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, 475,944 hours 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.
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
- 1506 –The cornerstone of the current St. Peter’s Basilica is laid.
- 1797 –The Battle of Neuwied – French victory against the Austrians.
- 1864 –Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
- 1902 –Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, is destroyed by an earthquake.
- 1906 –An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
- 1909 –Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
- 1942 –Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
- 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.
- 1974 –The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore dry port.
Who were born on April 18?
- 1857 –Clarence Darrow, American attorney (d. 1938)
- 1888 –Duffy Lewis, American baseball player (d. 1979)
- 1907 –Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1995)
- 1947 –James Woods, American actor
- 1963 –Eric McCormack, Canadian actor
- 1974 –Millie Corretjer, Puerto Rican singer
- 1976 –Fayray, Japanese singer
- 1979 –Nuria Fergó, Spanish singer
- 1982 –Simone Farina, Italian footballer
- 1994 –Moises Arias, American actor
Who died on April 18?
- 1556 –Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (b. 1495)
- 1558 –Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent
- 1732 –Louis Feuillée, French explorer (b. 1660)
- 1945 –Prince William of Wied, sovereign Prince of Albania (b. 1876)
- 1955 –Albert Einstein, German physicist (b. 1879)
- 1965 –Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (b. 1917)
- 1990 –Victoria O'Keefe, British actress (b. 1969)
- 1992 –Frankie Howerd, English comedian and comic actor (b. 1917)
- 1996 –Brook Berringer, American football player (b. 1973)
- 2004 –Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, first Prime Minister of Fiji and President of Fiji (b. 1920)
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