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Chicago Tribune
18-04-2025
- Politics
- Chicago Tribune
Today in History: Deadly earthquake strikes San Francisco
Today is Friday, April 18, the 108th day of 2025. There are 257 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 18, 1906, the deadliest earthquake in U.S. history struck San Francisco, followed by raging fires across the city. More than 3,000 people are believed to have been killed by the quake, which was estimated to have reached as high as 8.3 magnitude on the Richter scale. Also on this date: In 1775, Paul Revere began his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts, warning colonists that British Regular troops were approaching. In 1942, in the first World War II attack on the Japanese mainland, 16 U.S. Army Air Force B-25 bombers conducted an air raid, led by Lt. Col. James Doolittle, over Tokyo and several other Japanese cities. In 1955, physicist Albert Einstein died in Princeton, New Jersey, at age 76. In 1978, the Senate approved the Panama Canal Treaty, providing for the complete turnover of control of the waterway to Panama on the last day of 1999. In 1983, 63 people, including 17 Americans, were killed at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, by a suicide bomber driving a van laden with explosives. In 2015, a ship carrying migrants from Africa sank in the Mediterranean off Libya. As many as 700 people are believed to have drowned. In 2016, 'Hamilton,' Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop stage biography of America's first treasury secretary, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. In 2019, the final report from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation was made public. It outlined Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election but 'did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.' In 2023, Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached a $787.5 million settlement in the voting machine company's defamation lawsuit, averting a trial in a case that exposed how the top-rated network promoted falsehoods regarding the 2020 presidential election. Today's Birthdays: Actor Hayley Mills is 79. Actor James Woods is 78. Actor Rick Moranis is 72. Actor Eric Roberts is 69. Journalist-author Susan Faludi is 66. Actor Jane Leeves is 64. Ventriloquist-comedian Jeff Dunham is 63. Talk show host Conan O'Brien is 62. Actor Eric McCormack is 62. Actor Maria Bello is 58. Football Hall of Famer Willie Roaf is 55. Actor David Tennant is 54. Filmmaker Eli Roth is 53. Football Hall of Famer Derrick Brooks is 52. Filmmaker Edgar Wright is 51. Actor Melissa Joan Hart is 49. Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian is 46. Former MLB All-Star Miguel Cabrera is 42. Actor America Ferrera is 41. Actor Vanessa Kirby is 37. Actor Alia Shawkat is 36.
Boston Globe
18-04-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Today in History: April 18, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
In 1775, Paul Revere began his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Mass., warning colonists that British Regular troops were approaching. In 1906, the deadliest earthquake in US history struck San Francisco, followed by raging fires across the city. More than 3,000 people are believed to have been killed by the quake, which was estimated to have reached as high as 8.3 magnitude on the Richter scale. In 1942, in the first World War II attack on the Japanese mainland, 16 US Army Air Force B-25 bombers conducted an air raid, led by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle, over Tokyo and several other Japanese cities. In 1955, physicist Albert Einstein died in Princeton, N.J., at age 76. In 1978, the Senate approved the Panama Canal Treaty, providing for the complete turnover of control of the waterway to Panama on the last day of 1999. Advertisement In 1983, 63 people, including 17 Americans, were killed at the US Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, by a suicide bomber driving a van laden with explosives. In 2015, a ship carrying migrants from Africa sank in the Mediterranean off Libya. As many as 700 people are believed to have drowned. In 2016, 'Hamilton,' Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop stage biography of America's first treasury secretary, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. In 2019, the final report from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation was made public. It outlined Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, but 'did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.' In 2023, Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached a $787.5 million settlement in the voting machine company's defamation lawsuit, averting a trial in a case that exposed how the top-rated network promoted falsehoods regarding the 2020 presidential election.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
On This Day, April 18: Patriot Paul Revere begins midnight ride
April 18 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1506, the cornerstone was placed for St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. In 1775, U.S. patriot Paul Revere began his famous ride through the Massachusetts countryside, crying out "The British are coming!" to rally the minutemen. In 1906, an earthquake estimated at magnitude-7.8 struck San Francisco, collapsing buildings and igniting fires that destroyed much of what remained of the city. Researchers and historians concluded that about 3,000 people died in the quake and its aftermath, and roughly 250,000 were left homeless. In 1912, three days after the sinking of Titanic, her survivors arrived in New York City aboard the RMS Carpathia. In 1923, the original Yankee Stadium opened in New York. The stadium was demolished in 2010 after it was replaced a year prior by the new Yankee Stadium. In 1942, Lt. Col. James Doolittle led a squadron of B-25 bombers in a surprise raid against Tokyo in response to the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. In 1945, U.S. journalist Ernie Pyle, a popular World War II correspondent, was killed by Japanese machine-gun fire on the island of Ie Shima in the Pacific. In 1949, the Republic of Ireland formally declared itself independent from Britain. In 1968, McCulloch Oil Corp. paid $2.24 million to buy London Bridge, which was sinking into the Thames under the weight of 20th century traffic. The oil company rebuilt the bridge bloc by block over Lake Havasu in Arizona. In 1980, Rhodesia became the independent African nation of Zimbabwe. In 1983, the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, was severely damaged by a car-bomb explosion that killed 63 people, including 17 Americans. In 1992, an 11-year-old Florida boy sued to "divorce" his natural parents and remain with his foster parents. The boy eventually won his lawsuit. In 2002, former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., revealed that at least 13 civilians were killed by his U.S. Navy unit in a Vietnamese village in 1969. In 2007, more than 125 people were killed in a suicide car-bomb explosion near a Baghdad market. In 2014, an avalanche on what is known as a particularly dangerous route to the top of Mount Everest in the Himalayas killed 16 Sherpa guides. In 2018, the first movie theaters in Saudi Arabia opened with a public screening of Black Panther. In 2024, police arrested more than 100 protesters at Columbia University for refusing to leave a large pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. The incident sparked more protests at the school and other campuses across the country.
