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Thursday, April 18, 2013

April 18 - The Day in History

April 18 : General Interest
1906: The Great San Francisco Earthquake

At 5:13 a.m., an earthquake estimated at close to 8.0 on the Richter scale strikes San Francisco, California, killing hundreds of people as it topples numerous buildings... read more


American Revolution
1775 : Revere and Dawes warn of British attack
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/revere-and-dawes-warn-of-british-attack

Automotive
2009 : Fifty-year-old Mark Martin wins NASCAR race
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fifty-year-old-mark-martin-wins-nascar-race

Civil War
1864 : Confederates inflict pain at Battle of Poison Spring
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-poison-springs-arkansas

Cold War
1989 : Chinese students protest against government
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chinese-students-protest-against-government

Crime
1974 : The Red Brigades terrorize Italy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-red-brigade-terrorizes-italy

Disaster
1880 : Missouri is ravaged by tornadoes
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/missouri-is-ravaged-by-tornadoes

General Interest
1521 : Luther defiant at Diet of Worms
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/luther-defiant-at-diet-of-worms
1775 : Revere and Dawes ride
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/revere-and-dawes-ride
1942 : Doolittle leads air raid on Tokyo
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/doolittle-leads-air-raid-on-tokyo
1945 : Journalist Ernie Pyle killed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/journalist-ernie-pyle-killed
1983 : Suicide bomber destroys U.S. embassy in Beirut
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/suicide-bomber-destroys-us-embassy-in-beirut

Hollywood
1956 : Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier marry
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/grace-kelly-and-prince-rainier-marry
2012 : Dick Clark, host of "American Bandstand" and "New Year's Rockin' Eve," dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dick-clark-host-of-american-bandstand-and-new-years-rockin-eve-dies

Literary
1958 : Federal court decides to release Ezra Pound
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/federal-court-decides-to-release-ezra-pound

Music
1906 : Enrico Caruso survives the San Francisco earthquake
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/enrico-caruso-survives-the-san-francisco-earthquake

Old West
1906 : San Francisco earthquake
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/san-francisco-earthquake

Presidential
1961 : JFK denies U.S. military intervention in Cuba
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jfk-denies-us-military-intervention-in-cuba

Sports
1983 : Benoit wins Boston Marathon
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/benoit-wins-boston-marathon

Vietnam War
1969 : Nixon says prospects for peace in Vietnam are better
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-says-prospects-for-peace-in-vietnam-are-better

World War I
1915 : Germans shoot down French pilot Roland Garros
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-shoot-down-french-pilot-roland-garros

World War II
1945 : Ernie Pyle killed at Okinawa
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ernie-pyle-killed-at-okinawa


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