April 18,1895 - New York State passed an act that established free public baths! They were to be open 14 hours a day and provide hot and cold water. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 18,1763 Quebec Quebec - Marie-Josephte Corriveau [alias la Corriveau] hanged near the Plains of Abraham for murdering her husband Louis Dodier, who apparently beat her; the corpse of the celebrated murderess is hung for a month in an iron cage at Lauzon by the Pointe-Levy for passers-by to see; the cage is discovered in 1851.