MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · April 18
THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 18
April 18 in history
1942
Sixteen bombers, launched impossibly from a carrier, strike Tokyo. The damage is trivial; the consequences point at Midway.
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1980 — Harare — Zimbabwe
18 Apr 1980 — Robert Mugabe, guerrilla leader turned prime minister, raises the flag over the former Rhodesia after the Lancaster House settlement. The land question is deferred — a time bomb set for later.
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