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April 18

Animal Crackers Day

1775 Paul Revere warns America “The British are Coming”

1912 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic are brought to New York City

1923 Opening day at Yankee Stadium

1946 In the Hague The International Court of Justice opens

1963 Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup 4 games to 1 Over Detroit Red Wings

1999 the great one Wayne Gretzky Please his finalNHL hockey game With the New York Rangers In Madison Sq., Gardens He claimed that he played 1,487 games scored Goals 894 got Assists 1,963. All time NHL point leader with 2,857

Happy Birthday

1947 James Woods actor

1953 Rick Moranis actor SCTV, Ghost Busters

1961 Steve Lombardi aka The Brooklyn Brawler Wrestler

1961 Grandmaster Caz Hip Hop pioneer

1963 Conan O’Brien TV Host, SNL Simpsons

1971 Fredro Starr rapper in Onyx

1972 Eli Roth actor Inglourious Bastards, The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1984 America Ferrera actor

1985 Rachel Smith Miss USA 2007

1990 Britt Robertson actress

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