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==Events== * 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The ''patrician'' Osbald is placed on the throne, but is within 27 days abdicated. *1025 – Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. *1506 – The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid. *1518 – Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland. *1521 – Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication. *1689 – Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros. *1738 – ''Real Academia de la Historia'' ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid. *1775 – American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements. *1797 – The Battle of Neuwied: French victory against the Austrians. *1807 – The Harwich ferry disaster occurred near the North Sea port of Harwich on the Essex coast (England) in which 60-90 people drowned during the capsizing of a small ferry boat. *1831 – The University of Alabama is founded. *1848 – American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico. *1857 – "The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France. *1864 – Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement. *1880 – An F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100. *1897 – The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire. *1899 – The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria. *1902 – Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, is destroyed by an earthquake. *1906 – An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California. *1909 – Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome. *1912 – The Cunard liner brings 705 survivors from the to New York City. *1915 – French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I. *1923 – Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opens. *1924 – Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book. *1930 – BBC reported there was no news, then played out with piano music. *1936 – The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan. *1942 – World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan. Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed. * 1942 – Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France. *1943 – World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island. *1945 – Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany. *1946 – The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands. *1949 – The keel for the aircraft carrier is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals. *1954 – Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt. *1955 – Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference. *1958 – A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum. *1961 – The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted. * 1961 – CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule. *1974 – The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore's dry port. *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. *1981 – The longest professional baseball game is begun in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The game is suspended at 4:00 the next morning and finally completed on June 23. *1983 – A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people. *1988 – The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II. *1992 – General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmad Shah Massoud to capture Kabul. *1996 – In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge. *2007 – The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5–4 decision. * 2007 – A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251. *2013 – A suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe kills 27 people and injures another 65. *2014 – Sixteen people are killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「April 18」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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