Today is Monday, April 18, the 109th day of 2016. There are 257 days left in the year.

April 18, 2016 at 12:00a.m.

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On this date in:

1775: Paul Revere begins his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Mass., warning American colonists that the British were coming.

1906: A devastating earthquake strikes San Francisco, followed by raging fires; estimates of the final death toll range between 3,000 and 6,000.

1934: The first Laundromat is opened by John F. Cantrell in Fort Worth, Texas; the “Washateria,” as it was called, rented four electric washing machines to the public on an hourly basis.

1945: During World War II, famed American war correspondent Ernie Pyle, 44, is killed by Japanese gunfire on the Pacific island of Ie Shima, off Okinawa.

1956: American actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco in a civil ceremony.

1966: “The Sound of Music” wins the Oscar for best picture of 1965 at the 38th Academy Awards.

1983: Sixty-three people, including 17 Americans, are killed at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, by a suicide bomber.

2006: President George W. Bush reshuffles his economic team, appointing Rob Portman of Ohio his new budget chief.

2011: Standard & Poor’s lowers its long-term outlook for the U.S. government’s fiscal health from “stable” to “negative,” and warns of serious consequences if lawmakers fail to reach a deal to control the federal deficit.

2015: Ringo Starr, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, pop punks Green Day, soul singer-songwriter Bill Withers, underground-rock icon Lou Reed, bluesy guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and The “5” Royales are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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1991: Salina Covington, who pleaded with Youngstown City Council to address the problem of crack dealers operating openly in her Delason Avenue neighborhood, says an increased police presence already has had a positive effect.

Pittsburgh-based Wean Inc. reports a quarterly profit of $1 million, or 29 cents a share, but warns that earnings for the rest of the year are likely to be affected by declining orders for industrial machinery.

Youngstown’s ambulance service could be saved, along with 11 other jobs, if members of AFSCME Local 2312 approve a cost-cutting plan that apparently would cut the pay of city workers, allowing others to avoid layoffs.

1976: The Trumbull Savings & Loan Co. will build a new office building at Park Avenue and High Street in downtown Warren at an estimated cost of $2 million. It is the most-ambitious downtown project since the renovation of the Second National Bank Building in 1971.

The Rt. Rev. John Burt, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio and former rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church, will be the principal speaker at the dedication of the $6 million William F. Maag Jr. Library at Youngstown State University.

The Scottish Rite Cathedral in New Castle, Pa., is marking its 50th anniversary. It is one of the most-imposing structures in the city and has hosted some of the nation’s foremost entertainers and politicians.

1966: Two Portage County deputies and East Palestine Patrolman Wayne Huston track a flying-saucer-like object for 80 miles through the predawn skies from near Ravenna through Salem and East Palestine and into western Pennsylvania before losing sight of it.

Albert G. Resch, 49, of Poland, assistant superintendent of Mahoning County schools, dies of a heart ailment at South Side Hospital.

Salem is forming a permanent Action for Beautification Committee that will establish long-range programs to rid the community of ugliness and create an environment of beauty and order.

1941: Stambaugh estate trustees argue that they are seeking fulfillment of the wishes of the late Henry Stambaugh, whose public gifts to the community totaled $2 million, in their request to extend Fifth Avenue through the Stambaugh Municipal Golf Course.

Of the 60,575 men employed by the Republic Steel Corp., 25,244 are 40 years old or older. Four are between 80 and 84 years old.

Harmon Davies of Youngstown is presented the outstanding-Scout award of Troop 38 at Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church.

Five Youngstown police vice squad members raid a barbut game at the International Coffee House on South Avenue, arresting three men. Judge Peter Mulholland fines one $5 and suspends $5 fines for the two others.