Facts of the day - April 18 | Image: Artwork by Zabaloon team
April 18
It is the 108th day of the year.
There are 257 days left until the end of the year.
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World Dates
>> World Amateur Radio Day
>> World Heritage Day
International dates
>> International Day for Monuments and Sites - 2001
Continental Dates
>> European Patients' Rights Day - Europe
National Dates
>> Independence Day - Zimbabwe | April 18, 1980
>> Invention Day - Japan
>> Hair Day - Japan
>> Incense Day - Japan
>> Good Teeth Day - Japan
>> Army Day - Iran | 1921
>> Coma Patients' Day - Poland
>> Monteiro Lobato Day (writer) - Brazil
>> National Children's Book Day - Brazil
>> Qana Martyrs' Day - Lebanon
>> National Exercise Day - USA
>> National Poetry in Your Pocket Day - USA
>> National Lineman Appreciation Day - USA
State Dates
>> Mie Citizens' Day - Japan
Municipal Dates
>> Anniversary of the municipality of Antônio Cardoso, Bahia - Brazil | April 18, 1962
>> Anniversary of the municipality of Bilac, São Paulo - Brazil | April 18, 1925
>> Anniversary of the municipality of Espigão Alto do Iguaçu, Paraná - Brazil | April 18, 1994
>> Anniversary of the municipality of Flores do Piauí, Piauí - Brazil | April 18, 1964
>> Anniversary of the municipality of Itarana, Espírito Santo - Brazil | April 18, 1964
Press
>> Foundation of the TV station Gamavisión - Quito - Ecuador | April 18, 1977
>> Premiere of the morning news program Bom Dia São Paulo (TV Globo) | April 18, 1977
>> Foundation of the newspaper L'Humanité - Paris - France | April 18, 1904
Internet and Technology
>> Creation of the .br top-level domain for Brazil | April 18, 1989
>> Foundation of the Roland Corporation (software and electronics) - Osaka - Japan | April 18, 1972
Education
>> Royal Academy of History Foundation - Madrid - Spain | April 18, 1738
Sports
>> Inauguration of the old Yankee Stadium - Bronx, New York, NY - USA | April 18, 1923
Religiosidad
>> Laying of the foundation stone for the construction of the Papal Basilica of St. Peter (Catholic Church) | April 18, 1506
>> Consecration of the Basilica Cathedral of Puebla (Catholic Church) - Puebla de Zaragoza, Puebla - Mexico | April 18, 1649
>> Beatification Day of Joan of Arc (Catholic Church) Notre-Dame Cathedral - Paris, France | April 18, 1909
>> On Good Friday, 118 people, mostly school-aged children, died in a devastating fire in a wooden Catholic church in Costești, Romania | April 18, 1930.
>> Canonization Day of Marcellin Joseph Benedict Champagnat (Catholic Church) Vatican City State | April 18, 1999
>> Saint Galdino's Day (Catholic Church)
>> Saint Athanasia of Aegina's Day (Catholic Church)
>> Feast Day of Blessed Savina Petrilli (Catholic Church)
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