Newsman Arrested
Date: 18 April 1974
Reporter R L Revenaugh (San Francisco Examiner) is arrested on April 16 for refusing to leave Calif PUC meeting; is freed on $250 bail (S)
Edgar Wright Birthday, Date of Birth
Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English filmmaker. He is known for his fast-paced and kinetic, satirical genre films, which feature extensive use of expressive popular music, Steadicam tracking shots, dolly zooms and a signature editing style that includes transitions, whip pans and wipes. He first made independent short films before making his first feature film A Fistful of Fingers in 1995. Wright created and directed the comedy series Asylum in 1996, written with David Walliams. After directing several other television shows, Wright directed the sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), which aired for two series and starred frequent collaborators Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
In 2004, Wright directed the zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead, starring Pegg and Frost, the first film in Wright's Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy. The film was co-written with Pegg—as were the next two entries in the trilogy, the buddy cop film Hot Fuzz (2007) and the science fiction comedy The World's End (2013). In 2010, Wright co-wrote and directed the action comedy film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, an adaptation of the graphic novel series. Along with Joe Cornish and Steven Moffat, he adapted The Adventures of Tintin (2011) for Steven Spielberg. Wright and Cornish co-wrote the screenplay for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant-Man in 2015, which Wright intended to direct but abandoned, citing creative differences. He has also written and directed the action films Baby Driver (2017) and The Running Man (2025), the documentary The Sparks Brothers, and the psychological horror film Last Night in Soho (both 2021).
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Thursday, April 18, 1974
- Place of Birth
- Poole
- Age
- 52
- Star Sign
- ♈
The April 18, 1974 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♈. It was the 107 day of the year. President of the United States was Richard M. Nixon.
If you were born on this day, you are 52 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, April 18, 2026, 62 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, April 18, 2027, in 302 days. You have lived for 19,055 days, or about 457,326 hours, or about 27,439,569 minutes, or about 1,646,374,140 seconds.
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18th of April 1974 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on April 18, 1974
U.S. Prisons to Ease Curb. On Interviews With Inmates
Date: 19 April 1974
Solicitor Gen Bork lr to Sup Ct announces US Prisons Bur will allow reporters to int prisoners in minimum security Fed insts; Ct is reviewing Washington Post's challenge to old policy of prohibiting ints (S)
INFORMATION BILL BACKED IN ALBANY; Public Scrutiny is Proposed for Government Records
Date: 19 April 1974
By ALFONSO A. NARVAEZSpecial to The New York Times
Alfonso NARVAEZSpecial
Agreement on NYS Legis freedom-of-information bill, which would mandate for 1st time opening of state and local govt records to public scrutiny, is announced, Albany; provisions of bill, which was sponsored by Sens Ralph J Marino and H Douglas Barclay and NYS Assemblyman Donald L Taylor, outlined; Taylor comments (M)
Rodino Bars Compromise On Tapes Under Subpoena
Date: 19 April 1974
By JAMES M. NAUGHTONSpecial to The New York Times
Sen Edward J Gurney on April 18 charges that news media coverage of Watergate has apparently affected public opinion to extent that majority of people 'already have convicted the President in their minds' (S)
U.S. Aide Scores Supervision
Date: 18 April 1974
John W Husen, Justice Dept's Public Information Dir, on Apr 17 deplores suspension of photographer James More by Associated Press for allegedly giving information about Indian occupation of Wounded Knee, SD, in '73 to FBI; holds newsmen are citizens with obligation to cooperate with law enforcement authorities; Atty Gen William B Saxbe says More was not informer but witness (S)
Florida's 'Right-to-Reply' Law Is Argued Before Supreme Court
Date: 18 April 1974
Special to The New York Times
Prof Jerome A Barron of George Washington Univ Law School argues before US Sup Ct that Fla law requiring newspapers to print replies from pol candidates implements rather than offends const guarantee of press freedom; urges ct to sustain 'right to reply' statute, holding that nation can afford 'some slight legis' aid to promote free and fair debate between competitors for public office; is representing Pat L Tornillo Jr, unsuccessful candidate for Fla Legis who was editorially criticized by Miami Herald in campaign and submitted statements of rejoinder that paper refused to print; Tornillo, under '13 Fla statute invoked only once before, sued paper to compel it to print statements (M)
Ehrlichman Denies He Is Cool to Nixon
Date: 18 April 1974
By SEYMOUR M. HERSHSpecial to The New York Times
John D Ehrlichman on April 17 publicly pledges his allegiance to Pres Nixon and Adm in reptd attempt to put end to repeated speculation about his loyality in face of at least 3 pending criminal trials, 1 of which involves his role in Ellsberg break in
RICHARDSON APPEALS FOR DILIGENT PRESS
Date: 18 April 1974
Former US Atty Gen Elliott L Richardson on April 17 says that news media must 'insist on being told the truth, and expand efforts to dig the truth out', speech, Amer Soc of Newspaper Editors; says that resonable suspicion of corruption in govt is justification for 'extraordinary efforts' at getting facts (S)
TWO COURTS TO HEAR I.T.U VIEW ON WRITS
Date: 18 April 1974
ITU reprs Raymond Brown and Ralph Pancallo are scheduled to be present on April 18 when ITU Local 6 seeks to have cts vacate 2 injunctions enjoining local from interfering with operations at NY Times or News (S)
PRINTERS AT NEWS START SLOWDOWN; Action by the Union Follows Release From Injunctions Barring Work Disruption PRINTERS AT NEWS START SLOWDOWN
Date: 19 April 1974
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
ITU Local 6 on April 18 begins slowdown at NY Daily News after being released from 2 ct injunctions that had barred it from interfering with operations at News or NY Times; local pres Bertram A Powers says that union members are now free to take concerted action to put pressure on publishers for improved contract; says union is going to have 'coordinated and orchestrated action' of work in composing room; April 19; April 18 1st edition of News was delayed for about 4 hrs; News spokesman estimates that union action will prevent 250,000 copies from reaching streets (M)