Page 8: Historical Events In April - 18

1967  On this day in history manitoba imposes 5% sales tax, effective June 1.   

1968  On this day in history sF's Old Hall of Justice demolished   

1969  On this day in history piotr F Scharoff, Russ/Italian actor/director (Chechov), dies at 82   

1971  Howard Hughes billionaire, dies on this day in history.   

1971  On April - 18 kingston penitentiary inmates stage four-day riot, holding five guards hostage; two convicts murdered, 11 injured.   

1971  On April - 18 masao Oki, composer, dies at 69   

1972  On April - 18 t Smirnova discovers asteroids #1902 Shaposhnikov, #2192 Pyatigoriya & #2250 Stalingrad   

1974  On April - 18 betty Compson, actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at 77   

1975  On April - 18 john Lennon releases "Stand by Me"   

1975  Rob Touber, [Robert J Noordervliet), chansonnier/director, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history percy Julian holder of more than 138 chemical patents, dies at 78   

1976  On this day in history percy Julian, holder of more than 138 chemical patents, dies at 78   

1977  Jerome Drayton wins the 81st Boston Marathon in in 2 14 46; the eighth Canadian to win the Marathon on April - 18.   

1977  On this day in history the Hall Commission Report on Grain Handling and Transportation is published. This recommends limited branch line abandonment on the prairies.   

1977  On April - 18 jerome Drayton wins the 81st Boston Marathon in in 2:14:46; the eighth Canadian to win the Marathon.   

1978  On April - 18 uS Senate approves transfer of Panama Canal to Panam   

1979  "Real People" premieres on NBC TV on April - 18.   

1980  Zimbabwe's (Rhodesia) formal independence from Britain (Nat'l Day) on April - 18.   

1982  On April - 18 canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act   

1982  On this day in history m Watt discovers asteroid #2687   

1983  On April - 18 a lone suicide bomber kills 63, at the US Embassy in Lebanon   

1983  On April - 18 joan Benoit set a women's record for the Boston Marathon   

1983  On April - 18 kMO-AM in Tacoma Wash changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO)   

1983  N G Thomas discovers asteroid #2933 Amber, #3151 Talbot & #3561 Devine on this day in history.   

1983  Alan Melville, cricketer (11 Tests for South Africa, 894 runs), dies on April - 18.   

1984  Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB on April - 18.   

1984  On April - 18 john Lee Mahin screenwriter, dies of emphysema at 81   

1984  Michael Jackson faced surgery in Los Angeles. Doctors performed scalp surgery to repair damage done after the megastar’s hair caught fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial on January 27. Jackson was hospitalized and recuperated for months before he could return to work on April - 18.   

1984  John Lee Mahin, screenwriter, dies of emphysema at 81 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history in Yunnan Province, China a 5.8 quake resulted in Twenty-three people killed, 300 injured and damage in the Luquan-Xundian area   

1986  On April - 18 marcel Dassault, [Bloch], French airplane builder, dies at 94   

1987  An unconscous skydiver is rescued by another diver in mid-air on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph)   

1988  On this day in history barbra Striesand records "Warm All Over"   

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

1521  On April - 18 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  Giacomo Carissimi, composer was born on April - 18.   

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 April - 18.   

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  John Leland, antiquary, dies on April - 18.   

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

1558  Death of Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent on this day in history.   

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