Page 4: Historical Events In April - 18

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

1879  On this day in history anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies   

1880  On April - 18 an F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.   

1881  Natural History Museum of South Kensington England opens on this day in history.   

1881  Hermann KJ Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Dr Eisenbart) on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history the birth of Leopold Stokowski, British composer   

1882  Leopold Stokowski, London England, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony) on April - 18.   

1883  On April - 18 agnes Tyrrell, composer, dies at 36   

1884  Magda Janssens, Flemish/Neth actress/acting teacher (Maria Stuart) on April - 18.   

1888  On April - 18 arnold Henry Moore Lunn, skier   

1889  In Germany First distant earthquake recorded. Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz made the first known recordings of a distant earthquake on April - 18.   

1889  On this day in history 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   

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

1890  On this day in history nY Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton   

1890  On April - 18 james Rennie, Toronto Ontario, actor (Lash, Little Damozel)   

1895  On this day in history 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.   

1895  On this day in history anton F Pieck, Dutch illustrator (Efteling, Kaatsheuvel) [or April 19]   

1896  C Eugene Wegmann, Swiss geologist (Le Jura plisse) on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour) [or Apr 12]   

1898  Lord Leatherland, British journalist/Labour peer on this day in history.   

1898  Gustave Moureau, painter, dies on April - 18.   

1899  On this day in history john McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager   

1900  Louise Tazewell, [Louise Skiller Tazewell], entertainer on April - 18.   

1902  On this day in history denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals   

1903  On this day in history leonid Kinskey, St Petersburg Russia, actor (Casablanca)   

1904  On this day in history l'Humanité, under Jean Jaurès begins publishing   

1906  On this day in history an earthquake, followed by fire, destroys most of San Francisco, killing 3000 people   

1906  On this day in history sF earthquake & fire kills nearly 4,000 & destroys 75% of the city   

1906  On April - 18 the Great San Francisco Earthquake occurred at 5 13 a.m.   

1906  On this day in history 8.25 earthquake shakes SF Calif   

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  Fairmont Hotel opens on April - 18.   

1907  Augustus Thomas' "Witching Hour," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history birth of thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)   

1590  On April - 18 birth of ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)   

1590  On April - 18 birth of ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)   

1605  On this day in history birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer   

1729  Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer was born on April - 18.   

1732  George Colman, "the Elder was born on April - 18.   

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

1161  Death of Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

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

1530  Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 on April - 18.   

1552  On this day in history john Leland, antiquary, dies   

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

1558  On April - 18 death of roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent   

1567  On April - 18 wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63