Historical Events for 18th April 2025

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1899 - John McGraw, at 26, has his managerial debut as Oriole manager
1915 - French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
1946 - International Court of Justice opens at The Hague Netherlands
1947 - "New Orleans", an American musical romance film premieres; Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday, in her only feature film, play supporting roles
1950 - 1st opening night-game, Cards beat Pirates, 4-2
1970 - France beats England, 35-13 at Stade Colombes, Paris to earn a share of the Five Nations Rugby Championship with Wales
1993 - Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: American Tom Wargo pars second playoff hole to beat Bruce Crampton of Australia and take his first and only major title
2020 - Canada's worst modern mass shooting as a gunman kills 18 people, including a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, across Nova Scotia
2024 - United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council resolution recognising Palestine as a state with the UK and Switzerland abstaining
2024 - Fossil evidence of the largest known snake 11-15 meters long named Vasuki indicus, 66 million years old, published from a mine in Panandhro, western India

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