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March 18 is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 287 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events [ ]
3952 BC - According to the Venerable Bede , the world was created.
37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor.
731 - Saint Gregory III begins his reign as Pope .
1229 - Frederick II declares himself King of Jerusalem during the Sixth Crusade .
1241 - Kraków is ravaged by Mongols .
1314 - Jacques de Molay , the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar is burned at the stake.
1438 - Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of Germany .
1608 - Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia
1673 - John Berkeley sells his part of New Jersey to some Friends (Quakers).
1766 - American Revolution : The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act , which was very unpopular in the British colonies.
1793 - The first republican state in Germany , the Republic of Mainz , is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann .
1834 - Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle , Dorset , England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union .
1850 - American Express is founded by Henry Wells & William Fargo .
1865 - American Civil War : The Congress of the Confederate States of America adjourns for the last time.
1871 - Declaration of the Paris Commune ; President of the French Republic Adolphe Thiers orders evacuation of Paris .
1874 - Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
1893 - Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best ice hockey team in Canada ; originally presented to amateur champions, the Stanley Cup has been awarded to the top pro team since 1910 , and since 1926 , only to National Hockey League teams.
1906 - Traian Vuia flies a self-propelled heavier-than-air aircraft .
1909 - Einar Dessau uses a short-wave radio transmitter, becoming the first radio broadcaster.
1913 - King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki .
1915 - World War I : Massive naval attack in Battle of Gallipoli . Three battleships are sunk during a failed British & French naval attack on the Dardanelles .
1921 - The second Peace of Riga between Poland and Soviet Union .
1922 - In India , Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience . He would serve only 2 years.
1922 - The first public celebration of Bat mitzvah , for the daughter of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan , is held in New York City .
1925 - The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri , Illinois , and Indiana , killing 695 people.
1937 - The New London School explosion kills three hundred, mostly children.
1937 - Spanish Civil War : Spanish Republican forces hand Italian forces a grave defeat at the Battle of Guadalajara .
1938 - Mexico nationalizes all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders.
1940 - World War II : Axis Powers - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom .
1945 - World War II: 1,250 American bombers attack Berlin .
1953 - An earthquake hits western Turkey , killing 250.
1959 - American President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21 .
1962 - The Evian Accords puts an end to the Algerian War of Independence , which began in 1954 .
1965 - Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov , leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space .
1967 - Supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
1968 - Gold standard : The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency .
1970 - Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia .
1971 - A landslide at Chungar , Peru crashes into Lake Yanahuani killing 200.
1974 - Oil embargo crisis : Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States , Europe and Japan .
1980 - On Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia , 50 people are killed at an explosion of a Vostok-2M rocket on its launch pad during a fueling operation.
1985 - The Australian television series Neighbours airs its first episode.
1989 - In Egypt , a 4,400-year-old mummy is found in the Pyramid of Cheops .
1990 - In largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston .
1997 - The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en-route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 on board and leading to the grounding of all An-24s.
1999 - Launching of Internet Explorer 4.0.2144
2003 - US enters war in Iraq . About $1 billion was taken from Iraq's Central Bank by Saddam Hussein and his family, just hours before the United States began bombing Iraq, biggest bank robbery in history. [1]
2003 - FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham on suspicion of massive corporate fraud led by the company's top executives.
2003 - British Sign Language is recognised as an official British language.
2005 - The first-ever Muslim Friday prayer led by a woman in a mixed-gender congregation is held in New York City , marking a break with a 1426-year Islamic tradition.
2005 - Terri Schiavo 's feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband, fueling a worldwide debate on euthanasia .
2007 - Steven Avery convicted for homicide because of DNA evidence, DNA having shown his innocence following a previous conviction.
Births [ ]
1395 - John Holland , English military leader (d. 1447 )
1496 - Mary Tudor , daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533 )
1555 - François (d. 1584 )
1590 - Manuel de Faria e Sousa , Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649 )
1602 - Jacques de Billy , French mathematician (d. 1679 )
1603 - Simon Bradstreet , Massachusetts Bay colonist (d. 1693 )
1634 - Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne , French writer (d. 1693 )
1640 - Philippe de la Hire , French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719 )
1657 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni , Italian composer (d. 1743 )
1679 - Matthew Decker , English merchant and writer (d. 1759 )
1685 - Ralph Ersine , Scottish minister (d. 1752 )
1690 - Christian Goldbach , Prussian mathematician (d. 1764 )
1701 - Niclas Sahlgren , Swedish merchant and philanthropist (d. 1776 )
1780 - Milos Obrenovic , Leader of The Second Serbian Uprising and Prince of Serbia (d. 1860 )
1782 - John C. Calhoun , Vice President of the United States (d. 1850 )
1813 - Christian Friedrich Hebbel , German writer (d. 1864 )
1823 - Antoine Eugène Alfred Chanzy , French general (d. 1883 )
1828 - William Randal Cremer , English politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1908 )
1837 - Grover Cleveland , President of the United States (d. 1908 )
1840 - William Cosmo Monkhouse , English poet and critic (d. 1901 )
1842 - Stéphane Mallarmé , French poet (d. 1898 )
1844 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov , Russian composer (d. 1908 )
1848 - Nathanael Herreshoff , American naval architect (d. 1938 )
1848 - Princess Louise , daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1939 )
1858 - Rudolf Diesel , German inventor (d. 1913 )
1869 - Neville Chamberlain , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1940 )
1872 - Anna Held , Polish actress and singer (d. 1918 )
1874 - Nikolai Berdyaev , Russian philosopher (d. 1948 )
1877 - Edgar Cayce , American psychic (d. 1945 )
1877 - Clem Hill , Australian cricketer (d. 1945 )
1882 - Gian Francesco Malipiero , Italian composer (d. 1973 )
1886 - Edward Everett Horton , American actor (d. 1970 )
1898 - Jake Swirbul , American aircraft manufacturer (d. 1960 )
1893 - Costante Girardengo , Italian cyclist (d. 1978 )
1893 - Wilfred Owen , British poet (d. 1918 )
1899 - Jean Goldkette , Greek-born jazz musician (d. 1962 )
1904 - Srečko Kosovel , Slovenian poet (d. 1926 )
1905 - Robert Donat , English actor (d. 1958 )
1905 - Thomas Townsend Brown , American scientist (d. 1985 )
1907 - John Zachary Young , British biologist (d. 1997 )
1909 - Ernest Gallo , American winemaker (d. 2007 )
1910 - Chiang Ching-kuo , President of the Republic of China (d. 1988 )
1911 - Smiley Burnette , American singer and songwriter (d. 1967 )
1913 - Werner Molders German WWII pilot (d. 1941 )
1913 - René Clément , French film director and screenwriter (d. 1996 )
1915 - Richard Condon , American novelist (d. 1996 )
1917 - Frederika of Hanover , queen of the Hellenes (d. 1981 )
1918 - Al Benton , American baseball player (d. 1968 )
1918 - Bob Broeg , American sports writer (d. 2005 )
1922 - Egon Bahr , German politician
1923 - Andy Granatelli , American motorsports entrepreneur
1926 - Peter Graves , American actor
1926 - Dick Littlefield , American baseball player (d. 1997 )
1927 - John Kander , American songwriter
1927 - George Plimpton , American writer and actor (d. 2003 )
1928 - Julia Mullock , Princess of Korea
1928 - Miguel Poblet , Spanish cyclist
1928 - Fidel V. Ramos , President of the Philippines
1929 - John Macurdy , American bass
1930 - Pat Halcox , British musician
1931 - John Fraser , Scottish-born stage, film and television actor
1932 - John Updike , American author
1934 - Charley Pride , American musician
1935 - Ole Barndorff-Nielsen , Danish mathematician
1936 - Frederik Willem de Klerk , President of South Africa , recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1937 - Mark Donohue , American race car driver (d. 1975 )
1937 - Rudi Altig , German cyclist
1939 - Ron Atkinson , English former footballer and manager
1939 - Giannis Markopoulos , Greek composer
1941 - Wilson Pickett , American singer (d. 2006 )
1941 - John W. Derr , American politician
1943 - Kevin Dobson , American actor
1947 - B.J. Wilson , English drummer (d. 1990 )
1947 - Patrick Chesnais , French actor
1947 - Patrick Barlow , English actor, comedian and playwright
1948 - Guy Lapointe , Canadian ice hockey player
1949 - Alex Higgins , Northern Irish snooker player
1949 - Åse Kleveland , Norwegian singer and politician
1950 - Brad Dourif , American actor
1950 - Richard Kretchmer , English artist and historian
1950 - Rodney Milburn , American athlete (d. 1997 )
1950 - Larry Perkins , Australian racing driver
1951 - Bill Frisell , American jazz musician
1951 - Ben Cohen , American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
1952 - Mike Webster , American football player (d. 2002 )
1956 - Ingemar Stenmark , Swedish skier
1957 - György Pazdera , Hungarian bassist (Pokolgép )
1959 - Luc Besson , French producer, writer, and director
1959 - Irene Cara , American actress and singer
1960 - Richard Biggs , American actor (d. 2004 )
1960 - Guy Carbonneau , Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1962 - Thomas Ian Griffith , American actor
1962 - James McMurtry , American folk singer/songwriter
1962 - Mike Rowe , American television personality
1963 - Jeff LaBar , American guitarist
1963 - Vanessa L. Williams , American beauty queen, actress, and singer
1964 - Bonnie Blair , American speed skater
1964 - Courtney Pine , British jazz saxophonist
1964 - Rozalla , Zambian singer
1966 - Jerry Cantrell , American musician
1967 - Miki Berenyi , English singer (Lush )
1968 - Shinichiro Miki , Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
1969 - Vassily Ivanchuk , Ukrainian chess player
1969 - Shaun Udal , English cricketer
1970 - Queen Latifah , American singer and actress
1972 - Dane Cook , American comedian and actor
1973 - Max Barry , Australian author
1975 - Brian Griese , American football player
1975 - Tomas Žvirgždauskas , Lithuanian footballer
1975 - Sutton Foster , American actress, singer, and dancer
1975 - Rodleen Getsic , American musician, civil servant
1976 - Jovan Kirovski , American soccer player
1976 - Tomokazu Ohka , Japanese baseball player
1976 - Scott Podsednik , American baseball player
1977 - Danny Murphy , English footballer
1977 - Zdeno Chára , Slovak ice hockey player
1977 - Devin Lima , American singer
1977 - Willy Sagnol , French footballer
1977 - Terrmel Sledge , American baseball player
1977 - Fernando Rodney , American baseball player
1978 - Khalilah Adams , American actress
1978 - Yoshie Takeshita , Japanese volleyball player
1978 - Jan Bulis , Czech ice hockey player
1979 - Adam Levine , American singer (Maroon 5 )
1979 - Brandon Lee , American adult actor
1980 - Alexei Yagudin , Russian figure skater
1980 - Sophia Myles , English actress
1980 - Sebastien Frey , French footballer
1981 - Jang Nara , Korean singer and actress
1982 - Chad Cordero , American baseball player
1982 - Pedro Mantorras , Angolan footballer
1983 - Andy Sonnanstine , American baseball player
1984 - Vonzell Solomon , American Idol Contestant
1985 - Vince Lia , Australian Footballer
1986 - Bia Figueiredo , Brazilian racing driver
1996 - Madeline Carroll , American actress
Deaths [ ]
978 - King Edward the Martyr of England
1227 - Pope Honorius III (b. 1148 )
1314 - Jacques DeMolay , Frankish noble , the 23rd Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b.1244 )
1583 - King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540 )
1584 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (b. 1530 )
1675 - Arthur Chichester , Irish soldier (b. 1606 )
1689 - John Dixwell , English judge (b. 1607 )
1696 - Robert Charnock , English conspirator
1745 - Sir Robert Walpole , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676 )
1746 - Anna Leopoldovna , regent of Russia (b. 1718 )
1768 - Laurence Sterne , Irish writer (b. 1713 )
1781 - Anne Robert Turgot , French statesman (b. 1727 )
1823 - Jean-Baptiste Breval , French composer (b. 1753 )
1835 - Christian Gunther von Bernstorff , Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. 1769 )
1871 - Augustus De Morgan , Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806 )
1898 - Matilda Joslyn Gage , American suffragist (b. 1826 )
1907 - Marcellin Berthelot , French chemist and politician (b. 1827 )
1913 - King George I of Greece (b. 1845 )
1936 - Eleftherios Venizelos , Former Prime minister of Greece
1939 - Henry Simpson Lunn , English humanitarian and religious leader (b. 1859 )
1941 - Henri Cornet , French cyclist (b. 1884 )
1945 - William Grover-Williams , British racing driver
1947 - William C. Durant , American automobile pioneer (b. 1861 )
1962 - Walter W. Bacon , Governor of Delaware (b. 1880 )
1963 - Wanda Hawley , American actress (b. 1895 )
1964 - Sigfrid Edström , Swedish sports official (b. 1870 )
1965 - King Farouk I of Egypt (b. 1920 )
1969 - Barbara Bates , American film actress (b. 1925 )
1973 - Lauritz Melchior , Danish-born American opera singer (b. 1890 )
1975 - Alain Grandbois , Quebec poet (b. 1900 )
1976 - Giuseppe Genco Russo , Sicilian mafioso (b. 1893 )
1977 - Marien Ngouabi , President of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1938 )
1977 - José Carlos Pace , Brazilian racing driver (b. 1944 )
1978 - Leigh Brackett , American author (b. 1915 )
1978 - Peggy Wood , American actress (b. 1892 )
1983 - King Umberto II of Italy , (b. 1904 )
1983 - Kenneth E. Boulding , English economist (b. 1910 )
1984 - Charlie Lau , American baseball player (b. 1933 )
1986 - Bernard Malamud , American writer (b. 1914 )
1988 - Billy Butterfield , American jazz trumpeter (b. 1917 )
1990 - Robin Harris , American actor and comedian (b. 1953 )
1995 - Robin Jacques , illustrator of children's books (b. 1920 )
1996 - Odysseas Elytis , Greek poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911 )
1999 - Elizabeth Huckaby , American educator (b. 1905 )
2000 - Eberhard Bethge , German theologian (b. 1909 )
2001 - John Phillips , American musician (The Mamas and the Papas ) (b. 1935 )
2002 - R.A. Lafferty , American science fiction writer (b. 1914 )
2002 - Gösta Winbergh , Swedish tenor (b. 1943 )
2003 - Karl Kling , German race car driver (b. 1910 )
2003 - Adam Osborne , British computer pioneer (b. 1939 )
2004 - Harrison McCain , Canadian businessman (b. 1927 )
2006 - Bill Beutel , American journalist (b. 1930 )
2006 - Dan Gibson , musician (b. 1922 )
2007 - Bob Woolmer , English cricketer and Pakistan national coach (b. 1948 )
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176 Familypedia people were born on March 18
150 Familypedia people died on March 18
100 Familypedia people were first married on March 18