This Day in History

April 18th in History

World War II: Doolittle raids Tokyo and US fighters ambush Yamamoto! In other news, Paul Revere (and others) ride to warn that the British are coming, there's an earthquake in San Francisco, and the longest game in professional baseball history (8 hrs 25 minutes, 33 innings) begins. It's the birthday of Lucrezia Borgia, Clarence Darrow, Hayley Mills, and Kourtney Kardashian; Albert Einstein, Thor Heyerdahl, and Dick Clark die. Happy Juggler's Day!

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Quote of the Day

"History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history."

Clarence Darrow, lawyer born April 18, 1857