| History By Day |
| April 18th |
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| About April 18th is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 257 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1857 - Clarence Darrow, lawyer, civil rights activist 1912 - Wendy Barrie, actress (The Private Life of Henry VIII) 1924 - Henry Hyde, former U.S. Congressman (Illinois) 1944 - Robert Hanssen, FBI agent turned traitor 1963 - Conan O'Brien, comedian (Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show) 1976 - Melissa Joan Hart, actress, singer (Clarissa Explains It All, Sabrina the Teenage Witch) 1984 - America Ferrera, actress (Ugly Betty) Deaths 1853 - William R. King, 13th U.S. Vice President 1942 - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor, socialite 1955 - Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist (E = mc2) Events 1775 - Paul Revere makes his famous "Midnight Ride" from Boston to Lexington, Massachusetts. |
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