April 18 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for April 18
In the headlines today:

2003	Mathematician Edgar Codd, inventor of the relational database, dies at age 79 at his Florida home.
1999	Hockey great Wayne Gretzky plays in his final NHL game.
1996	Israeli artillery accidentally hits a UN relief camp, killing 91 Lebanese refugees.
1994	Former US president Richard M. Nixon suffers a stroke; he would die four days later. (photo credit: NARA)
1960	The 3M company buys the Mutual Broadcasting System for a mere $1,25 billion.
1955	Physicist Albert Einstein dies in Princeton, New Jersey, at age 76.
1954	Gamal Abdul Nasser becomes Premier of Egypt.
1949	Ireland proclaims itself a republic.
1946	The League of Nations is abolished, with its assets going to the United Nations.
1932	Ford introduces the last of its original, 4-cylinder cars, the Model B.
1923	74,000 fans watch the first baseball game played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY.
1906	A disastrous earthquake and fire ravages San Francisco.
1861	Union troops evacuate Harper's Ferry, VA, during the US Civil War.
1775	American patriot Paul Revere begins his famous ride from Boston, Massachusetts, to Concord, New Hampshire, warning Colonists of the advancing British.