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1906 : Earthquake in San Francisco On 18 April 1906, an earthquake strucked the city of San Francisco, California. Much of the city was destroyed and 300 people were killed. The earthquake led to a series of fires which spread throughout the city.
1955 : Albert Einstein On 18 April 1955, the famous physicist and Nobel laureate Albert Einstein died at the age of 76.
1956 : Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco On 18 April 1956, the American actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco at the Palace of Monaco. Alfred Hitchcock was her best man.
1983 : Suicide bombing against the U.S. embassy in Beirut On April 18, 1983, a truck containing 500kg of explosives strucked the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. The attack was claimed by Hezbollah, and killed 63 people.
1996 : Greek tourists killed in Cairo On April 18, 1996, gunmen fired on a group of Greek tourists, outside the Europa Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. The Islamic group al-Gamaa al-Islamiya claimed the attack, stating that they thought they were Israeli tourists.
2007 : Nearly 200 died in bomb attacks in Iraq On April 18, 2007, a series of bombs exploded in Baghdad killing nearly 200 people. It had been the bloodiest day since U.S. troops invaded in 2003.

Albert Einstein
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

Lucrezia Borgia, Política florentina y la hija del Papa Alejandro VI (1480)
Franz von Suppé, Compositor austriaco (1819)
George H. Hitchings, Médico estadounidense, Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina (1905)
Virginia O'Brien, Actriz americana (1919)
Jean Richard, Actor francés (1921)
Barbara Hale, Actriz americana (1922)
Bob Hastings, Actor americano (1925)
Joseph L. Goldstein, Bioquímico estadounidense, Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina (1940)
Hayley Mills, Actriz inglesa (1946)
Jean-François Balmer, Actor suizo (1946)
James Woods, Actor americano (1947)
Régis Wargnier, Director de cine francés (1948)
Rick Moranis, Actor canadiense (1953)
Eric Roberts, Actor americano (1956)
Laurent Baffie, Comediante francés (1958)
Eric McCormack, Actor canadiense (1963)
Zazie, Cantante francesa (1964)
Haile Gebrselassie, Atleta etíope (1973)
Edgar Wright, Director de cine inglés (1974)
Olivier Besancenot, Político francés (1974)
Melissa Joan Hart, Actriz americana (1976)
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Top model inglesa (1987)

Gustave Moreau, Pintor francés (1898)
John Ambrose Fleming, Físico inglés (1945)
John Ambrose Fleming, Físico inglés (1945)
Óscar Carmona, Político portugués (1951)
Albert Einstein, Físico alemán estadounidense (1955)
Ben Hecht, Guionista y escritor estadounidense (1964)
Marcel Pagnol, Escritor francés (1974)
Pierre Desproges, Comediante francés (1988)
Arturo Frondizi, Político argentino (1995)
José Garcia Moreno (Garcimore), Ilusionista y humorista español (2000)
Jean Drucker, Director de televisión francés (2003)
Germaine Tillion, Antropóloga francesa y miembro de la Resistencia (2008)

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