On This Day: April 18th

Seven people are killed and fourteen others are injured in a mass shooting in Kyiv, Ukraine

A redacted version of the Mueller report is released to the United States Congress and the public.

King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini.

Anti-government protests start in Nicaragua.

The Israeli military commits the Qana massacre in a deliberate shelling of a United Nations compound near the village of Qana in southern Lebanon, killing 106 Lebanese civilians who were taking shelter there and wounding over 100 more.

The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.

In Israel John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II, although the verdict is later overturned.

The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.

The town of Elmore City, Oklahoma holds its first dance in the town's history.

East African Airways Flight 720 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing 43.