{"id":169214,"date":"2026-04-18T01:01:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=169214"},"modified":"2026-04-06T08:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:24:59","slug":"this-day-in-history-april-18-1950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=169214","title":{"rendered":"This Day in History &#8211; April 18, 1950"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This Day In History, April 18, 1950 \u2013 Jamestown hit again by flooding. . . .\u00a0<\/strong><em>\u00a0from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"easyRotatorWrapper\" align=\"center\">\r\n\r\n<!-- Begin DWUser_EasyRotator -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/c520866.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com\/1\/js\/easy_rotator.min.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div class=\"dwuserEasyRotator\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 450px; position:relative; text-align: left; background-color: #670808;\" data-erConfig=\"{autoplayEnabled:true, 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