18 April
Notable Births
Ski Mask the Slump God
b. 1996
American rapper (born 1996)
Divock Origi
b. 1995
Belgian footballer (born 1995)
Aminé
b. 1994
American rapper (born 1994)
Mika Zibanejad
b. 1993
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1993)
Chloe Bennet
b. 1992
American actress, model and singer (born 1992)
Wojciech Szczęsny
b. 1990
Polish footballer (born 1990)
Jessica Jung
b. 1989
American and South Korean singer (born 1989)
Alia Shawkat
b. 1989
American actress (born 1989)
Vanessa Kirby
b. 1988
British actress (born 1987/88)
Tina Bru
b. 1986
Norwegian politician (born 1986)
Łukasz Fabiański
b. 1985
Polish footballer (born 1985)
America Ferrera
b. 1984
American actress (born 1984)
Miguel Cabrera
b. 1983
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1983)
Audrey Tang
b. 1981
Taiwanese politician and software programmer
Matt Cooper (rugby league)
b. 1979
Australia international rugby league footballer
Kourtney Kardashian
b. 1979
American media personality (born 1979)
Melissa Joan Hart
b. 1976
American actress, director and producer (born 1976)
Edgar Wright
b. 1974
English filmmaker (born 1974)
Derrick Brooks
b. 1973
American football player and executive (born 1973)
Haile Gebrselassie
b. 1973
Ethiopian long-distance runner and businessman (born 1973)
Notable Deaths
Dickey Betts
d. 2024
American guitarist (1943–2024)
Mandisa
d. 2024
American singer (1976–2024)
Harrison Birtwistle
d. 2022
English composer (1934–2022)
Lyra McKee
d. 2019
Northern Ireland journalist (1990–2019)
Guru Dhanapal
d. 2014
Indian film director
Brian Priestman
d. 2014
British conductor
Goran Švob
d. 2013
Croatian philosopher (1947–2013)
Dick Clark
d. 2012
American radio and television personality (1929–2012)
Robert O. Ragland
d. 2012
Musical artist
K. D. Wentworth
d. 2012
American writer (1951–2012)
Germaine Tillion
d. 2008
French anthropologist, member of the French Resistance in World War II (1907–2008)
Kamisese Mara
d. 2004
Fijian former prime minister and president
Thor Heyerdahl
d. 2002
Norwegian anthropologist and adventurer (1914–2002)
Arturo Frondizi
d. 1995
32nd President of Argentina (1958–62)
Marcel Pagnol
d. 1974
Novelist, playwright and filmmaker from France
Guillermo González Camarena
d. 1965
Mexican electrical engineer and inventor
Ben Hecht
d. 1964
American writer, director, and producer (1894–1964)
Meyer Jacobstein
d. 1963
American politician
Albert Einstein
d. 1955
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
Justus von Liebig
d. 1873
German chemist (1803–1873)
On This Day in History
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2026
Seven people are killed and fourteen others are injured in a mass shooting in Kyiv, Ukraine
2026 Kyiv shooting
2019
A redacted version of the Mueller report is released to the United States Congress and the public.
Mueller report
2018
King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini.
King of Eswatini
2018
Anti-government protests start in Nicaragua.
Protests against Daniel Ortega
1996
The Israeli military commits the Qana massacre in a deliberate shelling of a United Nations compound near the village of Qana in southern Lebanon, killing 106 Lebanese civilians who were taking shelter there and wounding over 100 more.
Qana massacre
1988
The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
Operation Praying Mantis
1988
In Israel John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II, although the verdict is later overturned.
John Demjanjuk
1980
The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.
Zimbabwe
1980
The town of Elmore City, Oklahoma holds its first dance in the town's history.
Elmore City, Oklahoma
1972
East African Airways Flight 720 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing 43.
East African Airways Flight 720
1955
Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
Bandung
1954
Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
Gamal Abdel Nasser
1949
The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force, declaring Éire to be a republic and severing Ireland's "association" with the Commonwealth of Nations.
The Republic of Ireland Act 1948
1947
The Operation Big Bang, the largest non-nuclear man-made explosion to that time, destroys bunkers and military installations on the North Sea island of Heligoland, Germany.
Operation Big Bang
1946
The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
International Court of Justice
1946
Jackie Robinson makes his regular season debut for the Montreal Royals of the International League, to make them the first integrated modern professional baseball team.
Jackie Robinson
1945
World War II: Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.
Bomber
1945
Italian resistance movement: In Turin, despite the harsh repressive measures adopted by Nazi-fascists, a great pre-insurrectional strike begins.
Italian resistance movement
1943
World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.
Operation Vengeance
1942
World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
World War II