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April 1, 1944 (Saturday) The most significant bombing of Switzerland during World War II occurred when about 50 B-24s misidentified Schaffhausen as their target of Ludwigshafen and dropped bombs that resulted in 40 casualties. The first Allied air raid on Pforzheim, Germany occurred. The Waffen-SS committed the Ascq massacre of 86 men in Ascq ...
The 2008 Illinois earthquake was one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the Midwest state of Illinois. This moderate strike-slip shock measured 5.2 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). It occurred at 04:36:59 local time on April 18 near Bellmont and Mount Carmel, Illinois, within the ...
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30. >>. 18 april is de 108ste dag van het jaar (109de dag in een schrikkeljaar) in de gregoriaanse kalender. Hierna volgen nog 257 dagen tot het einde van het jaar.
18 april. Zimbabwes nationaldag (se bild) Namnsdag: Valdemar, Volmar (Sverige) • Valdemar, Volmar (finlandssvenska) Denna dag i historien: 1506 – Grundstenen läggs till Peterskyrkan i Rom, och bygget av kyrkan inleds. Byggnaden invigs först 120 år senare.
April 12, 1945 (Thursday) U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had an intracerebral hemorrhage, collapsed and died while sitting for a portrait painting by Elizabeth Shoumatoff at the Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia. The painting is known as the Unfinished portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
April 18, 1918 (Thursday) Battle of the Lys – The German Sixth Army attacked Béthune, France but were repulsed. The Military Service Bill, which included conscription in Ireland, became law. A conference of nationalist parties, Sinn Féin and labour movements met in Dublin to organize a nation-wide opposition to conscription.
