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
- 1506 –The cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica is laid.
- 1518 –Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.
- 1689 –Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
- 1775 –American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
- 1831 –The University of Alabama is founded.
- 1848 –American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
- 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.
- 1909 –Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
- 1915 –French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
- 1942 –Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
- 1943 –World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.
- 1945 –Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.
- 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.
- 1955 –29 nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
- 1961 –CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule.
- 1961 –The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2007 –A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251.
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