FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014

Today is Friday, April 18, he 108th day of 2014. There are 257 days left in the year.

1853 ― First train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km)

1902 ― Denmark is first country to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals

1906 ― Calvinist Reformed Union in Netherlands Church forms in Utrecht

1909 ― Joan of Arc declared a saint

1924 ― First crossword puzzle book published (Simon & Schuster)

1948 ― International Court of Justice opens at The Hague, Netherlands

1949 ― Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth

1954 ― Colonel Nasser seizes power and becomes P.M. of Egypt

1975 ― John Lennon releases “Stand by Me”

1987 ― An unconscious skydiver is rescued by another diver in midair