Historical Events for 18th April 2024

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1861 - Colonel Robert E. Lee turns down offer to command Union armies (US Civil War)
1881 - Natural History Museum opens in South Kensington, England
1904 - 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring in 2:38:04.4
1916 - Edith Wharton is appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest award, for her contribution to the war effort
1939 - Franz von Papen becomes German ambassador in Turkey
1942 - "Stars and Stripes" paper for US armed forces starts
1945 - 1 armed outfielder, St Louis Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4
1955 - 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed
1958 - A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound is to be released from an insane asylum.
2017 - British Prime Minister Teresa May announces she will seek a "snap" election

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