On This Day - April 18, A Shot Of History

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1988 - 'Ivan the Terrible' guilty of war crimes. A retired US car worker John Demjanjuk
has been found guilty of Nazi war crimes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Demjanjuk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4xZv3FL2c4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P56vnL2qsik

2014 – 16 people are killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Mount_Everest_avalanche
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apk8xyyaDPs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nAt869JqYg

1949 – At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jUYWfFKd80
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGyPuey-1Jw

1963 – Conan O'Brien, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and talk show host, is born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_O%27Brien
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiqvlXiFLlw

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