970: Rico Brogna, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Saad Hariri, Saudi-Lebanese politician, Prime Minister of Lebanon [category: Births]
• 1970: Tatiana Stefanidou, Greek television host and journalist [category: Births]
• 1971: David Tennant, Scottish actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Fredro Starr, American rapper and actor (Onyx) [category: Births]
• 1971: Oleg Petrov, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1971: Russell Payne, English author [category: Births]
• 1971: Samantha Cameron, English businesswoman [category: Births]
• 1971: Tamara Braun, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Eli Roth, American director [category: Births]
• 1972: Rosa Clemente, American journalist and activist [category: Births]
• 1973: Brady Clark, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Derrick Brooks, American football player [category: Births]
• 1973: Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian athlete [category: Births]
• 1973: Jad Abumrad, American radio host and producer [category: Births]
• 1974: Edgar Wright, English director [category: Births]
• 1974: Mark Tremonti, American musician (Creed and Alter Bridge) [category: Births]
• 1974: Millie Corretjer, Puerto Rican singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Marcel Pagnol, French novelist, playwright and director (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore's dry port. [category: Events]
• 1975: GoonRock, American songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1975: Jae-Heon Jeong, South Korean voice actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Fayray, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Gavin Creel, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1976: Jo Gibb, Scottish Actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Justin Ross, American politician [category: Births]
• 1976: Melissa Joan Hart, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Sean Maguire, English actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Mahmoud Younis, Egyptian engineer of the Suez Canal nationalization (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Cindy Taylor, Paraguayan model and actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Dan Lacouture, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Anthony Davidson, British race car driver [category: Births]
• 1979: Ethan Cohn, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Karl Wolf, Lebanese-Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Sky) [category: Births]
• 1979: Kourtney Kardashian, American model, actress, and businesswoman [category: Births]
• 1979: Matthew Upson, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Michael Bradley, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Nuria Fergó, Spanish singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Carolina Crescentini, Italian actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Justin Levens, American mixed martial artist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1980: Laura Mennell, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Priit Võigemast, Estonian actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Rabiu Afolabi, Nigerian Footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Robyn Regehr, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1981: Aldo Ramírez, Colombian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Brian Buscher, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Elastinen, Finnish rapper and producer (Fintelligens) [category: Births]
• 1981: Jamie Davis, English actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Mai Hoshimura, Japanese singer-songwriter and composer [category: Births]
• 1981: Milan Jovanović, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1982: Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1982: Greg Camarillo, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Ibrahim al-Asiri, Saudi Arabian terrorist [category: Births]
• 1982: Kristina Sisco, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Marie-Élaine Thibert, Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1982: Ricardo Colclough, Canadian football player [category: Births]
• 1982: Scott Hartnell, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Simone Farina, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Cheryl Haworth, American weightlifter [category: Births]
• 1983: Cristina Nardozzi, American model, Miss Massachusetts USA 2005 [category: Births]
• 1983: Fodil Hadjadj, Algerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Reeve Carney, singer-songwriter, musician, and actor [category: Births]
• 1983: A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people. [category: Events]
• 1984: America Ferrera, American actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Cameroonian mixed martial artist and judoka [category: Births]
• 1985: Elena Temnikova, Russian singer (Serebro) [category: Births]
• 1985: Jessica Lu, American actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Karl Reindler, Australian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1985: Mary Elise Hayden, American actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Rachel Smith, American model, Miss USA 2007 [category: Births]
• 1985: Sasa Handa, Japanese porn model and actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Łukasz Fabiański, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Billy Butler, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Conrad Logan, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Denice K., Danish porn actress, producer, and radio host [category: Births]
• 1986: Efraín Velarde, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Eleanor James, English actress and dancer [category: Births]
• 1986: Maurice Edu, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1986: Marcel Dassault, French aircraft industrialist (b.1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Brett Deledio, Australian football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Cara Mia Wayans, American actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Danny Guthrie, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, British model and actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Sandra Lyng Haugen, Norwegian singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Alexander Hauck, South African-German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1988: Anagabriela Espinoza, Mexican model, Miss International 2009 [category: Births]
• 1988: Pierre Desproges, French humorist (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II. [category: Events]
• 1989: Alia Shawkat, American actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Chaiwat Thongsaeng, Thai actor and model [category: Births]
• 1989: Hannah Wang, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Jessica, American-Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Girls' Generation) [category: Births]
• 1989: Simas Buterlevičius, Lithuanian basketball player [category: Births]
• 1990: Britt Robertson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Henderson Alvarez, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1990: Junior Torunarigha, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Wojciech Szczęsny, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Gory Guerrero, American wrestler (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Victoria O'Keefe, British actress (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Frankie Howerd, English comedian and actor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul. [category: Events]
• 1993: Nathan Sykes, English singer-songwriter (The Wanted) [category: Births]
• 1993: Masahiko Kimura, Japanese judoka (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Moises Arias, American actor [category: Births]
• 1995: Arturo Frondizi, Argentine politician, President of Argentina (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Roza Makagonova, Russian actress (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Bernard Edwards, American bass player and record producer (Chic) (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Brook Berringer, American football player (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge. [category: Events]
• 1998: Terry Sanford, American politician (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and wrestler (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, first Prime Minister of Fiji and President of Fiji (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Sam Mills, American football player (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Hayah bint Hamzah, Princess of Jordan [category: Births]
• 2007: Iccho Itoh, Japanese politician, mayor of Nagasaki (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251. [category: Events]
• 2007: The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision. [category: Events]
• 2009: Stephanie Parker, Welsh actress (b. 1987) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Olubayo Adefemi, Nigerian footballer (b. 1985) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Dick Clark, American television host and businessman (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: K. D. Wentworth, American author (b.1951) [category: Deaths]
• _: April 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Army Day (Iran) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Corebus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Eleutherius and Antia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Galdino della Sala [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Zimbabwe from United Kingdom in 1980. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Invention Day (Japan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Molaise of Leighlin [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Perfectus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Plato of Sakkoudion [category: Holidays and observances]