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This is a list of selected April 18 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

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Damage from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
Damage from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
St. Peter's Basilica in 2004
Saint Peter's Basilica by Giovanni Paolo Pannini
A B-25 launching from the USS Hornet during Col. Doolittle's Raid
Ezra Pound
Roland Garros

Ineligible

Blurb	Reason
; Independence Day in Zimbabwe (1980)	refimprove sections
1506 – Construction of the current St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, to replace the old basilica built in the 4th century, began.	refimprove section
1738 – By royal decree, King Philip V established the Real Academia de la Historia, tasked with studying the history of Spain.	Undue weight on controversies, lack of sourcing
1847 – Mexican–American War: Winfield Scott's United States troops out-flanked and drove Santa Anna's larger Mexican army from a strong defensive position in the Battle of Cerro Gordo.	self-contradictory
1906 – A major earthquake and resulting fires devastated San Francisco, killing at least 3,000 people and leaving more than half of the city's population homeless.	POTD for 2022
1923 – The New York Yankees of Major League Baseball began playing their games in the newly constructed Yankee Stadium.	refimprove section
1942 – World War II: Sixteen B-25 Mitchell bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet carried out the Doolittle Raid, the first Allied attack on the Japanese home islands.	refimprove section
1947 – In one of the largest non-nuclear single explosive detonations in history, the Royal Navy set off 4,000 tonnes of surplus ammunition in an unsuccessful attempt to destroy the island of Heligoland, Germany.	refimprove, self-contradictory
1955 – Representatives from 29 African and Asian countries met in the inaugural Bandung Conference in Indonesia to promote economic and cultural cooperation.	unsourced material, weasel words in WP voice
1961 – The Soviet Pluton planetary radar performed the first successful radiolocation of the planet Venus.	outdated
1983 – A suicide bomber destroyed the United States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing over 60 people with a car bomb.	needs more footnotes
1988 – Iran–Iraq War: U.S. naval forces attacked Iranian forces in retaliation for damage to the American frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts due to mines in the Persian Gulf.	refimprove section

Eligible

1689 – Glorious Revolution: Provincial militia and citizens in Boston revolted, arresting officials of the Dominion of New England.
1864 – American Civil War: African-American Union soldiers were massacred and mutilated during and after the Battle of Poison Spring.
1881 – The painted ceilings of the Natural History Museum, London, were unveiled when the building opened its doors to the public.
1915 – World War I: Hit by ground fire, French aviation pioneer Roland Garros (pictured) landed his aircraft behind enemy lines and was taken prisoner.
1949 – The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 came into force, declaring Ireland a republic and terminating its membership in the British Commonwealth of Nations.
1958 – Controversial American poet Ezra Pound was released from St. Elizabeths Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Washington, D.C., in which he had been incarcerated for twelve years.
1996 – Operation Grapes of Wrath: Israeli forces shelled Qana, Lebanon, killing at least 100 civilians and injuring more than 110 others at a United Nations compound.
2019 – The United States Department of Justice released a redacted version of the Mueller report about the investigation of Russian influence on the U.S. presidential election to Congress and the public.
Born/died: | Gratian |b|359| Ippolita Maria Sforza |b|1445 or 1446| Lucrezia Borgia |b|1480| John Leland |d|1552| Polydore Vergil |d|1555| Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran |b|1838| Ludwig Levy |b|1854| Bertha Isaacs |b|1900| Pigmeat Markham |b|1904| Martha Ripley |d|1912| Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney |d|1942| Albert Einstein |d|1955|Robert Christgau |b|1942

Notes

Battles of Lexington and Concord appears on April 19; the midnight ride and the 1689 revolt should not appear in the same year

April 18

Robert Mugabe

1775 – American Revolutionary War: Colonists Paul Revere and William Dawes, later joined by Samuel Prescott, began a midnight ride to warn residents of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, about the impending arrival of British troops.
1938 – Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster of DC Comics, made his debut in Action Comics #1, the first true superhero comic book.
1946 – The final session of the League of Nations concluded in Geneva, with delegates agreeing to transfer much of its assets to the United Nations.
1980 – Robert Mugabe (pictured) became the first prime minister of Zimbabwe, beginning a 37-year period in power.
2007 – A ladle spilled 30 tonnes (33 tons) of molten steel in a factory in Liaoning, China, killing 32 workers.

Theobald of Bec (d. 1161)
Clara Elsene Peck (b. 1883)
Universo 2000 (b. 1963)

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 File:Petersdom von Engelsburg gesehen.jpg|St. Peter's Basilica in 2004
+File:Ca' Rezzonico - Interno della basilica di San Pietro a Roma - Giampaolo Pannini.jpg|Saint Peter's Basilica by Giovanni Paolo Pannini
 File:Army B-25 (Doolittle Raid).jpg|A B-25 launching from the USS Hornet during Col. Doolittle's Raid
+File:Ezra Pound by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1913.jpg|Ezra Pound
-File:Boleslaus I.jpg|Boleslaus I of Poland
+File:Roland Garros 1910.jpg|Roland Garros
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-| [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Zimbabwe]]''' ([[1980]])
+| ; [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Zimbabwe]]''' ([[1980]])
+| refimprove sections
-| outdated
 |-
+| [[1506]] – Construction of the current '''[[St. Peter's Basilica]]'''<!-- ''(interior pictured)''--> in [[Vatican City]], to replace the [[old St. Peter's Basilica|old basilica]] built in the {{nowrap|4th century}}, began.
-|[[1025]] – '''[[Bolesław I Chrobry]]''' became the first [[List of Polish monarchs|King of Poland]].
-|refimprove section, unreferenced section
+| refimprove section
 |-
+| [[1738]] – By royal decree, King [[Philip V of Spain|Philip&nbsp;V]] established the '''[[Real Academia de la Historia]]''', tasked with studying the [[history of Spain]].
-| [[1775]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: Colonists '''[[Paul Revere]]''', '''[[William Dawes]]''', and '''[[Samuel Prescott]]''' began a "midnight ride" from [[Boston]] to [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]] to warn residents about the impending arrival of British troops.
+| Undue weight on controversies, lack of sourcing
-| Dawes tagged refimprove and it seems unfair to exclude him
+|-
+| [[1847]] – [[Mexican–American War]]: [[Winfield Scott]]'s United States troops out-flanked and drove [[Antonio López de Santa Anna|Santa Anna]]'s larger Mexican army from a strong defensive position in the '''[[Battle of Cerro Gordo]]'''.
+| self-contradictory
+|-
+| [[1906]] – A major earthquake and resulting fires '''[[1906 San Francisco earthquake|devastated San Francisco]]'''<!-- ''(damage pictured)''-->, killing at least 3,000 people and leaving more than half of the city's population homeless.
+| [[Template:POTD/2022-04-18|POTD for 2022]]
+|-
+| [[1923]] – The [[New York Yankees]] of [[Major League Baseball]] began playing their games in the newly constructed '''[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]'''.
+| refimprove section
 |-
 | [[1942]] – [[World War II]]: Sixteen [[B-25 Mitchell]] bombers from the aircraft carrier [[USS Hornet (CV-8)|USS ''Hornet'']]<!-- ''(launch pictured)''--> carried out the '''[[Doolittle Raid]]''', the first [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] attack on the Japanese home islands.
 | refimprove section
 |-
+| [[1947]] – In one of the [[List of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions|largest non-nuclear single explosive detonations in history]], the [[Royal Navy]] set off 4,000 [[tonne]]s of surplus [[ammunition]] in an unsuccessful attempt to destroy the island of '''[[Heligoland]]''', Germany.
-|[[1961]] – The Soviet '''[[Pluton (complex)|Pluton]]''' [[planetary radar]] performed the world's first successful [[radiolocation]] of the planet Venus.
+| refimprove, self-contradictory
-|stub
 |-
+| [[1955]] – Representatives from 29 African and Asian countries met in the inaugural '''[[Bandung Conference]]''' in Indonesia to promote economic and cultural cooperation.
-|[[1983]] – A suicide bomber '''[[1983 United States embassy bombing|destroyed]]''' the [[Diplomatic missions of the United States|United States Embassy]] in [[Beirut]], Lebanon, killing over 60 people with a [[car bomb]].
+| unsourced material, weasel words in WP voice
+|-
+|[[1961]] – The Soviet '''[[Pluton (complex)|Pluton]]''' [[planetary radar]] performed the first successful [[radiolocation]] of the planet Venus.
+|outdated
+|-
+|[[1983]] – A suicide bomber '''[[1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut|destroyed]]''' the [[Diplomatic missions of the United States|United States Embassy]] in [[Beirut]], Lebanon, killing over 60 people with a [[car bomb]].
 |needs more footnotes
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-|[[1988]] – [[Iran-Iraq War|Iran–Iraq War]]: [[United States Navy|U.S. naval forces]] '''[[Operation Praying Mantis|attacked]]''' Iranian forces in retaliation for the Iranian [[naval mine|mining]] of the [[Persian Gulf]] and the subsequent damage to the American frigate [[USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)|USS ''Samuel B. Roberts'']].
+|[[1988]] – [[Iran-Iraq War|Iran–Iraq War]]: U.S. naval forces '''[[Operation Praying Mantis|attacked]]''' Iranian forces in retaliation for damage to the American frigate [[USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)|USS ''Samuel B. Roberts'']] due to [[naval mine|mines]] in the [[Persian Gulf]].
 |refimprove section
-|-
-|[[1992]] – General '''[[Abdul Rashid Dostum]]''' revolted against the [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan]] and allied with [[Ahmad Shah Massoud]] to capture [[Kabul]].
-|Need to verify date – Dostum's article says 18 Apr, but [[Civil war in Afghanistan (1989–1992)]] makes it seem like he defected earlier
 |}
 ==Eligible==
+* [[1689]] – [[Glorious Revolution]]: [[Militia (United States)|Provincial militia]] and citizens in [[Boston]] '''[[1689 Boston revolt|revolted]]''', arresting officials of the [[Dominion of New England]].
-{{*mp}} [[1906]] – A major earthquake and resulting fires '''[[1906 San Francisco earthquake|devastated]]''' [[San Francisco]], killing at least 3,000 people and leaving more than half of the city's population homeless.
+* [[1864]] – [[American Civil War]]: African-American [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] soldiers were massacred and mutilated during and after the '''[[Battle of Poison Spring]]'''.
-{{*mp}} [[1958]] – Controversial American poet '''[[Ezra Pound]]''' was released from [[St. Elizabeths Hospital]] in [[Washington. D.C.]], where had been incarcerated for twelve years.
+* [[1881]] – The painted '''[[ceilings of the Natural History Museum, London]]''', were unveiled when the building opened its doors to the public.
-</ul>
+* [[1915]] – [[World War I]]: Hit by ground fire, French aviation pioneer '''[[Roland Garros (aviator)|Roland Garros]]''' ''(pictured)'' landed his aircraft behind enemy lines and was taken prisoner.
+* [[1949]] – [[The Republic of Ireland Act 1948]] came into force, declaring '''[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]''' a republic and terminating its membership in the [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth of Nations]].
+* [[1958]] – Controversial American poet '''[[Ezra Pound]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''--> was released from [[St.&nbsp;Elizabeths Hospital]], a [[psychiatric hospital]] in Washington, D.C., in which he had been incarcerated for twelve years.
+* [[1996]] – [[Operation Grapes of Wrath]]: Israeli forces '''[[Qana massacre|shelled]]''' [[Qana]], Lebanon, killing at least 100 civilians and injuring more than 110 others at [[United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon|a United Nations compound]].
+* [[2019]] – The [[United States Department of Justice]] released a redacted version of the '''[[Mueller report]]''' about [[Special Counsel investigation (2017–2019)|the investigation of Russian influence on the U.S. presidential election]] to Congress and the public.
+* Born/died: | '''[[Gratian]]'''<!--Roman emperor--> |b|359| '''[[Ippolita Maria Sforza]]'''<!--Italian noblewoman--> |b|1445 or 1446| '''[[Lucrezia Borgia]]'''<!--Spanish/Italian noblewoman--> |b|1480| '''[[John Leland (antiquary)|John Leland]]'''<!--English--> |d|1552| '''[[Polydore Vergil]]'''<!--Italian scholar--> |d|1555| '''[[Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran]]'''<!--French chemist--> |b|1838| '''[[Ludwig Levy]]'''<!--German architect--> |b|1854| '''[[Bertha Isaacs]]'''<!--Bahamian educator--> |b|1900| '''[[Pigmeat Markham]]'''<!--American entertainer--> |b|1904| '''[[Martha Ripley]]'''<!--American physician--> |d|1912| '''[[Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney]]'''<!--American sculptor--> |d|1942| '''[[Albert Einstein]]'''<!--German physicist--> |d|1955|'''[[Robert Christgau]]'''<!--American journalist--> |b|1942
 ==Notes==
-{{*mp}} [[Battles of Lexington and Concord]] appears on April 19; the midnight ride and the battles should not both appear in the same year
+* [[Battles of Lexington and Concord]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 19|April 19]]; the midnight ride and the 1689 revolt should not appear in the same year
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+{{main page image/OTD|File:Mugabe 1979 a.jpg|Robert Mugabe}}
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+* [[1775]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: Colonists [[Paul Revere]] and [[William Dawes]]<!--not bold, refimprove-->, later joined by [[Samuel Prescott]]<!--not bold if Dawes is not-->, began '''[[Paul Revere's Midnight Ride|a midnight ride]]''' to warn residents of [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]] and [[Concord, Massachusetts]], about the impending arrival of British troops.
-[[File:Stpetes.JPG|Saint Peter's Basilica by Giovanni Paolo Pannini|100x100px]]
+* [[1938]] – [[Superman]]<!--not bold, lots of unsourced content-->, created by [[Jerry Siegel]] and [[Joe Shuster]] of [[DC Comics]], made his debut in '''[[Action Comics 1|''Action Comics''&nbsp;#1]]''', the first true [[superhero]] comic book.
-</div>
-{{*mp}} [[1506]] – Construction of the current '''[[St. Peter's Basilica]]''' ''(interior pictured)'' in [[Vatican City]], to replace the [[old St. Peter's Basilica|old basilica]] built in the {{nowrap|4th century}}, began.
+* [[1946]] – The final session of the '''[[League of Nations]]''' concluded in Geneva, with delegates agreeing to transfer much of its assets to the [[United Nations]].
+* [[1980]] – '''[[Robert Mugabe]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the first [[Prime Minister of Zimbabwe|prime minister of Zimbabwe]], beginning a 37-year period in power.
-{{*mp}} [[1689]] – Provincial [[militia (United States)|militia]] and citizens gathered in [[Boston]], and '''[[1689 Boston revolt|arrested]]''' officials of the [[Dominion of New England]].
+* [[2007]] – '''[[Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster|A ladle spilled]]''' 30 tonnes (33 tons) of molten steel in a factory in [[Liaoning]], China, killing 32 workers.
-{{*mp}} [[1923]] – The [[New York Yankees]] of [[Major League Baseball]] began playing their games in the newly constructed '''[[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]'''.
+{{Born and died list| '''[[Theobald of Bec]]'''<!--French/English bishop--> |d|1161| '''[[Clara Elsene Peck]]'''<!--American illustrator--> |b|1883| '''[[Universo 2000]]'''<!--Mexican pro wrestler--> |b|1963}}
-{{*mp}} [[1938]] – '''[[Superman]]''', created by [[Jerry Siegel]] and [[Joe Shuster]], made his debut in [[Action Comics 1|''Action Comics'' #1]]<!--not bolded, lots of {{tl|cn}} tags-->, the first true [[superhero]] [[comic book]].
-{{*mp}} [[1947]] – In one of the [[List of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions|largest non-nuclear single explosive detonations in history]], the [[Royal Navy]] set off 4,000 [[tonne]]s of surplus [[ammunition]] in an unsuccessful attempt to destroy the island of '''[[Heligoland]]''', Germany.
-{{*mp}} [[1949]] – '''[[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]''' officially left the [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]] and became a republic.
-{{*mp}} [[1996]] – Israeli forces '''[[1996 shelling of Qana|shelled]]''' [[Qana]], Lebanon, during [[Operation Grapes of Wrath]], killing over 100 civilians and injuring over 110 others at a [[United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon|UN compound]].
-</ul>
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