#Congratulations!⭐️👑⭐️
#EddieMurphy To Receive Life #Achievement Award From The American Film Institute

The award will be handed out at a gala tribute in #LosAngeles, at the Dolby Theatre, on #April18.
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“Eddie Murphy is an #AmericanIcon,” #bahdlex

#april18 #song #love #funny #igreja

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[09:10 PM] Police in The Hague still looking for persons of interest in fatal shooting

Police are still looking for any witnesses of a fatal shooting that occurred on April 18 in the Laakkwartier in The Hague.

https://nltimes.nl/2025/04/23/police-hague-still-looking-persons-interest-fatal-shooting

#April18 #Laakkwartier #TheHague

Police in The Hague still looking for persons of interest in fatal shooting

Police are still looking for any witnesses of a fatal shooting that occurred on April 18 in the Laakkwartier in The Hague. A 21-year-old from The Hague died of his injuries sustained as a result of the shooting on Friday evening. One arrest was made on Sunday in connection with the incident, according to police regional crime watch show Team West.

NL Times

[19:05] Kneecap received death threats after Coachella gig, says manager

Belfast rap trio Kneecap have received death threats after criticising Israel at a performance at Coachella on April 18, their manager said.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/kneecap-received-death-threats-after-coachella-gig-says-manager/a384273683.html

#Belfast #Israel #Coachella #April18

Kneecap received death threats after Coachella gig, says manager

Belfast rap trio Kneecap have received death threats after criticising Israel at a performance at Coachella on April 18, their manager said.

Irish Independent

Looks like a Western Blue Orchard Mason Bee, Osmia lignaria ssp. propinqua, in the 40+ year old Gravenstein apple tree.

#NativePollinators #pollinators #NativeBees #bees #BlueOrchardBee #MasonBee #bee #GravensteinApple #orchard #April18 #pollination #WesternBlueOrchardBee #OsmiaLignariaPropinqua

April 18

This day in history:

  • 1428 – Peace of Ferrara between Republic of Venice, Duchy of Milan, Republic of Florence and House of Gonzaga: ending of the second campaign of the Wars in Lombardy fought until the Treaty of Lodi in 1454, which will then guarantee the conditions for the development of the Italian Renaissance.
  • 1899 – The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
  • 1521 – Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication.
  • 1942 – World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.

Births:

  • 1976 – Melissa Joan Hart, American actress
  • 1503 – Henry II of Navarre (d. 1555)
  • 1902 – Giuseppe Pella, Italian politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1981)

Deaths:

  • 2014 – Brian Priestman, English conductor and academic (b. 1927)
  • 2012 – René Lépine, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1929)
  • 2019 – Lyra McKee, Irish journalist (b. 1990)

Holidays:

  • Coma Patients' Day (Poland)
  • Invention Day (Japan)
  • Independence Day (Zimbabwe)

Random Article of the day:

Paul Jacoulet

Paul Jacoulet (1896–1960) was a French, Japan-based woodblock print artist known for a style that mixed the traditional ukiyo-e style and techniques developed by the artist himself.

April 18 - Wikipedia

Frontline update - General Staff on heavy fighting and Russian losses

Since April 17 morning, there have been 114 combat clashes on the front - Russian forces continue to push along the Pokrovsk axis, according to Ukraine’s General Staff on Facebook.

RBC-Ukraine
World Amateur Radio Day

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.

Get Ready for "#HamRadio Open House" on #WorldAmateurRadioDay 2025

https://www.arrl.org/news/view/get-ready-for-ham-radio-open-house-on-world-amateur-radio-day-2025

To help promote #amateurradio #science and #technology, and to honor the 100th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union (#IARU), @ARRL is inviting #radioclubs and #schools to organize a Ham Radio #OpenHouse in April, built around World Amateur Radio Day (#WARD) on #April18.

Get Ready for "Ham Radio Open House" on World Amateur Radio Day 2025

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.