April 18
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April 18 is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 257 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 359 - Gratian, Roman Emperor (d. 383)
- 1480 – Lucrezia Borgia, Florentine ruler (d. 1519)
- 1580 - Thomas Middleton, English dramatist (d. 1621)
- 1590 – Ahmed I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1617)
- 1605 – Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (d. 1674)
- 1772 - David Ricardo, English political economist (d. 1823)
- 1782 - Georg August Goldfuss, German palaeontologist and zoologist (d. 1848)
- 1797 – Adolphe Thiers, French statesman (d. 1877)
- 1819 – Carlos Cespedes, Cuban revolutionary (d. 1874)
- 1857 – Clarence Darrow, American lawyer (d. 1938)
- 1857 - Alexander Shirvanzade, Armenian playwright and novelist (d. 1935)
- 1858 – Dhondo Keshav Karve, Indian social reformer (d. 1962)
- 1858 – Alexander Shirvanzade, Armenian playwright and novelist (d. 1935)
- 1863 – Leopold Graf Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian foreign minister (d. 1942)
- 1864 – Richard Harding Davis, American author (d. 1916)
- 1874 – Oskar Ernst Bernhardt, German author (d. 1941)
- 1877 - Vicente Sotto, Filipino patriot and author (d. 1950)
- 1879 - Korneli Kekelidze, Georgian philologist (d. 1962)
- 1882 - Leopold Stokowski, Polish conductor (d. 1977)
- 1882 – Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian ruler and author (d. 1964)
- 1896 - Ha Hye-sok, Korean poet, feminist, writer, painter, educator and journalist (d. 1948)
- 1897 – Ardito Desio, Italian topographer (d. 2001)
- 1901 – Al Lewis, American lyricist (d. 1967)
- 1901 – Elene Akhvlediani, Georgian artist (d. 1975)
- 1902 – Giuseppe Pella, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1981)
- 1905 – George H. Hitchings, American scientist (d. 1998)
- 1907 – Miklos Rozsa, Hungarian composer (d. 1995)
- 1911 – Maurice Goldhaber, Austrian-American physicist (d. 2011)
- 1917 – Frederika of Hanover, Queen Consort of Greece (d. 1981)
- 1918 – Gabriel Axel, Danish movie director, screenwriter and actor
- 1918 - Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese screenwriter
- 1918 - Andre Bazin, French critic and theorist (d. 1958)
- 1919 - Vondell Darr, American actress (d. 2012)
- 1921 - Jean Richard, French actor (d. 2001)
- 1922 - Barbara Hale, American actress
- 1924 - Clarence Gatemouth Brown, American blues guitarist (d. 2005)
- 1927 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish writer, journalist and politician
- 1927 – Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist (d. 2008)
- 1934 – James Drury, American actor
- 1937 – Jan Kaplicky, Czech-British architect
- 1940 – Joseph L. Goldstein, American scientist
- 1940 – Mike Vickers, British musician and composer
- 1941 – Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland
- 1942 – Jochen Rindt, Austrian racecar driver (d. 1970)
- 1944 – Robert Hanssen, American double agent
- 1945 – Margaret Hassan, Irish aid worker (d. 2004)
- 1946 - Hayley Mills, British actress
- 1947 – Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor and director
- 1947 – Moses Blah, Liberian politician (d. 2013)
- 1947 – Cindy Pickett, American actress
- 1947 – James Woods, American actor
- 1947 - Herbert Mullin, American serial killer
- 1956 – Eric Roberts, American actor
- 1960 - Neo Rauch, German artist
- 1961 – Steve Lombardi, American professional wrestler
- 1963 – Eric McCormack, Canadian actor
- 1963 – Conan O'Brien, American comedian
- 1964 – Niall Ferguson, British historian
- 1966 - Valeri Kamensky, Russian ice hockey player
- 1967 – Maria Bello, American actress
- 1968 – David Hewlett, English-Canadian actor
- 1969 - Princess Sayako of Japan
- 1970 – Saad Hariri, Lebanese Prime Minister
- 1971 – Samantha Cameron, wife of David Cameron
- 1971 – David Tennant, Scottish actor
- 1971 – Oleg Petrov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1972 - Rosa Clemente, American journalist and activist
- 1972 - Eli Roth, American director
- 1973 – Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian runner
- 1974 - Mark Tremonti, American musician
- 1974 - Edgar Wright, English director and writer
- 1976 – Melissa Joan Hart, American actress
- 1976 – Rodrigo de la Serna, Argentine actor
- 1976 - Sean Maguire, English actor
- 1977 - Hassan El Fakri, Norwegian footballer
- 1979 – Matthew Upson, English footballer
- 1979 – Kourtney Kardashian, American reality TV personality
- 1979 - Anthony Davidson, British racing driver
- 1980 - Rabiu Afolabi, Nigerian footballer
- 1981 – Milan Jovanovic, Serbian footballer
- 1982 – Simone Farina, Italian footballer
- 1983 - Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1983 - Hernan Bengifo, Peruvian footballer
- 1984 – America Ferrera, American actress
- 1985 - Lukasz Fabianski, Polish footballer
- 1985 - Rachel Smith, American model
- 1986 – Maurice Edu, American soccer player
- 1987 – Danny Guthrie, English footballer
- 1987 - Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, British model and actress
- 1987 - Samantha Jade, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1988 - Anagabriela Espinoza, Mexican model
- 1989 - Hannah Wang, Australian actress
- 1989 – Jessica, Korean-American actress, model and singer (Girls' Generation)
- 1990 – Wojciech Szczesny, Polish footballer
- 1993 - Nathan Sykes, British singer (The Wanted)
- 2007 - Hayah bint Hamzah, Princess of Jordan
Deaths [change]
- 1161 – Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1556 – Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (b. 1495)
- 1567 – Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (b. 1503)
- 1674 – John Graunt, English statistician (b. 1620)
- 1794 – Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
- 1796 - Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist (b. 1732)
- 1802 – Erasmus Darwin, English physician and botanist (b. 1731)
- 1873 – Justus von Liebig, German scientist (b. 1803)
- 1898 – Gustave Moreau, French painter (b. 1826)
- 1906 - Luis Martin, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)
- 1936 - Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (b. 1879)
- 1942 – Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector (b. 1875)
- 1943 – Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (b. 1884)
- 1945 – John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer (b. 1849)
- 1945 – Ernie Pyle, American journalist (b. 1900)
- 1945 – William, Prince of Albania (b. 1876)
- 1947 – Jozef Tiso, Slovakian politician (b. 1887)
- 1949 – Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (b. 1877)
- 1951 – Antonio Oscar Carmona, Portuguese politician (b. 1869)
- 1955 – Albert Einstein, German physicist (b. 1879)
- 1957 - Ben W. Hooper, 33rd Governor of Tennessee (b. 1870)
- 1958 – Maurice Gamelin, French general (b. 1872)
- 1965 - Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena, Mexican inventor and engineer (b. 1917)
- 1974 – Marcel Pagnol, French writer and movie maker (b. 1895)
- 1976 - Mahmoud Younis, Egyptian engineer (b. 1911)
- 1992 - Frankie Howerd, English comedian and actor (b. 1917)
- 1993 - Masahiko Kimura, Japanese judoka (b. 1917)
- 1995 – Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina (b. 1908)
- 1998 - Terry Sanford, 65th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1917)
- 2002 – Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer, ethnographer, zoologist and author (b. 1914)
- 2004 – Kamisese Mara, first Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1920)
- 2007 – Iccho Itoh, Japanese politician, Mayor of Nagasaki (b. 1945)
- 2011 – Pietro Ferrero Jr., Italian businessman (b. 1963)
- 2011 – William Donald Schaefer, American politician (b. 1921)
- 2012 – Dick Clark, American radio and television host, and producer (b. 1929)
- 2013 - Storm Thorgerson, British graphic designer (b. 1944)
Events [change]
- 1506 – The cornerstone for the present Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome is laid.
- 1518 - Bona Sforza is crowned Queen of Poland.
- 1521 - The trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms.
- 1738 – Madrid's Royal Academy of History is founded.
- 1775 – American Revolution: Paul Revere's ride, to warn the countryside of troop movements.
- 1797 – France defeats Austria in the Battle of Neuwied.
- 1831 – The University of Alabama is founded.
- 1848 - An American victory at the Battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for the invasion of Mexico in the Mexican-American War.
- 1880 – A tornado in Marshfield, Missouri, kills 99 people.
- 1881 – Billy the Kid escapes from Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
- 1888 - British passenger steamer State of Florida sinks in the North Atlantic Ocean after a collision with a sailing ship, killing 130 people.
- 1897 – The Greco-Turkish War is declared.
- 1902 – Quetzaltenango, Guatemala is destroyed by an earthquake.
- 1906 – 1906 San Francisco earthquake: San Francisco, California is destroyed by a major earthquake, and subsequent fires. Estimates suggest that 3,000 people have perished, some of them after Mayor Eugene Schmitz orders a shoot-to-kill policy against looters. Operatic tenor Enrico Caruso, who was in the city at the time, fled, never to return.
- 1909 - Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
- 1923 – The Yankee Stadium opens in New York City.
- 1924 - Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book.
- 1930 - BBC Radio announces that there is no news for that day.
- 1942 – Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
- 1945 – World War II: 1,000 bombers attack the island of Heligoland in the North Sea.
- 1946 – The International Court of Justice meets for the first time in The Hague.
- 1954 – Gamal Abdel Nasser takes power in Egypt.
- 1955 – World-famous physicist Albert Einstein dies aged 76.
- 1980 – The Republic of Zimbabwe becomes independent from the UK, with Canaan Banana as its first President. Robert Mugabe becomes Prime Minister, assuming the presidency in 1987.
- 1981 – The longest-ever game of professional baseball begins in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
- 1983 – The US Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, is hit by a suicide bomber, killing 63 people.
- 1988 - The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian forces in the Iran-Iraq War.
- 1992 – General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammed Najibullah in Afghanistan.
- 1996 – At least 106 civilians in Lebanon are killed when Israeli Defense Forces shell a UN compound in Quana.
- 1996 - Islamic fundamentalists carry out a terror attack on a hotel in Cairo, killing 18 Greek tourists, who they mistook for Israelis.
- 2002 – A light aircraft crashes into the Pirelli building in Milan.
- 2002 – Thor Heyerdahl, who became world-famous for his Kon-Tiki expedition, dies at the age of 87.
- 2004 – Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero orders the withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq.
- 2007 – 198 people are killed in a series of bombings across Baghdad.
- 2007 - UEFA Euro 2012 is announced as being hosted jointly by Poland and Ukraine.
