Event:
1st ABA basketball championship began
More Notable Events on April 18:
1995 Quarterback Joe Montana announces his retirement from football
1994 Former President Nixon suffered a stroke and dies 4 days later
1978 Senate votes to turn Panama Canal over to Panama on Dec 31, 1999
1968 London Bridge is sold to U.S. oil company to be erected in Arizona
1909 Joan of Arc declared a saint
