On This Day for April 18 - The midnight ride of Paul Revere, Albert Einstein is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. April 18 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Albert Einstein READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1775 The midnight ride of Paul Revere READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2012: American television personality and businessman Dick Clark, who was the longtime host of American Bandstand (1957–87), died in California. 1999: Canadian ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky, considered one of the game's greatest players, skated in his last NHL game. [ Find out if Wayne Gretzky tops our list of the 10 greatest hockey players of all time.] 1980: Zimbabwe achieved its independence from the United Kingdom . 1956: Abandoning her Hollywood career, American actress Grace Kelly wed Rainier III, prince de Monaco , in a civil ceremony; an opulent religious ceremony took place the following day. 1945: During the U.S. invasion of the Japanese island of Okinawa in World War II, American war correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed on nearby Ie Island by Japanese gunfire. 1906: San Francisco was rocked by an earthquake caused by slippage along the San Andreas Fault. [ See the damage caused by the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1963 Conan O'Brien American talk-show host 1944 Robert Hanssen American law enforcement agent and spy 1480 Lucrezia Borgia Italian noble 1590 Ahmed I Ottoman sultan 1772 David Ricardo British economist 1927 Samuel P. Huntington American political scientist SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help