Historical Events In April - 18

1879  On this day in history trial of Standing Bear-Crook on indians citizen rights begins  

1879  Anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies on April - 18.  

1880  An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100 on this day in history.  

1881  Natural History Museum of South Kensington England opens on April - 18.  

1881  On this day in history hermann KJ Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Dr Eisenbart)  

1882  On April - 18 the birth of Leopold Stokowski, British composer  

1882  Leopold Stokowski, London England, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony) on this day in history.  

1883  Agnes Tyrrell, composer, dies at 36 on April - 18.  

1884  Magda Janssens, Flemish/Neth actress/acting teacher (Maria Stuart) on this day in history.  

1888  Arnold Henry Moore Lunn, skier on this day in history.  

1889  On this day in history in Germany First distant earthquake recorded. Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz made the first known recordings of a distant earthquake.  

1889  In Japan a 7+ quake occured near east coast of Honshu, Japan. Teleseism first identified on a seismogram. The instruments were horizontal pendulums, designed by Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz to measure slight changes in the direction of the vertical. Two of these pendulums, located in Potsdam and Wilhelmshaven, recorded a large earthquake on April 17, 1889. The earthquake had been felt in Japan about an hour before it was recorded in Germany on April - 18.  

1889  Jessie Street, Austrialian pro womans/aborigine rights fighter on April - 18.  

1890  NY Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton on April - 18.  

1890  James Rennie, Toronto Ontario, actor (Lash, Little Damozel) on this day in history.  

1895  New York State passed an act that established free public baths! They were to be open 14 hours a day and provide hot and cold water on April - 18.  

1895  On April - 18 anton F Pieck, Dutch illustrator (Efteling, Kaatsheuvel) [or April 19]  

1896  On this day in history c Eugene Wegmann, Swiss geologist (Le Jura plisse)  

1897  On April - 18 pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour) [or Apr 12]  

1898  On April - 18 lord Leatherland, British journalist/Labour peer  

1898  On this day in history gustave Moureau, painter, dies  

1899  John McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager on this day in history.  

1900  Louise Tazewell, [Louise Skiller Tazewell], entertainer on this day in history.  

1902  On April - 18 denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals  

1903  Leonid Kinskey, St Petersburg Russia, actor (Casablanca) on this day in history.  

1904  L'Humanité, under Jean Jaurès begins publishing on this day in history.  

1906  An earthquake, followed by fire, destroys most of San Francisco, killing 3000 people on this day in history.  

1906  SF earthquake & fire kills nearly 4,000 & destroys 75% of the city on April - 18.  

1906  On this day in history the Great San Francisco Earthquake occurred at 5 13 a.m.  

1906  8.25 earthquake shakes SF Calif on April - 18.  

1906  Clara Eggink, [Ebbele], Dutch poetess (Life with JC Bloem) on April - 18.  

1906  The Great San Francisco Earthquake occurred at 5:13 a.m on this day in history.  

1907  On this day in history fairmont Hotel opens  

1907  Augustus Thomas' "Witching Hour," premieres in NYC on April - 18.  

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1480  On April - 18 birth of lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)  

1521  On this day in history birth of francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac)  

1580  On April - 18 birth of thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)  

1590  Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) was born on April - 18.  

1590  Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.  

1605  On April - 18 birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer  

1729  On April - 18 birth of gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer  

1732  On this day in history birth of george Colman, "the Elder  

0680  On April - 18 mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies  

1161  On this day in history death of theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury  

1504  On April - 18 filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52  

1530  Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 on this day in history.  

1552  John Leland, antiquary, dies on April - 18.  

1556  On April - 18 luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61  

1558  Death of Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent on April - 18.  

1567  Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63 on this day in history.