April 18: Day of the Week
April 18, 2023 is the 108th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 257 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.
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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
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April 18 Historical Event(s)
- 1518Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.
- 1831The University of Alabama is founded.
- 1857“The Spirits Book” by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.
- 1902Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, is destroyed by an earthquake.
- 1909Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
- 1912The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.
- 1930BBC Radio announces that there is no news on that day.
- 1942World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan. Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
- 1980The 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.
- 1981The 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.
Who were born on April 18?
- 1905George H. Hitchings, American scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
- 1917Frederika of Hanover, Queen Consort of Greece (d. 1981)
- 1917Ty LaForest, Canadian baseball player (d. 1947)
- 1918Clifton Hillegass, American publisher (d. 2001)
- 1942Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian racer and F1 (posthumous) world champion (d. 1970)
- 1942Steve Blass, American professional baseball player
- 1951Ricardo Fortaleza, Australian-Filipino boxer
- 1969Stefan Schwarz, Swedish footballer
- 1980Robyn Regehr, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (d. 2009)
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