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| Birthday April 18, 1857 Clarence Darrow, lawyer |
| History April 18, 1521 Luther defiant at Diet of Worms |
| History April 18, 1775 Revere and Dawes ride |
| History April 18, 1775 The British are Coming! - Paul Revere rides. |
| History April 18, 1775 Revere and Dawes warn of British attack |
| History April 18, 1864 Confederates inflict pain at Battle of Poison Spring |
| History April 18, 1868 San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed. |
| History April 18, 1869 1st International Cricket Match - held in SF - won by Californian |
| History April 18, 1880 Missouri is ravaged by tornadoes |
| History April 18, 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire |
| History April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake |
| History April 18, 1906 Enrico Caruso survives the San Francisco earthquake |
| History April 18, 1907 Fairmont Hotel opens. |
| History April 18, 1915 Germans shoot down French pilot Roland Garros |
| History April 18, 1934 1st "Washateria" (laundromat) is opened - in Fort Worth - Texas |
| History April 18, 1936 Clipper starts providing regular passenger flights from San Francisco to Honolulu. |
| History April 18, 1942 Doolittle leads air raid on Tokyo |
| History April 18, 1945 Ernie Pyle killed at Okinawa |
| History April 18, 1945 Journalist Ernie Pyle killed |
| History April 18, 1956 Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier marry |
| History April 18, 1958 Federal court decides to release Ezra Pound |
| History April 18, 1961 JFK denies U.S. military intervention in Cuba |
| History April 18, 1968 San Francisco's Old Hall of Justice demolished. |
| History April 18, 1969 Nixon says prospects for peace in Vietnam are better |
| History April 18, 1974 The Red Brigade terrorizes Italy |
| History April 18, 1983 Suicide bomber destroys U.S. embassy in Beirut |
| History April 18, 1983 Benoit wins Boston Marathon |
| History April 18, 1989 Chinese students protest against government |
| History April 18, 2009 Fifty-year-old Mark Martin wins NASCAR race |
| History April 18, 2012 Dick Clark, host of American Bandstand and New Year's Rockin' Eve, dies |
| History April 18, 2014 Mt. Everest sees its single deadliest day |