On this day
April 18
1906 - An earthquake in San Francisco destroyed 28,000 buildings and 450 people died.
1949 - The Republic of Ireland Act came into force with the establishment of Eire.
1956 - Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco.
1960 - At least 60,000 demonstrators gathered in Trafalgar Square to mark the end of the Aldermaston to London 'ban the bomb' march
1968 - London Bridge was sold to an American. It was rebuilt in Arizona.
1988 - A retired US car worker Ukraine-born John Demjanjuk 'Ivan the Terrible' was found guilty of Nazi war crimes.
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