What are the important events that happened on April 18? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 18: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 18 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 5, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,713,398,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaenneagon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac 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.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,136 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 18 Historical Events
- 1797 –The Battle of Neuwied – French victory against the Austrians.
- 1915 –French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
- 1923 –Yankee Stadium, “The House that Ruth Built”, opens.
- 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.
- 1954 –Gamal Abdal Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
- 1961 –The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted.
- 1974 –The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore dry port.
- 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.
Who were born on April 18?
- 1877 –Vicente Sotto, Filipino patriot, author (d. 1950)
- 1934 –James Drury, American actor
- 1951 –Ricardo Fortaleza, Australian-Filipino boxer
- 1961 –Steve Lombardi, American wrestler
- 1963 –Conan O'Brien, American comedian
- 1964 –Mark Berry, aka Bez, dancer in Happy Mondays
- 1968 –Mary Birdsong, American actress
- 1970 –Saad Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon
- 1988 –Alexander Hauck, South African-born German rugby player
- 1989 –Simas Buterlevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
Who died on April 18?
- 1650 –Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian (b. 1602)
- 1674 –John Graunt, English statistician (b. 1620)
- 1949 –Will Hay, English comedian and actor (b. 1888)
- 1963 –Meyer Jacobstein, American politician (b. 1880)
- 1965 –Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (b. 1917)
- 1967 –Karl Miller, German footballer (b. 1913)
- 1993 –Masahiko Kimura, Japanese judoka (b. 1917)
- 1998 –Terry Sanford, American politician (b. 1917)
- 2003 –Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist (b. 1923)
- 2004 –Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, first Prime Minister of Fiji and President of Fiji (b. 1920)
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