EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
April 18
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Day 107 of 2026 | Week 16 | 252 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
A redacted version of the Mueller report is released to the United States Congress and the public.
King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini.
Anti-government protests start in Nicaragua.
The Israeli military commits the Qana massacre in a deliberate shelling of a United Nations compound near the village of Qana in southern Lebanon, killing 106 Lebanese civilians who were taking shelter there and wounding over 100 more.
The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
In Israel John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II, although the verdict is later overturned.
The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.
The town of Elmore City, Oklahoma holds its first dance in the town's history.
East African Airways Flight 720 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing 43.
Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Canadian actor (Stargate: Atlantis
American heavy metal bassist (Southgang - "Tainted Angel"; Marvelous 3)
American NFL safety (Super Bowl 1992
Dutch soccer player (RKC
American actress (Permanent Midnight)
American film executive and founder of Bleecker Street Media
Norwegian javelin thrower (Olympic gold 2000)
Russian NHL left wing (Avalanche
American-Mexican pop rock singer-songwriter (The Triplets -"You Don't Have to Go Home Tonight"'
American basketball head coach (Chicago Bulls 2018-19; University of Utah 2007-11)
Dutch radio discjockey (Stenders Latevermaak & RobRadio)
American-Mexican pop-rock singer (The Triplets -"You Don't Have to Go Home Tonight"'
American-Mexican pop-rock singer (The Triplets -"You Don't Have to Go Home Tonight"'
British historian (Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
Cambodian film director (Rice People)
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