WHAT HAPPENED ON 18. APRIL
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The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II. (18. April 1988)

General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul. (18. April 1992)

In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge. (18. April 1996)

The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-4 decision. (18. April 2007)

A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251. (18. April 2007)