Historical timeline for April 18

Seven people are killed and fourteen others are injured in a mass shooting in Kyiv, Ukraine

A redacted version of the Mueller report is released to the United States Congress and the public.

Anti-government protests start in Nicaragua.

King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini.

The Israeli military commits the Qana massacre in a deliberate shelling of a United Nations compound near the village of Qana in southern Lebanon, killing 106 Lebanese civilians who were taking shelter there and wounding over 100 more.

The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.

In Israel John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II, although the verdict is later overturned.

The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.

The town of Elmore City, Oklahoma holds its first dance in the town's history.

The Ba Chúc massacre begins, which precipitates the Cambodian–Vietnamese War the same year.

East African Airways Flight 720 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing 43.

Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.

Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.

The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force, declaring Éire to be a republic and severing Ireland's "association" with the Commonwealth of Nations.

The Operation Big Bang, the largest non-nuclear man-made explosion to that time, destroys bunkers and military installations on the North Sea island of Heligoland, Germany.

Jackie Robinson makes his regular season debut for the Montreal Royals of the International League, to make them the first integrated modern professional baseball team.

The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.

Italian resistance movement: In Turin, despite the harsh repressive measures adopted by Nazi-fascists, a great pre-insurrectional strike begins.

World War II: Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.

World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.