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In a April 18thbut in 1906, a strong earthquake and subsequent fires devastated the city of San Francisco (USA), causing the death of more than 3,000 people and leaving 250,000 homeless.
OTHER EVENTS
1506.- He Pope Julius II Lay the first stone of the Basilica of Saint Peterin Rome.
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1847.- In the US war with Mexicothe troops of general santa anna are defeated by those of the American general Scott in the Battle of Cerro Gordo.
1877.- thomas edison presents his sound recording technique, The phonograph.
1898.- The House of Representatives and the Senate of USA jointly approve the war against Spain because of Cuba.
1902.- An earthquake destroys the city of Quezaltenangothe second most important population of Guatemala.
1909.- beatification ceremony of Joan of Arc in Rome.
1938.- First issue of Actions Comic magazinewhere Superman appears for the first time.
1942.- Second World War: United States undertakes Operation Doolittlethe first American air offensive to reach Japan.
1946.- dissolves the Society of nationswhich transfers its functions to the UN.
1949.- formal proclamation of the Republic of Ireland (Eire) in Dublin.
1951.- Constitution of the European Coal and Steel Community (CECA), germ of the European Economic Community.
1955.- begins the Bandung International Conference (Java Island), attended by delegates from 29 Afro-Asian countries. It was the prelude to Non-Aligned Movement.
1961.- demonstrations in Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela in favor of the Cuban regime and against the United States.
1980.- Zimbabwe inaugurates its independence.
1982.- Declared the International Day for Monuments and Siteswhich was approved by the UNESCO General Assembly.
1983.- 63 people die when several floors of the US embassy in Beirut are blown up with dynamite.
1988.- United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against the Iranian army.
1999.- The Swiss support a complete reform of the Federal Constitution in a referendum.
2001.- The UN Commission on Human Rights condemns the situation in Cuba.
2002.- The king Mohamed Zahir returns to Kabul after 30 years of exile.
2007.- Four car bombs cause nearly 200 deaths in Baghdad (Iraq).
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2016.- He Washington Post and the Florida Tampa Bay They win major Pulitzer Prizes.
2017.- Egyptian archaeologists discover intact pharaonic tomb with eight mummies, 10 sarcophagi and hundreds of funerary statuettes.
2018.- Ecuador is no longer guarantor of the peace process between the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN).
.- Street protests begin in Nicaragua against the social security reform (later repealed), with a balance of between 325 and 545 deaths, according to human rights organizations.
BIRTHS
1734.- Ramon de PignatelliSpanish engineer and writer.
1867.- louis milletSpanish composer and choir director.
1917.- Frederica of GreeceQueen of the Hellenes and mother of Queen Sofía of Spain.
1927.- Tadeusz MazowieckiPolish politician.
1947.- James WoodsAmerican actor.
1953.- Rick MoranisAmerican actor and singer.
DEATHS
1905.- john valeraSpanish novelist, politician and diplomat.
1936.- Ottorino RespighiItalian composer.
1951.- Anthony Oscar CarmonaPortuguese general and President of the Republic.
1955.- Albert EinsteinGerman physicist nationalized American, author of the theory of Relativity and Nobel Prize in Physics 1921.
1986.- Eduardo PisanoSpanish painter.
1991.- Gabriel CelayaSpanish poet and writer.
nineteen ninety five.- Arturo FrondiziArgentine politician, former President of the Republic.
nineteen ninety six.- Manuel Lopez VillasenorSpanish realist painter.
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2002.- Thor HeyerdahlNorwegian adventurer.
2018.- Pedro SorelaSpanish writer and journalist.
2022.- Jose Luis CortesCuban musician, known as “El Tosco”.
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