A fire kills 118 people at a wooden church in the small Romanian town of CosteΘti, most of them schoolchildren, after starting during Good Friday services. Date: April 18, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 18 π Events on this day in 1930 π On This Day (Today)
Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938). Date: April 18, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 18 π Events on this day in 1938 π On This Day (Today)
Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons. Date: April 18, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 18 π Events on this day in 1939 π On This Day (Today)
Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France. Date: April 18, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 18 π Events on this day in 1942 π On This Day (Today)
World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed. Date: April 18, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 18 π Events on this day in 1942 π On This Day (Today)
World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island. Date: April 18, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 18 π Events on this day in 1943 π On This Day (Today)
Italian resistance movement: In Turin, despite the harsh repressive measures adopted by Nazi-fascists, a great pre-insurrectional strike begins. Date: April 18, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 18 π Events on this day in 1945 π On This Day (Today)
World War II: Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany. Date: April 18, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 18 π Events on this day in 1945 π On This Day (Today)
Jackie Robinson makes his regular season debut for the Montreal Royals of the International League, to make them the first integrated modern professional baseball team. Date: April 18, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 18 π Events on this day in 1946 π On This Day (Today)
The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands. Date: April 18, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 18 π Events on this day in 1946 π On This Day (Today)