Historical Events for 18th April 2023

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1907 - Fairmont Hotel opens in San Francisco
1912 - Tripolitan War: in continuing hostilities, Turkey closes the Dardanelles Straits after an Italian naval bombardment of the coastline
1935 - Netherlands election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote)
1953 - Revival of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Pal Joey", starring Harold Lang and Vivienne Segal, closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, after 540 performances, winning 3 Tony Awards
1968 - San Francisco's Old Hall of Justice demolished
1983 - A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at US Embassy in Lebanon
1994 - 98th Boston Marathon: Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya wins 2nd straight title in 2:07:15; Uta Pippig of Germany claims women's race in 2:21:45
2016 - Laureus World Sports Awards, Palais am Funkturm, Berlin, Germany: Sportsman: Novak Đoković; Sportswoman: Sernea Williams; Team: New Zealand Men's National Rugby Union team
2017 - British Prime Minister Teresa May announces she will seek a "snap" election
2021 - 12-team European Super League is announced to widespread condemnation amongst governments, non-involved clubs, press and fans; amidst the furore all 6 EPL clubs withdraw within 3 days

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