Page 4: Historical Events In April - 18

1879  Trial of Standing Bear-Crook on indians citizen rights begins on this day in history.   

1879  On April - 18 anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies   

1880  On this day in history an F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.   

1881  Natural History Museum of South Kensington England opens on April - 18.   

1881  On this day in history hermann KJ Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Dr Eisenbart)   

1882  On April - 18 the birth of Leopold Stokowski, British composer   

1882  Leopold Stokowski, London England, conductor (Cincinnati Symphony) on this day in history.   

1883  Agnes Tyrrell, composer, dies at 36 on April - 18.   

1884  Magda Janssens, Flemish/Neth actress/acting teacher (Maria Stuart) on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history arnold Henry Moore Lunn, skier   

1889  In Germany First distant earthquake recorded. Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz made the first known recordings of a distant earthquake on this day in history.   

1889  On April - 18 in Japan a 7+ quake occured near east coast of Honshu, Japan. Teleseism first identified on a seismogram. The instruments were horizontal pendulums, designed by Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz to measure slight changes in the direction of the vertical. Two of these pendulums, located in Potsdam and Wilhelmshaven, recorded a large earthquake on April 17, 1889. The earthquake had been felt in Japan about an hour before it was recorded in Germany   

1889  On April - 18 jessie Street, Austrialian pro womans/aborigine rights fighter   

1890  On April - 18 nY Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton   

1890  James Rennie, Toronto Ontario, actor (Lash, Little Damozel) on this day in history.   

1895  On April - 18 new York State passed an act that established free public baths! They were to be open 14 hours a day and provide hot and cold water.   

1895  On April - 18 anton F Pieck, Dutch illustrator (Efteling, Kaatsheuvel) [or April 19]   

1896  C Eugene Wegmann, Swiss geologist (Le Jura plisse) on April - 18.   

1897  On this day in history pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour) [or Apr 12]   

1898  Lord Leatherland, British journalist/Labour peer on April - 18.   

1898  On this day in history gustave Moureau, painter, dies   

1899  On this day in history john McGraw, at 36, managerial debut as Oriole manager   

1900  Louise Tazewell, [Louise Skiller Tazewell], entertainer on this day in history.   

1902  On April - 18 denmark is 1st country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals   

1903  On April - 18 leonid Kinskey, St Petersburg Russia, actor (Casablanca)   

1904  On April - 18 l'Humanité, under Jean Jaurès begins publishing   

1906  On this day in history an earthquake, followed by fire, destroys most of San Francisco, killing 3000 people   

1906  SF earthquake & fire kills nearly 4,000 & destroys 75% of the city on this day in history.   

1906  On April - 18 the Great San Francisco Earthquake occurred at 5 13 a.m.   

1906  8.25 earthquake shakes SF Calif on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history clara Eggink, [Ebbele], Dutch poetess (Life with JC Bloem)   

1906  The Great San Francisco Earthquake occurred at 5:13 a.m on April - 18.   

1907  Fairmont Hotel opens on this day in history.   

1907  Augustus Thomas' "Witching Hour," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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1480  Lucretia Borgia, murderess (poison)/daughter (Pope Alexander VI) was born on April - 18.   

1521  Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general (Jarnac) was born on April - 18.   

1580  On April - 18 birth of thomas Middleton, English playwright (Game of Chess)   

1590  Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17) was born on April - 18.   

1590  Ahmed I, Ottoman Emperor (d. 1617) was born on April - 18.   

1605  On this day in history birth of giacomo Carissimi, composer   

1729  Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer was born on April - 18.   

1732  George Colman, "the Elder was born on April - 18.   

0680  On this day in history mu'awijja, kalief of Al-Schaam, dies   

1161  Death of Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1504  On this day in history filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52   

1530  On April - 18 francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43   

1552  John Leland, antiquary, dies on April - 18.   

1556  Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61 on April - 18.   

1558  Death of Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent on April - 18.   

1567  On this day in history wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63