Today is Wednesday, April 18, the 109th day of 2012. There are 257 days left in the year.
1775 ― Paul Revere & William Dawes warn ``the British are coming!"
1853 ― First train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km)
1906 ― San Francisco earthquake and fire kills nearly 4,000 and destroys 75 percent of the city
1909 ― Joan of Arc declared a saint
1924 ― First crossword puzzle book published (Simon & Schuster)
1948 ― International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands
1950 ― First transatlantic jet passenger trip
1954 ― Colonel Nasser seizes power and becomes P.M. of Egypt
1964 ― Sandy Koufax is first to strike out the side on nine pitches
1994 ― Former U.S. President Richard Nixon suffers a stroke and dies four days later