Daily Calendar for Wednesday, April 18, 2029

Name: Daily Almanac Features
Start: 2029-04-18T00:00:00
End: 2029-04-18T23:59:59

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Paul Revere’s ride began in Boston, Massachusetts. – 1775
San Francisco earthquake – 1906
Beatification ceremony for Joan of Arc held in Rome, Italy – 1909
Old Yankee stadium opened in N.Y.C. – 1923
First U.S. public laundromat opened, Fort Worth, Texas – 1934
League of Nations dissolved – 1946
Actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco in a civil ceremony – 1956
Lighted fishing pole patented – 1978
The longest professional baseball game started on this night. The 33-inning game spanned 3 days, beginning on April 18, extending into April 19, and ending on June 23. The Pawtucket (Rhode Island) Red Sox beat the Rochester (New York) Red Wings 3-2. Cal Ripken was playing 3rd base for the Red Wings – 1981
Beauty and the Beast was the first Disney animated film to become a Broadway musical. It opened on this day at New York’s Palace Theater – 1994
Cardinals gathered in Rome to select Pope John Paul II’s successor – 2005
Catherine Ndereba, of Kenya, won the 109th Boston Marathon for an unprecedented fourth time in the women’s division – 2005
Aaron Caissie set a world record by balancing 17 spoons on his face – 2009
The Banshee roller coaster opened in Mason, Ohio, establishing a new record for longest inverted coaster (4,124 feet) – 2014

The temperature soared to 90 degrees F in New York City – 1896
Logan Airport in Boston reported a temperature of 2 degrees F – 1964
The Red River in the Fargo-Moorhead region of North Dakota rose more than 20 feet above flood stage. – 1997
The temperature reached 104 degrees Fahrenheit in Del Rio, Texas – 2006