April 18, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

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Today is Friday, April 18, on 108 of 2025. 257 days are left in the year.

Today in history:

On April 18, 1906, the most fatal earthquake in the history of the United States hit San Francisco, followed by fires throughout the city. It is believed that more than 3,000 people were killed by the leg by the earthquake, which is estimated to reach the high magnitude of the high axis 8.3 on the Richter scale.

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In 1955, physicist Albert Einstein died in Princeton, New Jersey, at 76.

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