18th APRiL ~ HISTORY ON THIS DAY

please enjoy your travel through time on the 18th day of April, with interesting events, births & deaths on this day in history

18th April History Timeline

1500s / the 16th century on the 18th of April

1506 : The cornerstone of St. Peter’s Basilica was laid.

1900s / the 20th century on the 18th of April

1902 : Guatemala earthquake hit with severe intensity, and killed 800 to 2,000 people.

1906 : SAN FRANCiSCO EARTHQUAKE in California hit with extreme intensity, and killed over 3000 people. Devastating fires also broke out and burnt for days. Over 80% of the city of San Francisco was destroyed.

Rare footage of San Francisco after 1906 earthquake shown in Fremont (ABC7 News Bay Area video)

1909 : Joan of Arc was beatified in Rome.

JOAN OF ARC – The Maid of Orléans (IT’S HISTORY verified video)

1912 : The 705 survivors from the Titanic were brought to New York City on the Cunard liner RMS Carpathia.

Titanic: The Facts Told By Real Survivors (British Pathé verified video)

1923 : Yankee Stadium was opened in Concourse, Bronx, New York City, USA. It was also known as The house that Babe Ruth built.

Yankee Stadium Opens (Decades TV Network video)

1925 : The International Amateur Radio Union was formed in Paris, France.

1939 : Robert Menzies was elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons. Robert Menzies became Australia’s longest-serving prime minister.

1946 : Hayley Mills the English actress was born in Marylebone, London, England.

1955 : ALBERT EiNSTEiN the German-American physicist died aged 76 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA (born in 1879). He died from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. He was best known for developing the theory of relativity, and acknowledged as one of the greatest physicists of all time

Albert Einstein – Nobel Prize Winner & Physicist | Mini Bio (Biography verified video)

1976 : Melissa Joan Hart the American actress was born in Smithtown, New York, USA.

1987 : Samantha Jade the Australian singer-songwriter was born Samantha Jade Gibbs in Perth, Western Australia.

Samantha Jade – Firestarter (Samantha Jade verified video)

2000s / the 21st century on the 18th of April

2021 : TOP NEWS stories on Sunday 18th April by Associated Press : 6 people dead in two shootings in Wisconsin and Texas with at least 11 people killed, 100 injured in Egypt train derailment, Germany remembered the 80,000 lives lost to coronavirus, Pope Francis was back in St. Peter’s Square…

AP Top Stories on April 18th (Associated Press verified video) 

Today in History for April 18th by Associated Press

Video features : The San Francisco earthquake, what became known as Paul Revere’s ride, a suicide bomb hit the U.S. embassy in Lebanon, physicist Albert Einstein died, Wayne Gretzky played his last NHL game…

Today in History for April 18th (Associated Press verified video uploaded in 2021)

We hope you enjoyed your travel through time on the 18th day of April

see more interesting events on all the other days of APRiL (History On This Day @ Azoosh)

This page was last updated on the 18th April 2021

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