What happend on 18th April

17.04
19.04
1923

Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opens.

1915

Early French aviator and a fighter aircraft pilot Roland Garros was shot down and glided to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.

1906

The Los Angeles Times runs a front-page story on the Azusa Street Revival, launching Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.

1906

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.8, destroys much of San Francisco, California. (See 1906 San Francisco earthquake)

1797

Battle of Neuwied resulted in the victory of French under General Louis Lazare Hoche against Austrians under General Wermecek.

1775

Two lanterns were hung from the steeple of the Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott ride to warn of impending arrests of Samuel Adams and John Hancock and seizure of weapons. Only Prescott finishes the ride.

1518

Bona Sforza is crowned as queen of Poland.

1042

Michael V attempts to remain sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire by sending his adoptive mother and co-ruler Zoë of Byzantium to a monastery.

1025

Bolesław I Chrobry is crowned as the first king of Poland.