Page 8: Historical Events In April - 05
Saturday, 18 April 2026
1959 23rd Golf Masters Championship: Art Wall Jr claims, shooting a 284. 

1960 Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88. 

1961 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Jack Paar Show". 

1961 Dutch Governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council 

1961 Barbra Streisand appears on "Jack Paar Show" 

1962 Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns", premieres in NYC 

1962 Manager J Daems appointed bishop of Antwerp 

1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 54600 m. 

1962 St Bernard Tunnel finished-Swiss/Italians workers shake hands. 

1962 Herb Gardner's "Thousand Clowns," premieres in NYC. 

1963 Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me). 

1963 Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II is recorded as becoming chief of Western Samoa. 

1963 Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73. 

1964 1st driverless trains run on the London Underground 

1964 inaugural driverless trains run on the London Underground. 

1964 In this year, Mary Lena Faulk claims LPGA St Petersburg Women's Golf Open 

1964 Douglas MacArthur, US general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84 

1965 37th Academy Awards - "My Fair Lady", Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews win. 

1965 Lava Lamp Day celebrated. 

1965 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 

1966 WTVX TV channel 34 in Fort Pierce-Vero Beach FL (IND) 1st broadcast. 

1966 Sven Fleuron, writer, dies at 91 

1967 ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit 

1967 Philadelphia '76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds 

1968 Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego opens. 

1968 US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled. 

1968 Lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44. 

1969 Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73. 

1970 WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago IL (IND) begins broadcasting. 

1970 Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78 

1971 Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole. 

1971 Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy. 

1971 US Lieutenant Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life 

1971 WNJT TV Channel 52 in Trenton NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting 

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