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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_18" title="April 18">April 18</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1775" title="1775">1775</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: Colonists <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere" title="Paul Revere">Paul Revere</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dawes" title="William Dawes">William Dawes</a>, later joined by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Prescott" title="Samuel Prescott">Samuel Prescott</a>, began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere%27s_Midnight_Ride" title="Paul Revere's Midnight Ride">a midnight ride</a></b> to warn residents of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington,_Massachusetts" title="Lexington, Massachusetts">Lexington</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord,_Massachusetts" title="Concord, Massachusetts">Concord, Massachusetts</a>, about the impending arrival of British troops.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938" title="1938">1938</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman" title="Superman">Superman</a>, created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Siegel" title="Jerry Siegel">Jerry Siegel</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Shuster" title="Joe Shuster">Joe Shuster</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a>, made his debut in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Comics_1" title="Action Comics 1"><i>Action Comics</i> #1</a></b>, the first true <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero" title="Superhero">superhero</a> comic book.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946" title="1946">1946</a> – The final session of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a></b> concluded in Geneva, with delegates agreeing to transfer much of its assets to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980" title="1980">1980</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe" title="Robert Mugabe">Robert Mugabe</a></b> became the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Zimbabwe" title="Prime Minister of Zimbabwe">prime minister of Zimbabwe</a>, beginning a 37-year period in power.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007">2007</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghe_Special_Steel_Corporation_disaster" title="Qinghe Special Steel Corporation disaster">A ladle spilled</a></b> 30 tonnes (33 tons) of molten steel in a factory in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaoning" title="Liaoning">Liaoning</a>, China, killing 32 workers.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobald_of_Bec" title="Theobald of Bec">Theobald of Bec</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1161); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Elsene_Peck" title="Clara Elsene Peck">Clara Elsene Peck</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1883); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universo_2000" title="Universo 2000">Universo 2000</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1963)</p>
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