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April 18th, 2007	Event	The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision.
April 18th, 1996	Event	In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces accidentally shell the UN compound at Quana.
April 18th, 1993	Event	President of Pakistan, Ghulam Ishaq Khan dissolves the National Assembly and dismisses the Cabinet.
April 18th, 1992	Event	General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul.
April 18th, 1988	Event	The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
April 18th, 1983	Event	A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.
April 18th, 1980	Event	The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country s first President.
April 18th, 1974	Event	The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore Dry port.
April 18th, 1961	Event	CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule.
April 18th, 1958	Event	A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound is to be released from an insane asylum.

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