Today in History for 18th April 2025
Historical Events
1899 – John McGraw, at 26, has his managerial debut as Oriole manager
1955 – 1st Bandoeng Conference opens in Indonesia, attended by 29 nations – first international assembly of Asian-African nations
1966 – Bill Russell becomes first African American coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics)
1991 – US Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census
2017 – British Prime Minister Teresa May announces she will seek a “snap” election
Famous Birthdays
1944 – Rudy Shackelford, American organist, composer, and musicologist, born in Newport News, Virginia
1947 – Dorothy Lyman, American actress (All My Children. 1981-83 -“Opal”; Mama’s Family – “Naomi”), and director, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1949 – Geoff Bodine, American race car driver, born in Chemung, New York
1956 – Melody Thomas Scott, American actress (The Young and the Restless, 1979-present – “Nikki Newman”), born in Los Angeles, California
1979 – Matthew Upson, English footballer (England national team World Cup 2010), born in Eye, England
Famous Deaths
1674 – John Graunt, English statistician and founder of science of demography, dies at 53
1689 – George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Welsh judge, dies at 43
2012 – Robert O. Ragland, American film score composer (The Thing With Two Heads), dies at 80
2013 – Storm Thorgerson, British graphic designer and music video director (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, The Cranberries), dies of cancer at 69
2024 – Wally Harris, Canadian ice hockey referee (6 x Stanley Cup series; first NHL Director of Officiating), dies at 88
