April 18
People born on this day are Aries.
- 1955
Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
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East African Airways Flight 720 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing 43.
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The Ba Chúc massacre begins, which precipitates the Cambodian–Vietnamese War the same year.
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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.
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The town of Elmore City, Oklahoma holds its first dance in the town's history.
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The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
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In Israel John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II, although the verdict is later overturned.
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The Israeli military commits the Qana massacre in a deliberate shelling of a United Nations compound near the village of Qana in southern Lebanon, killing 106 Lebanese civilians who were taking shelter there and wounding over 100 more.
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King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini.
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Anti-government protests start in Nicaragua.
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A redacted version of the Mueller report is released to the United States Congress and the public.
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Seven people are killed and fourteen others are injured in a mass shooting in Kyiv, Ukraine
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2003Breckie Hill, American influencer
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1996Ski Mask the Slump God, American rapper
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1995Divock Origi, Belgian footballer
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1994Aminé, American singer-songwriter
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1993Mika Zibanejad, Swedish ice hockey player
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1992Chloe Bennet, American actress
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1990Wojciech Szczęsny, Polish footballer
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1989Alia Shawkat, American actress
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1988Vanessa Kirby, English actress
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1986Tina Bru, Norwegian politician
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1985Łukasz Fabiański, Polish footballer
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1984America Ferrera, American actress
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