April 18th (1942) was a Saturday. It's the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 258 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 18th April, 1942
» World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan. Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
» Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
Famous Birthdays on April 18 in 1942
» Michael Beloff, English lawyer
» Steve Blass, American baseball player and sportscaster
» Robert Christgau, American journalist and critic
» Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (d. 1970)
April 18th Famous Deaths for 1942
» Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)
» Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)
April 18th Holidays in History
» Armed Forces Day e.g Army Day (Iran)
» Christian Calendar of saints known as feast day:
» Corebus
» Eleutherius and Antia
» Galdino della Sala
» Molaise of Leighlin
» Perfectus
» Plato of Sakkoudion
» April 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Zimbabwe from United Kingdom in 1980.
» International Day For Monuments and Sites (International)