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April 18

4 sourced moments from April 18 in history: Paul Revere made his midnight ride to warn of British troops (1775); The great San Francisco earthquake devastated the city (1906); Yankee Stadium Opened in New York (1923), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on April 18

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1955 Science · Physics

What killed Albert Einstein? A ruptured aortic aneurysm

Einstein died in 1955 from an aneurysm surgeons had wrapped in cellophane in 1948, after refusing the operation that might have saved him.

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1923 Sports · Records & Statistics

Yankee Stadium Opened in New York

On a spring afternoon in the Bronx, a record crowd packed a brand-new ballpark that Babe Ruth would soon make legendary.

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1906 Earth & Climate · Natural Disasters

The great San Francisco earthquake devastated the city

A magnitude-7.9 rupture and the firestorm that followed destroyed most of San Francisco and killed thousands in 1906.

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1775 History · Modern

Paul Revere made his midnight ride to warn of British troops

On the night of April 18, 1775, a Boston silversmith rode to Lexington to warn that British regulars were on the march.

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