Today's Holidays in April 18

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Iyyar ראש חודש אייר roshchodesh
• Islamic: Treaty of Hudaybiyya major

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2013 — A suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe kills 27 people and injures another 65. ↗
• 2007 — A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251. ↗
• 1996 — In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Quana where more than... ↗
• 1992 — General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with... ↗
• 1988 — The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1997 — Matthias Blübaum, German chess grandmaster
• 1996 — Mariah Bell, American figure skater
• 1996 — Ioana Ducu, Romanian tennis player
• 1995 — Divock Origi, Belgian footballer
• 1993 — Matt Salisbury, English cricketer

🏀 Sports on this Date

• MLB: Cincinnati Reds @ Minnesota Twins — 00:10 Final
• MLB: St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros — 00:10 Final
• MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Colorado Rockies — 00:40 Final
• MLB: San Diego Padres @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 Final
• MLB: Chicago White Sox @ Athletics — 01:40 Final
• MLB: Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners — 01:40 Final