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April 18: Independence Day in Zimbabwe (1980) 1506 – Construction of the current St. Peter's Basilica (interior pictured) in Vatican City, to replace the old St. Peter's Basilica built in the 4th century, began. 1942 – World War II: Sixteen B-25 Mitchell bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet carried out the Doolittle Raid, the first Allied attack on the Japanese home islands. 1988 – Iran–Iraq War: U.S. naval forces launched Operation Praying Mantis in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf and the subsequent damage to the American frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts. 1992 – General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolted against the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allied with Ahmad Shah Massoud to capture the Afghan capital of Kabul. 1996 – Israeli forces shelled Qana, Lebanon during Operation Grapes of Wrath, killing over 100 civilians and injuring over 110 others at a UN compound. More events: April 17 – April 18 – April 19 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 19:31, June 11, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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"in an attempt to demolish the island"? Why did the British want to demolish the island? -- Zoe

The island was a imporant German naval base in the North Sea.

• 2002 - Karen Elisabeth Olsen Denchfield, wife & mother, in S. Florida 2 days shy of 86th birthday April 20. Daughter of Denmark. Born in Jutland of Carl Christian Olsens (friends of King Christian X), who all emigrated to São Paulo, Brazil in 1933

The above removed as it is too long. No clear idea why this person is famous either. DJ Clayworth 13:44, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Does anyone else think 'Recorded this day' is a bad idea? 1) Most records are recorded over several days, if not months, nowadays. 2) It's going to swamp the rest of the information soon. DJ Clayworth 13:50, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Steven Stayner 2 question for rickk 3 Possibly not significant, but nevertheless interesting 4 Moved from article page 5 Wayne Gretzky 6 What is this doing in here? 7 No mention for Malatya murders? 8 Notability of Illinois earthquake

[edit] Steven Stayner

Can anyone tell me why this particular abduction victim, Steven Stayner, is more significant than then 10,000s of other abduction victims? Kingturtle 05:44, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] question for rickk

What was improper about me removing Steven Stayner from the article? What action would be proper? Kingturtle 05:45, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Possibly not significant, but nevertheless interesting

On April 18 1930, the BBC reported absolutely no news whatsoever; instead of the news, they played about 10 minutes of light piano music. [1] --163.1.165.116 01:13, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moved from article page

• Marie de l'Incarnation (1566 – 1618)

Removed from feast days: not designated as a Saint and has no article, so moving here. KillerChihuahua^?!? 13:31, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wayne Gretzky

Uh... why does this page refer to Wayne Gretzky as a prostitute? Someone's bad idea of a joke that hasn't been reverted yet? --4.155.15.140 02:19, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What is this doing in here?

1996 - In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the UN compound at Quana.

This is feeble at best in terms of news, many more Jews were dying every day in the holocaust on this date between 1933 and 1945 AND NOTHING IS MENTIONED ON THIS PAGE AT ALL!!!! I'm removing it.ZionistLionist (talk) 10:37, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Please see WP:SOAPBOX --NeilN ^{talk ♦ contribs} 10:46, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] No mention for Malatya murders?

Sorry, not even a mention for the Malatya Zirve publishing house murders (18th April 2007)? Would do it myself but I don't know how to and also am having a very busy day. Maybe someone else could?

[edit] Notability of Illinois earthquake

What about this earthquake makes it a globally notable event? It is not the largest earthquake ever to occur in the region. It only happened today so it is impossible to assess its long term impact on national building codes, etc. From what I've read, no deaths were a result. It is certainly newsworthy, but what global impact does it have? See WP:DOY. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 15:53, 18 April 2008 (UTC)