Apr 18: East African Airways Flight crashed and burned after an aborted takeoff in Addis Ababa

Apr 18, 1972: East African Airways Flight 720 crashed and burned after an aborted takeoff in Addis Ababa, killing 43 of the 107 people on board. The VC-10 was bound for Rome.

Apr 18, 1973: Birthday of Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian athlete

Apr 18, 2001: Ethiopian Special Forces police opened fire on a peaceful protest organised by students at Addis Ababa University, killing at least 41 people and wounding 250.

Apr 18, 2005: Hailu Negussie wins the men's Boston Marathon. He finished with a time of 2:11:45

Apr 18, 2016: Lemi Berhanu Hayle and Atsede Baysa won the 2016 Boston Marathon