Birthdays occurring on April, 18

1580

Thomas Middleton was born on April 18, 1580 British playwright, 1580-1627 All is not gold that glisteneth More quotations from Thomas Middleton

1857

Clarence Darrow was born on April 18, 1857 American lawyer, speaker and writer, 1857-1938 Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they serve. More quotations from Clarence Darrow

1864

Richard Harding Davis was born on April 18, 1864 American journalist and writer. 1864-1916 The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way. More quotations from Richard Harding Davis

1882

Leopold Stokowski was born on April 18, 1882 British born American conductor known for his influence as a popularizer of classical music. 1882-1977 A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. We provide the music, and you provide the silence. More quotations from Leopold Stokowski

Deaths occurring on April, 18

1874

David Livingstone died on April 18, 1874 Scottish missionary and explorer, 1813-1874 I am prepared to go anywhere, provided it be forward. More quotations from David Livingstone

1945

Ernie Pyle died on April 18, 1945 War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth More quotations from Ernie Pyle

1955

Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955 German born American physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity. Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. 1879-1955 Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. More quotations from Albert Einstein

1964

Ben Hecht died on April 18, 1964 American film writer, novelist and playwright who, as a newspaperman in the 1920s, perfected a type of human interest sketch that was widely emulated. 1893-1964 Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away. More quotations from Ben Hecht

1974

Marcel Pagnol died on April 18, 1974 French writer, producer and film director, 1895-1974 The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be More quotations from Marcel Pagnol