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 April - 18 anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies   

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

1881  On April - 18 natural History Museum of South Kensington England opens   

1881  Hermann KJ Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Dr Eisenbart) on April - 18.   

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

1882  On April - 18 leopold Stokowski, London England, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony)   

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

1884  On April - 18 magda Janssens, Flemish/Neth actress/acting teacher (Maria Stuart)   

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

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

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 April - 18 nY Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton   

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

1895  On April - 18 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 April - 18 pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour) [or Apr 12]   

1898  On this day in history lord Leatherland, British journalist/Labour peer   

1898  On April - 18 gustave Moureau, painter, dies   

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

1900  On this day in history louise Tazewell, [Louise Skiller Tazewell], entertainer   

1902  Denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals on this day in history.   

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

1904  On April - 18 l'Humanité, under Jean Jaurès begins publishing   

1906  On April - 18 an earthquake, followed by fire, destroys most of San Francisco, killing 3000 people   

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

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

1906  On April - 18 8.25 earthquake shakes SF Calif   

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  Fairmont Hotel opens on April - 18.   

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  Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac) was born on April - 18.   

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

1605  On this day in history 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  Mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1530  On this day in history francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43   

1552  On April - 18 john Leland, antiquary, dies   

1556  On this day in history luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61   

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

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