18. April

of the 18. April is the 108. Day of the Gregorian calendar (the 109. in leap years), thus 257 days up to the year end remain.

of events

• 1956: The US-American actress Grace Kelly marries Rainier III. and becomes as Gracia Patricia princess of Monaco

politics

• 1025: Boleslaw Chrobry becomes in Poland to the first king crowned.
• 1417: Friedrich VI. from Nuremberg, so far castle count, receives the cure principality Brandenburg as Lehen and becomes now as a cure prince Friedrich I. the founder of the brandenburgischen Hohenzollern.
• 1885: Hessian liberty concession forFrench faith fleeing Inge.
• 1920: GermanSoviet agreement over the exchange of prisoners of war signs.
• 1947: The breakup of Helgoland fails British units.
• 1949: Ireland withdraws from the Commonwealth .
• 1951: The contract for the establishment of the Coal and Steel Community (EGKS) one signs. From the Coal and Steel Community, the contract over the European Economic Community (EEC) and the contract over the use of the nuclear energy later the European community developed.
• 1954: Gamal Abdel of wet transfers power to Egypt.
• 1955:On initiative of Gamal Abdel of wet from Egypt, Jawaharlal Nehru from India and Josip Broz Tito from Yugoslavia meet envoys from 23 asiatic and 6 African states in the Indonesian Bandung for the first conference of the movement of the non-aligned states.
• 1980: Südrhodesien becomes as Simbabwe independent state with Robert Mugabe as a prime minister.
• 1992: Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya becomes a president in Mauritania.
• 1988: In Persian Gulf the operation Praying Mantis finds sea-battle mentioned between the USA andIran instead of.
• 1996: Islamic fundamentalists commits a terrorist attack on a hotel in Cairo whereby it 18 dead ones and 18 severely woundeds person gives.
• 1996: The German association schools to the net is created.
• 1997: Eriwan, Armenia. Large demonstrations approximatelyPresident Lewon Ter Petrosjan.
• 1998: In the People's Republic China will dismiss dissident Wang Dan prematurely from health reasons from the detention.
• 1998: Great Britain and the Irish Republican Army close a peace agreement.

disasters

• 1906: With a heavy Earthquake of the estimated strength 7.8 and the fires resulting from it is devastated the California city San Francisco. Die between 700 and 3000 humans.

economics

• 2001: India starts 410 tons a heavy booster rocket in the space center Sriharikotaand positions 2 tons a heavy satellite in space.

science and technology

• 1940: Walter weber (realm broadcasting corporation) notes the discovery of the high frequency bias for the tape deck in his official diary. The age of the high-quality magnetic recordingbegins.
• 1943: Albert Hofmann discovers the psychoaktive effect of LSD in Basel by accident.
• 2002: The recently discovered Gladiatoren or Mantophasmatodea is introduced as new order of the insects.

culture

• 1487: The human Konrad Celtis it becomes on the Nürnberger Reichstag of emperor Friedrich III. to „poeta laureatus “ crowned.
• 1724: Premiere of the opera Calfurnia of Giovanni Bononcini at the King's Theatre in London.
• 1771: Premiere of the Operette That village bar beer by Johann Adam Hiller.
• 1986: In Hamburg takes place the German premiere of the musical Cats of Andrew Lloyd Webber .
• 1998: In Baden-Baden the largest German Festspielhaus with a concert of the World Orchestra becomes for Peace solemnly opens.

religion

• 1506: In Rome Julius II. takes place via Pope. the Grundsteinlegung to the monumental and expensive new building of the Peter cathedral.
• 1655: Alexander VII. becomes as successors of Pope Innozenz X. inthronisiert.
• 1999: Pope Johannes Paul II. Augustina Livia Pietrantoni in Rome speaks holy.
• 2005: The Konklave for the choice of the successor of the deceased of Pope Johannes Paul II. begins in Rome. As favorite the German cardinal Josef Ratzinger is considered.

Sport

• 1998: Vitali Klitschko wins its Boxkampf against Julius Francis in Aachen by technical k. o.

Entries from athlete IC world records are under the respective discipline under Leichtathletik; for events within the range formula 1 see there.

Born

• 1115: Gertrud of Saxonia, only child of the emperor Lothar III.
• 1480: Lucrezia Borgia, Italian Renaissance princess
• 1521: François de Coligny d'Andelot, colonel general of the French infantry
• 1529: Johann II. of Hoya,Prince bishop von Osnabrück, Münster and Paderborn
• 1605: Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer
• 1618: Roger de Bussy Rabutin, French general and writer
• 1640: Stechinelli, Landdrost and yard banker of the Welfenherzöge
• 1671: Johann Burchard Freystein, German lawyerand church song poets
• 1710: Friedrich Bogislav of Tauentzien, Prussian general
• 1748: Christian Friedrich wet one, German psychiatrist
• 1768: Jean Baptiste Debret, French painter
• 1772: David Ricardo, British political economist
• 1773: William of breaking into living, more PrussianGeneral
• 1775: Christian Nicolaus of Evers, mayor in Luebeck
• 1777: Ludwig Berger (composer), German composer, pianist and piano paedagogue
• 1782: George August gold foot, German paleontologist and zoologist
• 1782: Old TIG Anton Leopold of Natzmer,Prussian general
• 1786: Xaver Schnyder of waiting lake, Swiss composer and music author
• 1798: Antonio Rolla, Italian violin virtuoso
• 1808: Peter Josef Bluem, bishop of Limburg
• 1813: Franz CCIT brook, German painter
• 1813: Friedrich Hofmann, Writers
• 1819: Carlo Manuel de Céspedes, Gründer of the Cuban nation
• 1819: Franz of Suppé, Austrian composer
• 1822: August Peter man, geographer and Kartografen
• 1828: August von Wille, German landscape and category painter
• 1829: Albert Fischer, Evangelist minister and Hymnologe
• 1837: Eleuterio Ramirez Molina, Chilean commander in the battle of Tarapacá
• 1838: Ewald Bellingrath, German ship technical designer
• 1838: Johannes of Widenmayer, lawyer and mayor of Munich
• 1838: Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, French chemist
• 1839: Henry Kendall, Australian writer
• 1848: August gardner, German physician and micro biologist
• 1849: Adolf Slaby, German professor (radio engineering)
• 1852: Friedrich of Thiersch, GermanArchitect
• 1857: Clarence Darrow, US-American attorney
• 1860: Andreas Heinrich Voigt, German economic and sociologist
• 1863: Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian minister of foreign affairs
• 1868: Irene of Chavanne, Austrian old singer
• 1875: James J. Jeffries, US AmericanBoxer and heavyweight world champion
• 1875: Oskar Ernst Bernhardt, German founder of the Gralsbewegung
• 1877: Peter Neuenheuser, German clergyman and LV victim
• 1878: Engelbert Wittich, jenischer writer
• 1879: August Hinrichs, German writer
• 1880: SAM Crawford, US-American baseball player
• 1881: Julius Edgar lily field, physicist
• 1882: Leopold Stokowski, English conductor
• 1884: Ludwig Meidner, German painter, poet and commercial artist
• 1885: Claus's mountains, German naval painter
• 1885: Hermann Mueller (athlete),German athlete and olympia medal winner
• 1888: Arnold Lunn, British ski runner, mountain climber and writer
• 1888: Frida unfortunately, German opera singer
• 1888: Friedrich Rödel, German LV resistance fighter
• 1890: Alexander Granach, theatre and Filmschauspieler
• 1892: Bolesław Bierut, communist Polish politician
• 1896: Isaak resounding man, paedagogue and LV victim
• 1897: By Eric Hedlund, Swedish ski long runner
• 1902: Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician
• 1904: Giuseppe Terragni, Italian architect
• 1904: Paul Zapp, Anführer of theSpecial command 11a of the group of employments of D, mass murderers
• 1905: George Hitchings, US-amerikanischer Biochemiker, Nobelpreisträger
• 1906: Rudolf bird (politician), German politician
• 1907: Lars Valerian Ahlfors, Finnish-US-American mathematician
• 1907: Miklós Rózsa, important film composer
• 1907: Rudi Godden, German singer and Filmschauspieler
• 1908: Harsh ore Sandberg, German commercial artist and caricaturist
• 1910: Rudolf is enough, German national socialist and Gestapo civil servant
• 1911: William Banse, German politician and MdB
• 1912: Max forest Meier, SwissAstronomer and sun researcher
• 1913: Werner stone mountain, German writer
• 1915: Cläre Schmitt, Member of the Bundestag
• 1917: Friederike Luise, queen of Greece
• 1918: André Bazin, French film critic
• 1919: John Taras, Choreograf and ballet master
• 1921: Heinz Werner Hübner, German journalist
• 1922: Nigel Kneale, English writer and film script author
• 1923: Ferenc Sido, Hungarian table tennis player
• 1923: Leif Panduro, Danish writer and dentist
• 1924: Clarence Gatemouth Brown, US-American Blues guitarist
• 1925: Adolf Schmidt, German politician and MdB
• 1925: Marcus decoration, Austrian mountain climber
• 1927: Samuel Huntington, US-American politics policy
• 1927: Tadeusz Mazowiecki, ehem. Prime Minister of Poland
• 1928: Jürgen soaping ore, German politics policy andCivil rights activist
• 1928: Ken Colyer, British jazz cornetist
• 1928: Otto Piene, German artist
• 1929: Jean Jülich, Mitglied of the Cologne noble pointing mirror-image rates, fair among the peoples
• 1929: Mario Francesco Pompedda, cardinal of the Roman-catholic church
• 1930: Jean Guillou, French composer, organist and pianist
• 1931: Klas read other, Swedish Biathlet and olympia winner
• 1933: Harald Dietl, German theatre and Filmschauspieler
• 1934: January Klusák, Czech composer
• 1934: Max Amling, German SPD politician
• 1937: Barbara Bredow, German artist
• 1937: Marcia Haydée, Brazilian dancer and former ballet directress in Stuttgart
• 1937: Robert Hooks, US-American actor
• 1938: Hannes Androsch, Austrian Minister of Finance, tax counsel and entrepreneur
• 1939: Marcia Haydée, Brazilian dancer
• 1940: Irish Republican Army von Fürstenberg, European actress and Schmuckdesignerin
• 1940: Joseph L. Goldstein, US-amerikanischer physician
• 1940: Walter Treser, German autotechnical designer and engineer
• 1942: Yokes Rindt, GermanAustrian running driver
• 1944: Albin plan Inc., Slovenian chess player
• 1945: Hans Heinrich Sander, German politician
• 1945: Karl-Heinz Matthias, Präsident of the Customs Office
• 1945: Wolfgang Stropek, Austrian Motorradrennfahrer
• 1946: Catfish Hunter, US-American baseball player
• 1946: Keith copilot country, US AmericanJazz Schlagzeuger
• 1946: Hayley Mills, British actress
• 1946: Skip Spence, US-American rock musician
• 1947: James Woods, US-American actor
• 1947: Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor
• 1947: Konradin Groth, German Trompeter
• 1947: Moses blow, Politicians and president of Liberia
• 1948: Catherine Malfitano, American Sopranistin
• 1948: Harald Schweitzer, German politician
• 1948: Ina steers, German politician
• 1948: Joachim Both, German athlete
• 1948: Wolfgang A. Gentleman man,To president DO Munich
• 1950: Grigori Lipmanowitsch Sokolow, Russian pianist
• 1951: Thomas Ebermann, German journalist and politician of the Greens
• 1952: Bo Katzman, Swiss musician, singer, teacher and choir leader
• 1952: Reto drill, SwissMusician, singer and choir leader
• 1954: Hans's dear suppl., Netherlands Musikcomedian
• 1954: Rick Moranis, Canadian actor and Komödiant
• 1954: Torsten Persson, Swedish economist
• 1956: Eric Robert, US-amerikanischer actor
• 1956: Roberto Calderoli, ItalianPolitician
• 1960: Jelena Schupijewa, Ukrainian light athlete and Olympionikin
• 1960: Neo smoke, German artist
• 1961: Franco Cesarini, Swiss composer and conductor
• 1961: Jane Leeves, British actress
• 1962: William N. Watson, EnglishChess player
• 1963: Conan O'Brien, US-amerikanischer Komiker and Showmaster
• 1963: Steffen Kampeter, German politician and MdB
• 1963: Thomas Kristl, German football player
• 1964: Vinnie of moorlands, rock musicians
• 1964: Zazie (singer), French Popsängerin
• 1966: Manfred Schwabl, German football player
• 1966: Trine Hattestad, Norwegian light athlete
• 1967: Daniel Sodenkamp, German FDP politician
• 1967: Maria Bello, US-American actress
• 1968: David Hewlett, British actor
• 1968: Olga Romasko, RussianBiathletin
• 1968: Thomas Eder, Austrian Literaturwissenschafter
• 1969: Anja Greb, Taekwondo Kämpferin and Inlinehockey Nationalspielerin
• 1969: Robert Změlík, Czech athlete
• 1969: Stefan black, Swedish football player
• 1970: Esther of pig, German actress
• 1971: Stefan Schnoor, German football player
• 1972: Lars Christiansen, Danish Handballer
• 1972: Tetje Mierendorf, German actor and musical singer
• 1973: Haile Gebrselassie, äthiopischer central and long-distance runner
• 1974: Arturo Di Napoli, Italian football player
• 1974: Mark of Tremonti, guitarist
• 1975: Paul Dana, US-amerikanischer running driver
• 1976: Melissa Joan hard, US-American actress
• 1977: Hassan El Fakiri, football player
• 1978: Dédé, Brazilian football player
• 1978: Maxim Podoprigora, successful float of Austria
• 1979: Pawina Thongsuk, Thai Gewichtheberin
• 1980: Franz David Fritz Meier, German ice hockey player
• 1980: Martina Mueller, German Fussballspielerin
• 1981: Maxim Iglinski, kasachischer wheel running driver
• 1984: Michael grumble, German wheel running driver
• 1986: Mateusz Rutkowski,Polish ski Springer

died

• 0,680: Kalif Muawiya I. (661-680), founders of the Umayyadendynastie
• 1161: Theobald of Bec, archbishop of Canterbury
• 1567: William of Grumbach, knights and adventurers
• 1674: John Graunt, Wegbereiterthe modern statistics
• 1679: Christian Hofmann von Hofmannswaldau, German writer
• 1690: Karl V. Leopold, duke of Lorraine, Austrian field gentleman
• 1696: Marie de Rabutin Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Briefeschreiberin
• 1727: Matthias Steinl, AustrianArchitect and sculptor
• 1763: Franz Anton Bustelli, sculptor and Modellierer
• 1802: Erasmus Darwin, British poet, scientist and physician
• 1813: Ernst Christian Trapp, first German owners of a chair for Pädagogik
• 1835: William Cobbett,English writer
• 1845: Nicolas Theodore de Saussure, Schweizer natural scientist
• 1849: Carlo Rossi, Italian-Russian architect
• 1855: Jean Baptiste Isabey, French painter
• 1861: August Neithardt, German composer
• 1861: Joseph eye stone, politician and of BadenDelegate
• 1864: Karl handle, Prussian soldier (pioneer)
• 1873: Justus of Liebig, German chemist
• 1877: Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl, German painter, Lithograph and photographer
• 1880: Eric Bodom, Norwegian painter
• 1881: Max Maria ofWeber, Saxonian director of railway and railway engineer
• 1883: Édouard Albert Roche, French mathematician
• 1900: Rudolf Charousek, Hungarian chess master
• 1913: Lester franc Ward, US-American sociologist
• 1921: August Scherl, citizen of Berlin large publisher
• 1936: Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer
• 1936: Smelling pool of broadcasting corporations Lipinski, German trade unionist, politician and writer
• 1940: Katharina Schratt, Austrian actress
• 1943: Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese large admiral
• 1945: John Ambrose Fleming, British electrical engineer and physicist
• 1945: Please Hans Köllner, German lieutenant general, carrier of the knight cross with oak leaves and swords
• 1945: Alfreds Freyberg, German land and local politician
• 1945: Klaus boy, German chess master
• 1945: William to Wied, prince of Albania
• 1949: Leonard Bloomfield, US-American linguist
• 1950: Lazarus Goldschmidt, Orientalist
• 1950: William Scharrelmann, German teacher and writer
• 1951: António OSCAR de Fragoso Carmona, president of Portugal from 1926 to 1951
• 1955: Albert Einstein, Physikerand Nobelpreisträger
• 1955: Martin Gumpert, German-American physician and writer
• 1957: Henri de Groot, Netherlands football player
• 1963: Adriaan Koonings, Netherlands football player
• 1968: Heinrich bar situation, German politician and MdB
• 1972: Willi lice,German politician
• 1974: Johnny Young, US-American musician
• 1974: Marcel Pagnol, French writer, Dramaturg and director
• 1976: Henrik Dam, American pathologist
• 1984: Leopold Lindtberg, Austrian director
• 1986: Heinrich Lehmann Willenbrock, German captainand commander
• 1989: Hilde Benjamin, chairman Richterin and Justizministerin of the GDR
• 1996: Piet Hein, Danish scientist, inventor and man of letters
• 1997: Harsh ore Czaja, German politician
• 2002: Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian Anthropologe and adventurer
• 2003: Edgar F. Codd, US-American mathematician
• 2003: Tonuses Hagen, Swiss geologist
• 2005: Clarence Gaines, US-American college basketball coach

of celebration and anniversaries

• national holiday in Simbabwe (independence day of 1980)
• international monument day

see also: Historical anniversaries, Time scale