Sunday, April 18, 2021.

• 1949 - Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth
• 1950 - 1st opening night-game, Cards beat Pirates, 4-2
• 1950 - 1st transatlantic jet passenger trip
• 1950 - Polish Catholic church & govt sign accord over relations
• 1950 - Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves
• 1950 - Yankees win 15-10 after trailing Red Sox 9-0 in 6th
• 1951 - "Make a Wish" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 102 performances
• 1951 - Dutch Antilles govt of Da Costa Gomez forms
• 1951 - France, West Germany & Benelux form European Steel & Coal Community
• 1951 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle goes 1-for-4 in his 1st game
• 1953 - "Pal Joey" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 542 performances
• 1954 - Colonel Nasser seizes power & becomes PM of Egypt
• 1954 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
• 1955 - "Ankles Aweigh" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 176 perfs
• 1955 - 1st "Walk"/"Don't Walk" lighted street signals installed
• 1955 - 1st Bandoeng Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens
• 1956 - Egypt & Israel agree to a cease fire
• 1956 - Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco (civil ceremony)
• 1958 - Govt troops reconquer Padang, Middle-Sumatra Indonesia
• 1958 - NL single-game record of 78,682, Giants lose to Dogers 6-5, in LA
• 1959 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1
• 1962 - 16th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3
• 1963 - "Sophie" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 8 performances
• 1963 - Dr James Campbell performed the 1st human nerve transplant
• 1963 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1
• 1964 - "Cafe Crown" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 3 performances
• 1964 - "Foxy" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances
• 1964 - Artisans strike in Belgium ends
• 1964 - Sandy Koufax is 1st to strike out the side on 9 pitches
• 1964 - Van Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr Sloane"
• 1966 - Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics)
• 1968 - 178,000 employees of US Bell Telephone System go on strike
• 1968 - 1st ABA basketball championship began
• 1968 - Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms
• 1968 - London Bridge is sold to US oil company (to be erected in Arizona)
• 1968 - Mart Crowley's "Boys in the Band," premieres in NYC
• 1968 - Peter Luke's "Hadrian VII," premieres in London
• 1968 - SF's Old Hall of Justice demolished
• 1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1969 - Melina Mercouri establishes Greek Aid Fund
• 1971 - Gavaskar makes 220 in 2nd inning v WI after 124 in 1st
• 1971 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic
• 1972 - "Lost in the Stars" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 39 performances