Today in History for 18th April 2018:
Historical Events
1948 – International Court of Justice opens at The Hague Netherlands
1950 – Sam Jethroe is 1st African American to play for Boston Braves
1976 – Judy Rankin wins LPGA Karsten- Ping Golf Open
1991 – US Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census
1993 – David Lee Roth arrested in NYC for purchasing marijuana for $ 10
1995 – Houston Post folds after 116 years
Famous Birthdays
1605 – Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (Jephta), born in Marino, Rome (d. 1674)
1917 – Louise Frederika, Queen of Greece
1934 – Mark Kingston, actor (Intimate Contact)
1936 – Brian Fuller, commandant (Fire Service College, England)
1965 – Diana Villegas, rocker (Triplets)
1967 – Maria Bello, American actress
Famous Deaths
1679 – Hofmannswaldau, writer, dies
1944 – Cécile Chamindale, composer, dies
1955 – Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate (theory of relativity), dies of an abdominal aortic aneurysm at 76
2012 – Dick Clark [Richard Wagstaff Clark], American radio and television personality (American Bandstand), dies from a heart attack at 82
2013 – Storm Thorgerson, English graphic designer, dies from cancer at 69
2013 – Cordell “Boogie” Mosson, American musician (Parliament-Funkadelic collective), dies of liver failure at 60