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April 18

1857

Birth date of Clarence Darrow, lawyer. (died 3/13/38)

1882

Birth date of Leopold Anthony Stokowski, conductor. (died 9/13/77)

1942

U.S. bombers raid Tokyo.

1943

While on an inspection tour in the Northern Solomon Islands, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is shot down by American P-38 fighters.

1945

Columnist and war correspondent Ernie Pyle killed by Japanese machine gun fire.