Page 4: Historical Events In April - 18

1879  Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on indians citizen rights begins on this day in history.   

1879  Anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies on this day in history.   

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

1884  On this day in history magda Janssens, Flemish/Neth actress/acting teacher (Maria Stuart)   

1888  On April - 18 arnold Henry Moore Lunn, skier   

1889  On April - 18 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 this day in history.   

1889  On April - 18 jessie Street, Austrialian pro womans/aborigine rights fighter   

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

1890  James Rennie, Toronto Ontario, actor (Lash, Little Damozel) on April - 18.   

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  Anton F Pieck, Dutch illustrator (Efteling, Kaatsheuvel) [or April 19] on this day in history.   

1896  C Eugene Wegmann, Swiss geologist (Le Jura plisse) on April - 18.   

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

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

1898  On April - 18 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  Denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals on April - 18.   

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  An earthquake, followed by fire, destroys most of San Francisco, killing 3000 people on April - 18.   

1906  On April - 18 sF earthquake & fire kills nearly 4,000 & destroys 75% of the city   

1906  The Great San Francisco Earthquake occurred at 5 13 a.m on April - 18.   

1906  8.25 earthquake shakes SF Calif on April - 18.   

1906  Clara Eggink, [Ebbele], Dutch poetess (Life with JC Bloem) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history birth of lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI)   

1521  Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac) was born on this day in history.   

1580  Thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess) was born on April - 18.   

1590  On this day in history birth of ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17)   

1590  On this day in history birth of ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617)   

1605  Giacomo Carissimi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0680  On this day in history mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies   

1161  On April - 18 death of theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1504  Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52 on this day in history.   

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

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