On This Day - April 18th

Featured Event:

The midnight ride of Paul Revere (1775) 🐎

Paul Revere, a renowned silversmith, is better remembered as a folk hero of the American Revolution who this night in 1775 made a dramatic ride on horseback to warn Boston-area residents of an imminent attack by British troops.

Other Events:

1506: Pope Julius II laid the first stone of the new St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. ⛪

1906: San Francisco was rocked by an earthquake caused by slippage along the San Andreas Fault. 🏚️

1980: Zimbabwe achieved independence from the United Kingdom. 🇿🇼

1999: Canadian ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky, considered one of the game's greatest players, skated in his last NHL game. 🏒

Holidays:

Army Day 🇮🇷

Coma Patient's Day 🇵🇱

Friend's Day 🇧🇷

Independence Day 🇿🇼

Featured Birthdays:

1480: Lucrezia Borgia 🇮🇹 (Noble)

1944: Robert Hanssen 🇺🇸 (Law Enforcement Agent)

1963: Conan O'Brien 🇺🇸 (Talk-Show Host)

1971: David Tennant 🇬🇧 (Actor)

Featured Deaths:

1943: Isoroku Yamamoto 🇯🇵 (Military Officer)

1955: Albert Einstein 🇩🇪 (Physicist)

2012: Dick Clark 🇺🇸 (Radio and TV Personality)