WHAT HAPPENED ON 18. APRIL
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The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City. (18. April 1912)

French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I. (18. April 1915)

Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opens. (18. April 1923)

Simon & Schuster publishes the first crossword puzzle book. (18. April 1924)

The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan. (18. April 1936)

World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan. Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed. (18. April 1942)

Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France. (18. April 1942)

World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island. (18. April 1943)

Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany. (18. April 1945)

The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands. (18. April 1946)

The keel for the aircraft carrier USS United States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals. (18. April 1949)

Gamal Abdal Nasser seizes power in Egypt. (18. April 1954)

29 nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference. (18. April 1955)

A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum. (18. April 1958)

The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted. (18. April 1961)

CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule. (18. April 1961)

The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore's dry port. (18. April 1974)

The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwe Dollar replaces the Rhodesian Dollar as the official currency. (18. April 1980)

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. (18. April 1981)

A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people. (18. April 1983)