Daily Calendar for Wednesday, April 18, 2029

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Wednesday, April 18, 2029

Died

  • Edouard Albert Roche (astronomer)
  • Albert Einstein (physicist)
  • Thor Heyerdahl (Norwegian adventurer and author)
  • Dick Clark (entertainer)

Born

  • James Woods (actor)
  • Eric Roberts (actor)
  • Conan O'Brien (talk show host)
  • Melissa Joan Hart (actress)
  • Miguel Cabrera (baseball player)
  • America Ferrera (actress)

Events

  • Paul Revere’s ride began in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • San Francisco earthquake
  • Beatification ceremony for Joan of Arc held in Rome, Italy
  • Old Yankee stadium opened in N.Y.C.
  • First U.S. public laundromat opened, Fort Worth, Texas
  • League of Nations dissolved
  • Actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco in a civil ceremony
  • Lighted fishing pole patented
  • 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
  • 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
  • Cardinals gathered in Rome to select Pope John Paul II’s successor
  • Catherine Ndereba, of Kenya, won the 109th Boston Marathon for an unprecedented fourth time in the women’s division
  • Aaron Caissie set a world record by balancing 17 spoons on his face
  • The Banshee roller coaster opened in Mason, Ohio, establishing a new record for longest inverted coaster (4,124 feet)

Weather

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