April 18
Today is the 108th day of 2017, there are 257 days left in the year.
1775 - Paul Revere rode from Charlestown to Lexington to warn Massachusetts colonists of the arrival of British troops during the American Revolution.
1906 - The Great San Francisco Earthquake destroyed over four square miles of the city, set off raging fires and killed more than 3,000 people.
1942 - An air squadron led by Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle raided Tokyo and other Japanese cities during World War II.
1946 - The League of Nations ceased to exist.
1949 - The Irish Republic was proclaimed.
1955 - Physicist Albert Einstein died at age 76.
1956 - Actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco.
1968 - The famous London Bridge was sold to an American. It was disassembled, moved, and reconstructed in Arizona.
1978 - The U.S. Senate voted to hand over control of the Panama Canal to Panama on December 31, 1999.
1983 - A suicide bomber killed 63 people, including 17 Americans, at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.
1989 - Thousands of Chinese students demanding democracy tried to storm Communist Party headquarters in Beijing.
1996 - Former Nebraska quarterback Brook Berringer and a friend, Tobey Lake, were killed when the plane Berringer was piloting crashed in a field near Raymond, Nebraska. He was 22.
2002 - Afghanistan's former king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, returned after 29 years in exile.
2004 - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero ordered a withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq.
2007 - The U.S. Supreme Court, on a 5-4 vote, upheld a federal ban on a medical procedure that opponents called partial-birth abortion.
2011 - Standard & Poor's lowered its long-term outlook for the U.S. government's fiscal health from "stable" to "negative".
2012 - "American Bandstand" and "New Year's Rockin' Eve" host Dick Clark died from heart failure at age 82.
Birthdays
25 - Chloe Bennet (actress)
27 - Britt Robertson (actress)
28 - Jessica Jung (singer)
30 - Samantha Jade (singer)
31 - Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (actress)
33 - America Ferrera (actress)
34 - Amina Pankey (rapper)
34 - Miguel Cabrera (baseball player)
38 - Kourtney Kardashian (reality star)
40 - Bryce Johnson (actor)
41 - Melissa Joan Hart (actress)
41 - Sean Maguire (actor)
46 - David Tennant (actor)
50 - Maria Bello (actress)
54 - Conan O'Brien (TV host)
55 - Jeff Dunham (comedian)
61 - Eric Roberts (actor)
61 - Melody Thomas Scott (actress)
64 - Rick Moranis (actor)
70 - James Woods (actor)
71 - Hayley Mills (actress)
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Today in Sports History - April 18
1923 - The first game was played in the original Yankee Stadium, "the House that Ruth built". The Yankees won the inaugural game of the stadium 4-1 over the Boston Red Sox.
1935 - Gene Sarazen wins the Masters.
1942 - The Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
1958 - A National League attendance record of 78,682 is set in Los Angeles, as the Dodgers defeat the San Francisco Giants 6-5.
1959 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup.
1962 - The Boston Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games to win the NBA championship. Bill Russell scored 30 points and recorded 40 rebounds in the final game which secured a fourth consecutive championship for the Celtics.
1963 - The Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
1964 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the first pitcher to strike out the side on just nine pitches.
1966 - The first Major League baseball game played on AstroTurf took place at the Houston Astrodome as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Astros 6-3.
1966 - Bill Russell was named player-coach of the Boston Celtics, becoming the NBA's first black coach.
1981 - A minor league baseball game between the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox becomes the longest professional baseball game in history, lasting 8 hours and 25 minutes, spanning 33 innings. (The game was suspended and the 33rd inning was not played until June 23rd.)
1982 - The Atlanta Braves set a National League record by winning their 11th straight game to open the season.
1985 - Tulane University abolished its 72-year-old men's basketball program due to charges of fixed games, drug abuse and payments to players. (The program was reinstated in 1988.)
1987 - Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies hits his 500th career home run.
1991 - John Stockton of the Utah Jazz breaks his own NBA single-season assist record with 1,136.
1995 - Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football.
1999 - Wayne Gretzky, the NHL's all-time leading scorer, played in his final professional hockey game, suiting up for the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Along with being the league's all-time leading scorer, Gretzky retired as the holder of 61 individual records.
2005 - It was announced that the NFL's "Monday Night Football" was leaving ABC in 2006 for a new home with ESPN. MNF had been on ABC since its inception in 1970.
Today is the 108th day of 2017, there are 257 days left in the year.
1775 - Paul Revere rode from Charlestown to Lexington to warn Massachusetts colonists of the arrival of British troops during the American Revolution.
1906 - The Great San Francisco Earthquake destroyed over four square miles of the city, set off raging fires and killed more than 3,000 people.
1942 - An air squadron led by Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle raided Tokyo and other Japanese cities during World War II.
1946 - The League of Nations ceased to exist.
1949 - The Irish Republic was proclaimed.
1955 - Physicist Albert Einstein died at age 76.
1956 - Actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco.
1968 - The famous London Bridge was sold to an American. It was disassembled, moved, and reconstructed in Arizona.
1978 - The U.S. Senate voted to hand over control of the Panama Canal to Panama on December 31, 1999.
1983 - A suicide bomber killed 63 people, including 17 Americans, at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.
1989 - Thousands of Chinese students demanding democracy tried to storm Communist Party headquarters in Beijing.
1996 - Former Nebraska quarterback Brook Berringer and a friend, Tobey Lake, were killed when the plane Berringer was piloting crashed in a field near Raymond, Nebraska. He was 22.
2002 - Afghanistan's former king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, returned after 29 years in exile.
2004 - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero ordered a withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq.
2007 - The U.S. Supreme Court, on a 5-4 vote, upheld a federal ban on a medical procedure that opponents called partial-birth abortion.
2011 - Standard & Poor's lowered its long-term outlook for the U.S. government's fiscal health from "stable" to "negative".
2012 - "American Bandstand" and "New Year's Rockin' Eve" host Dick Clark died from heart failure at age 82.
Birthdays
25 - Chloe Bennet (actress)
27 - Britt Robertson (actress)
28 - Jessica Jung (singer)
30 - Samantha Jade (singer)
31 - Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (actress)
33 - America Ferrera (actress)
34 - Amina Pankey (rapper)
34 - Miguel Cabrera (baseball player)
38 - Kourtney Kardashian (reality star)
40 - Bryce Johnson (actor)
41 - Melissa Joan Hart (actress)
41 - Sean Maguire (actor)
46 - David Tennant (actor)
50 - Maria Bello (actress)
54 - Conan O'Brien (TV host)
55 - Jeff Dunham (comedian)
61 - Eric Roberts (actor)
61 - Melody Thomas Scott (actress)
64 - Rick Moranis (actor)
70 - James Woods (actor)
71 - Hayley Mills (actress)
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Today in Sports History - April 18
1923 - The first game was played in the original Yankee Stadium, "the House that Ruth built". The Yankees won the inaugural game of the stadium 4-1 over the Boston Red Sox.
1935 - Gene Sarazen wins the Masters.
1942 - The Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
1958 - A National League attendance record of 78,682 is set in Los Angeles, as the Dodgers defeat the San Francisco Giants 6-5.
1959 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup.
1962 - The Boston Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games to win the NBA championship. Bill Russell scored 30 points and recorded 40 rebounds in the final game which secured a fourth consecutive championship for the Celtics.
1963 - The Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
1964 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the first pitcher to strike out the side on just nine pitches.
1966 - The first Major League baseball game played on AstroTurf took place at the Houston Astrodome as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Astros 6-3.
1966 - Bill Russell was named player-coach of the Boston Celtics, becoming the NBA's first black coach.
1981 - A minor league baseball game between the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox becomes the longest professional baseball game in history, lasting 8 hours and 25 minutes, spanning 33 innings. (The game was suspended and the 33rd inning was not played until June 23rd.)
1982 - The Atlanta Braves set a National League record by winning their 11th straight game to open the season.
1985 - Tulane University abolished its 72-year-old men's basketball program due to charges of fixed games, drug abuse and payments to players. (The program was reinstated in 1988.)
1987 - Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies hits his 500th career home run.
1991 - John Stockton of the Utah Jazz breaks his own NBA single-season assist record with 1,136.
1995 - Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football.
1999 - Wayne Gretzky, the NHL's all-time leading scorer, played in his final professional hockey game, suiting up for the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Along with being the league's all-time leading scorer, Gretzky retired as the holder of 61 individual records.
2005 - It was announced that the NFL's "Monday Night Football" was leaving ABC in 2006 for a new home with ESPN. MNF had been on ABC since its inception in 1970.
