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 108th day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 257 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 5, 2017 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,492,473,600 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 ‘hectaoctagon’ 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 307 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 1,579 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 18 Historical Events
- 1775 –American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.
- 1902 –Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, is destroyed by an earthquake.
- 1909 –Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
- 1923 –Yankee Stadium, “The House that Ruth Built”, opens.
- 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.
- 1954 –Gamal Abdal Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
- 1988 –The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
- 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.
Who were born on April 18?
- 1605 –Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (d. 1674)
- 1877 –Vicente Sotto, Filipino patriot, author (d. 1950)
- 1889 –Jessie Street, Australian suffragette, feminist, and human rights activist (d. 1970)
- 1901 –Al Lewis, American lyricist (d. 1967)
- 1901 –Elene Akhvlediani, Georgian artist (d. 1975)
- 1901 –László Németh, Hungarian writer (d. 1975)
- 1902 –Giuseppe Pella, Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1981)
- 1956 –Melody Thomas Scott, American actress
- 1973 –Derrick Brooks, American football player
- 1976 –Fayray, Japanese singer
Who died on April 18?
- 1636 –Julius Caesar, English judge
- 1942 –Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)
- 1947 –Jozef Tiso, Slovakian leader (b. 1887), Nazi collaborator and puppet ruler
- 1976 –Mahmoud Younis, Suez Canal nationalization engineer (b. 1911)
- 1986 –Marcel Dassault, French aircraft industrialist (b.1892)
- 1990 –Gory Guerrero, professional wrestler (b. 1921)
- 1993 –Masahiko Kimura, Japanese judoka (b. 1917)
- 1995 –Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina (b. 1908)
- 1995 –Roza Makagonova, Russian actress (b. 1927)
- 1998 –Terry Sanford, American politician (b. 1917)
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