Dick Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012)
Clark hosted TV’S American Bandstand from 1956 to
1989.
He also hosted five incarnations of the Pyramid game
show from 1973 to 1988 and Dick Clark’s New Year’s
Rockin’ Eve, which broadcast New Year’s Eve
celebrations in New York City’s Times Square.
Dick Clark died of a heart attack at age 82 in Santa Monica,
California.
The April 18, 1942, Doolittle Raid on Japan early in World War
II bolstered American spirits just months after the surprise
attack on Pearl Harbor and the loss of the U.S. territories of
Guam and the Philippines.
The commander of the raid, Army Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle (second from left).
On April 18, 1906, at 5:13 a.m., an earthquake estimated at
close to 8.0 on the Richter scale struck San Francisco,
California, killing an estimated 3,000 people as it toppled
numerous buildings.
The quake was caused by a slip of the San Andreas Fault
over a segment about 275 miles long, and shock waves
could be felt from southern Oregon down to Los Angeles.
By April 23, most fires were extinguished, and authorities
started the task of rebuilding the devastated metropolis.
