On April 18, 1944, the U.S. Army Air Forces conducted a significant air raid on the German submarine pens at Lorient, France, as part of World War II efforts to disrupt Nazi naval operations. This operation was part of a larger campaign to target German infrastructure and support the Allied invasion plans. Additionally, on this day, the Soviet Union launched its own operations against German forces on the Eastern Front, reflecting the ongoing intensity of the war across multiple fronts.
It was a Friday.
It was a Tuesday.
D-Day happened on 6th June,1944D-Day occurred on 6th June 1944.
The Battle of Monte Cassino
Battle of Turda happened in 1944.
Operation Hestia happened between the 18th of January and 1st of April in 2010.
April 1: Neutral Switzerland loses 50 civilians in an accidental USAAF raid over Schaffhausen.
That is just the way the days work out. There is no particular reason. All 3 years are leap years, so they would have the same dates. If we take a random date, the 18th of April, and follow its days of the week from 2004 to 2020, you can see the natural flow of dates and where the leap years cause an extra day to be skipped: Sunday the 18th of April 2004 (leap year) Monday the 18th of April 2005 Tuesday the 18th of April 2006 Wednesday the 18th of April 2007 Friday the 18th of April 2008 (leap year) Saturday the 18th of April 2009 Sunday the 18th of April 2010 Monday the 18th of April 2011 Wednesday the 18th of April 2012 (leap year) Thursday the 18th of April 2013 Friday the 18th of April 2014 Saturday the 18th of April 2015 Monday the 18th of April 2016 (leap year) Tuesday the 18th of April 2017 Wednesday the 18th of April 2018 Thursday the 18th of April 2019 Saturday the 18th of April 2020 (leap year)
April 13 1944 was a Thursday.
18th April 1950 was a Tuesday.
18th April 1955 was a Monday.
April 18th, 1958 fell on a Friday.
It was a Friday.
An event that happened today, March 18th in history was in 1944 when Nazi Germany occupied Hungary. On March 18, 1967, the song, Penny Lane, by the Beatles went to number 1.
April 7 - April 15 in 1944.
April 18th, 1984 fell on a Wednesday.
She will be 22 on April 18th=) Her birthday is April 18th 1990!