Video: 'ASTROTALK with Mike Acosta: 4/18/66 The First Regular Season Game on Astroturf'

(Monday, April 18, 1966, 7:30 p.m. EST) — The first official sporting event ever played on AstroTurf, the original artificial turf made to resemble grass, took place today at the Houston Astrodome in Texas as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Houston Astros 6-3.

Video: 'United Nations - April In Three Cities (1946)' (League of Nations at 1:05)

(Thursday, April 18, 1946, 11:00 p.m. GMT) — The League of Nations, created as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War, expired tonight in Geneva and willed to the United Nations its physical assets in the hope that the new organization might succeed where the League had failed. Continue reading League of Nations expires in Geneva, UN to get physical assets 80 years ago this hour (Apr 18 1946) →

Video: 'Plechtige openingszitting van het Internationaal Gerechtshof in het Vredespaleis (1946)'

(Thursday, April 18, 1946, afternoon Central European Time) — The International Court of Justice, the judicial arm of the United Nations, held its first sitting in the famous Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, this afternoon.

Videos: 'San Francisco 1906 Film: Before & After Earthquake [4K Colorized]'

(Wednesday, April 18, 1906, 5:12:27 a.m. PST) — A powerful earthquake rocked San Francisco and the surrounding region early this morning, leaving the city in ruins and unleashing fires that continue to rage through large sections of the business and residential districts. Continue reading Major earthquake and fire devastates San Francisco, killing more than 3,000 people 120 years ago this hour (Apr 18 1906) →