Historical Events In April - 18

1989  On this day in history zimbabwe gains independence  

1990  On this day in history bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines  

1990  On this day in history on the Minahassa Peninsula a 7.4 quake resulted in at least 3 people killed and 25 people injured. More than 1,140 houses damaged in the Bolaang-Gorontalo area  

1990  On this day in history robert D Webb, director/actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies at 87  

1991  Congress ends railroad worker 1 day strike on April - 18.  

1992  Florence Randall, model/designer (Bill Blass), dies at 54 of cancer on April - 18.  

1993  On this day in history in Peru a 6.3 earthquake centered centered about 70 kilometers northeast of Lima, killed six people  

1993  Arthur P Smith, US founder of Miami Planetarium, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1994  Ken Oosterbroek, South African press photographer, shot dead at 32 on this day in history.  

1995  Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina (1958-62), dies on April - 18.  

1996  On this day in history kalim Siddiqui, islamic campaigner, dies at 62  

1999  NATO launches its most active day of airstrikes in its assault on Yugoslavia, on this day in history.  

2005  On April - 18 five people die in ethnic clashes in Iran's south-west Khuzestan province.  

2006  On this day in history festivities and memorials across the Bay Area mark the 100th anniversary of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire  

2007  On April - 18 32 Chinese steel workers are burnt to death in the Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster.  

2012  On this day in history the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Naples begins burning artworks after cultural institution budget cuts  

2013  27 people are killed and 65 are injured in a cafe bombing in Baghdad, Iraq on April - 18.  

2014  12 Nepalese climbers are killed by an avalanche on Mt Everest on this day in history.  

2017  British Prime Minister Teresa May announces she will seek a "snap" election on April - 18.  

2018  On this day in history protests begin in Managua, Nicaragua, over proposed changes to social security, protesters beaten by suspected pro-government gangs  

2018  “Black Panther” is the first film shown at a commercial cinema in 35 years in Saudi Arabia as cinemas are reopened on this day in history.  

2018  In Nicaragua, protests begin against announced reforms of Social Security which would decrease retirement pension benefits. An estimated number of 34 protesters are killed by police on this day in history.  

2018  On this day in history cinemas open in Saudi Arabia for the first time since 1983 with the American film Black Panther chosen as the first to be screened.  

2018  NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is launched on April - 18.  

2019  On this day in history the full 448-page report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States Presidential Election (the Mueller Report) is released in redacted form.  

2019  On April - 18 nepaliSat-1 is launched. It is Nepal's first ever research satellite to be sent into space.  

2020  On April - 18 44 suspected Boko Haram members are found dead, apparently due to poisoning, inside a prison in N'Djamena, Chad.  

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1480  Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) was born on this day in history.  

1521  On April - 18 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  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  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  Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52 on April - 18.  

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.