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 → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 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 → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 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 → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 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 → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 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 → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Operation Big Bang, the largest non-nuclear man-made explosion to that time, destroys bunkers and military installations on the North Sea island of Heligoland, Germany. Date: April 18, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force, declaring Éire to be a republic and severing Ireland's "association" with the Commonwealth of Nations. Date: April 18, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)

Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt. Date: April 18, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)

Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference. Date: April 18, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)

East African Airways Flight 720 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing 43. Date: April 18, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)