What happened on April 18 of 1775?

General Gage orders 700 British soldiers to Concord to destroy the colonists' weapons depot.That night, Paul Revere and William Dawes are sent from Boston to warn colonists. Revere reaches Lexington...

1) The 38th Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 18, 1966. 2) On April 18, 1966 China declared that it will stop economic aid to Indonesia.

the minutemen and the british fought in lexington and concord and started the American revolution

No, April 18, 1775, was a Tuesday. Check here: http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/index.html?year=1775&country=1

Paul Revere rode into Lexington to inform Hancock and Adams to raise the warning that the British were marching toward them.