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18 April 1123Kingdom of Jerusalem, Danishmend Emirate [Crusades (1095–1272)]King Baldwin II of Jerusalem is captured and his army destroyed in a surprise attack on his camp near Gargar, on the River Euphrates, by Balak of Khanzit, the nephew of the Danishmend emir Ghazi.
18 April 1336India [political events]Harihara I, who led a Hindu revolt against Muslim rule, is crowned in his newly built capital, Vijayanagar, and thus founds the Sangama dynasty of the Vijayanagar empire of southern India.
18 April 1537Spain, Inca Empire, Central America [colonization]The Spanish expedition of Diego de Almagro, returning from the area of modern Chile, relieves Cuzco from its siege by the Quechua insurgents of the Inca leader Manco Inca, but then seizes the city from Hernando Pizarro, starting the civil wars between the conquistadors.
18 April 1835UK [administration]Lord Melbourne becomes prime minister of a Whig administration in Britain.
18 April 1934USA [consumer products]The first launderette opens in Fort Worth, Texas. It charges by the hour.
18–24 April 1948UK [everyday life]The Scout Movement in the UK has its first ‘bob-a-job’ week.
18 April 1949Ireland, Eire [political events]Eire is formally proclaimed the Republic of Ireland and leaves the Commonwealth.
18 April 1955USA, Germany [births and deaths]Albert Einstein, German-born US physicist who developed the theory of relativity, dies in Princeton, New Jersey (76).
18 April 1962Jamaica, UK [legislation]Following Jamaica's vote (in September 1961) to leave the British West Indies Federation, the British Parliament passes the West Indies Act, dissolving the federation.
18 April 1980Zimbabwe Rhodesia [decolonization]Zimbabwe Rhodesia gains its independence from Britain, and is renamed ‘Zimbabwe’. Its first president is the Reverend Canaan Banana.


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As we went to press Solomon Islanders were trying to make sense of the devastation caused by unexpected riots following the election of former Deputy Prime Minister, Snyder Rini, on 18 April.
Changing the country one vote at a time: in the run-up to the Solomon ... by O'Callaghan, Mary-Louise / For A Change
Trading name Pioneer Precision Machinery Corporation Representative President Yoshio Nakano Location 6-1-1 Fujimi City, Tsurugashima-shi, Saitama, Japan Date of establishment 18 April,1977 Main Business Lines Manufacture and marketing of high-precision parts for electronic equipment such as light-guiding plates for small LCDs.
OMRON Announces Agreement to Acquire Pioneer Subsidiary by JCN Newswires
A full-page ad in The New York Times magazine dated 18 April told readers about an "Amazing treasure discovery over 1,670 years in the making.
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