Saturday, April 18, 2020

On This Day: April 18

Here are some events that took place on April 18th.

1923
The Yankee Stadium officially opened on Wednesday, April 18, 1923. It was the Yankees' first home game, against the Boston Red Sox.

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Yankee Stadium (1923)

1955
Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. He was a German-American physicist that was born on March 14, 1879.

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Albert Einstein

1977
Alex Haley was awarded a Pulitzer Prize on April 18, 1977. He is the author of "Roots". My father had a genealogy conference and our family meet him.

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Alex Haley: The 1977 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Special Awards and Citations

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