Daily Calendar for Monday, April 18, 2022
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.
βRalph Waldo Emerson, from βConcord Hymnβ
Patriots Day commemorates the events of April 19, 1775, that marked the start of the American Revolutionary War, especially the midnight rides of Paul Revere and others to warn of the approach of British troops, and the battles of Lexington and Concord. Today, Massachusetts and Maine celebrate Patriots Day as a legal holiday on the third Monday in April, with reenactments and other events.
Learn more about the first shots fired on Lexington Green to βthe shot heard round the worldβ at Concord’s North Bridge by visiting the Minute Man National Park in Concord. The annual running of the Boston Marathon also takes place on this day. You may want to do your patriotic duty and check out the official Web site of the Boston Marathon, sponsored by the Boston Athletic Association.β
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Died
- Edouard Albert Roche (astronomer) β
- Albert Einstein (physicist) β
- Thor Heyerdahl (Norwegian adventurer and author) β
- Dick Clark (entertainer) β
Born
- James Woods (actor) β
- Eric Roberts (actor) β
- Conan O'Brien (talk show host) β
- Melissa Joan Hart (actress) β
- Miguel Cabrera (baseball player) β
- America Ferrera (actress) β
Events
- San Francisco earthquakeβ
- Beatification ceremony for Joan of Arc held in Rome, Italyβ
- Old Yankee stadium opened in N.Y.C.β
- First U.S. public laundromat opened, Fort Worth, Texasβ
- League of Nations dissolvedβ
- Actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco in a civil ceremonyβ
- Lighted fishing pole patentedβ
- The longest professional baseball game started on this night. The 33-inning game spanned 3 days, beginning on April 18, extending into April 19, and ending on June 23. The Pawtucket (Rhode Island) Red Sox beat the Rochester (New York) Red Wings 3-2. Cal Ripken was playing 3rd base for the Red Wingsβ
- Beauty and the Beast was the first Disney animated film to become a Broadway musical. It opened on this day at New York’s Palace Theaterβ
- Cardinals gathered in Rome to select Pope John Paul IIβs successorβ
- Catherine Ndereba, of Kenya, won the 109th Boston Marathon for an unprecedented fourth time in the women’s divisionβ
- Aaron Caissie set a world record by balancing 17 spoons on his faceβ
Weather
- The temperature soared to 90 degrees F in New York Cityβ
- Logan Airport in Boston reported a temperature of 2 degrees Fβ
- The Red River in the Fargo-Moorhead region of North Dakota rose more than 20 feet above flood stage.β
- The temperature reached 104 degrees Fahrenheit in Del Rio, Texasβ