April 18 is National Animal Crackers Day. Greet your loved ones today with a box of animal crackers.
Take a look at the outlined events below to find out what made history on April 18.
- 1791-National Guardsmen prevented Louis XVI and his family from leaving Paris.
- 1835-William Lamb became prime minister of England.
- 1846-The telegraph ticker was patented by R.E. House.
- 1861-Colonel Robert E. Lee turned down an offer to command the Union armies during the U.S. Civil War.
- 1906-A massive earthquake destroyed San Francisco.
- 1910-Walter R. Brookins made the first airplane flight at night.
- 1924-Simon and Schuster, Inc. published the first “Crossword Puzzle Book.”
- 1938-Superman made his debut when he appeared in the first issue of Action Comics.
- 1943-Japanese Admiral, Isoroku Yamamoto, was shot down by American P-38 fighters.
- 1946-The League of Nations was dissolved.
- 1949-Ireland became an independent republic.
- 1950-The first transatlantic jet passenger trip was completed.
- 1951-The European Coal and Steel Community was established.
- 1954-Gamal Abdel Nasser seized power in Egypt.
- 1956-Rainier III married Grace Kelly.
- 1960-The Mutual Broadcasting System was sold to the 3M Company of Minnesota for $1.25 million.
- 1983-The U.S. Embassy in Beirut was blown up by a suicide car bomber.
- 1985-Ted Turner filed for a hostile takeover of CBS.
- 1999–Wayne Gretzky played his final game in the NHL.
- 2002-The city legislature of Berlin decided to make Marlene Dietrich an honorary citizen.