This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
03/18/1380 Liduina van Schiedam, 'Christ's bride'/saint 
03/18/1483 Raphael, painter (Sistine Madonna) 
03/18/1548 Cornelis Ketel, portrait painter/poet 
03/18/1556 Fran‡ois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant 
03/18/1609 Frederick III, King of Denmark & Norway (1648-70); absolutist 
03/18/1644 Gottfried Wegner, composer 
03/18/1657 Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer 
03/18/1690 Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position) 
03/18/1734 Joseph Schmitt, composer 
03/18/1756 Johann Christoph Vogel, composer 
03/18/1765 David H Chass‚, Antwerp baron (fought Napoleon at Waterloo) 
03/18/1781 Gustave Vogt, composer 
03/18/1782 John Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32) 
03/18/1829 William Robertson Boggs, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 19

03/18/1830 Numa D Fustel de Coulanges, French historian/sociologist 
03/18/1837 Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd & 24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97) 
03/18/1838 Randal Cremer, Britain, trade unionist, pacifist (Nobel 1903) 
03/18/1839 Francis Fessenden, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906 
03/18/1842 St‚phane Mallarm‚, French poet (L'AprŠs-midi d'un faune) 
03/18/1844 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade) 
03/18/1848 Nathaniel Herreshoff, America Cup yacht designer 
03/18/1858 Rudolph C K Diesel, German engineer (Diesel motor) 
03/18/1864 Karl M Lybeck, Finnish/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten) 
03/18/1866 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer 
03/18/1866 John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs (1913-18) 
03/18/1869 [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, British PM (C, 1937-40) 
03/18/1872 Frank Hoyt Losey, composer 
03/18/1881 Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963) 
03/18/1881 Paul Le Flem, composer 
03/18/1882 Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer 
03/18/1886 Edward Everett Horton, Bkln NY, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show) 
03/18/1886 Kurt Koffka, Germany, Gestalt psychologist 
03/18/1886 Marianne (Goudeket-)Philips, author (Between Heaven & Earth) 
03/18/1890 Gerardus van de Lion, religion historian/Dutch minister of Education

03/18/1892 Robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter (WW II) 
03/18/1893 Wilfred Owen, England, anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth) 
03/18/1898 Otto Jochum, composer 
03/18/1899 Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin 
03/18/1901 Piotr Perkowski, composer 
03/18/1905 John Kirkpatrick, NYC, pianist (Concord Sonata) 
03/18/1905 Mollie Parnis, NYC, fashion designer (Mollie Roberts Collection) 
03/18/1905 Robert Donat, England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Citadel) 
03/18/1906 Roy L Johnson, US admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean) 
03/18/1907 Eleanor L 'Betty' Compton, US actress (Here Comes Trouble) 
03/18/1910 Chiang Ching-huo, son of Chinese pres Chiang Kai-shek 
03/18/1911 Smiley Burnette, Summum Ill, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction) 
03/18/1914 Cesar Guerra Peixe, composer 
03/18/1916 Louis Toebosch, composer 
03/18/1919 Laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936) 
03/18/1920 John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], Poland, Pope (1978-  ) 
03/18/1922 Egon Bahr, German journalist/politician 
03/18/1925 Peter Graves, Minneapolis Mn, actor (James Phelps-Mission Impossible

03/18/1927 George Plimpton, sports writer (Paper Lion) 
03/18/1927 John Harold Kander, composer (Kander & Ebb, Cabaret) 
03/18/1928 William R Boggs, Georgia, Brig Gen/chief of engineers under Bragg 
03/18/1929 Christa Wolf, German proza‹ste 
03/18/1929 Ctirad Kohoutek, composer 
03/18/1930 Maurice Peress, NYC, conductor (KC Philharmonic 1974-80) 
03/18/1931 Howard Coble, (Rep-R-North Carolina) 
03/18/1932 Frederik W de Klerk, president South Africa (1989-  ) 
03/18/1932 John Updike, poet/novelist (Rabbit Run) 
03/18/1934 Pavle Despalj, composer 
03/18/1936 Robert Lee Smith, US singer (Tams, Your song to your daddy) 
03/18/1936 Tony Nash, England, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1964) 
03/18/1937 Mark Donohue, auto racer (1972 Indianapolis 500 
03/18/1937 Robin Wright, race horse trainer 
03/18/1938 Carl Gottlieb, comedian (Ken Berry Wow Show) 
03/18/1938 Charley Pride, Sledge Miss, country singer (Sweet Country) 
03/18/1938 Shashi Kapoor, actor (Shalimar, Pretty Polly, Heat & Dust, Siddharth

03/18/1940 Kathy Hutchinson, race horse trainer 
03/18/1941 Wilson Pickett, Prattville Alabama, R&B singer (Funky Broadway) 
03/18/1942 Ann Packer, England, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1964) 
03/18/1943 Kevin Dobson, Jackson Hgts NY, actor (Kojak, Knots Landing, Shannon)

03/18/1945 Aleksey Vakhonin, USSR, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1964) 
03/18/1947 Barry Wilson, drummer (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale) 
03/18/1947 Robert Harrison, rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale) 
03/18/1947 Steven H Schiff, (Rep-R-New Mexico) 
03/18/1950 Brad Dourif, WV, actor (Ragtime, Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty) 
03/18/1950 James Conlon, NYC, conductor (Cincinnati May Festival-1979) 
03/18/1950 John Hartman, drummer (Doobie Brothers-Taking it to the Streets) 
03/18/1953 Helmer C Koetje, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA) 
03/18/1956 'The Model' Rick Martel, [Richard Vignault], wrestler (WWF/AWA) 
03/18/1956 Ingamar Stenmark, Sweden, slalom (Olympic-2 gold-1980) 
03/18/1957 Christer Fuglesang, Swedish physicist/astronaut candidate (Mir-1?) 
03/18/1957 Melvin Gentry, vocalits/guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking) 
03/18/1958 Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein, skier (Olympic-silver-1980) 
03/18/1959 Irene Cara, Bronx NYC, actress/singer (Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury) 
03/18/1960 Claudia Udy, Albuquerque NM, actress (Out of Control, Nightforce) 
03/18/1960 Patricia Farinelli, LA Calif, playmate (December, 1981) 
03/18/1960 Richard Biggs, Columbus Ohio, actor (Marcus-Days of Our Lives) 
03/18/1963 Vanessa Williams, Millwood NY, 1st black Miss America (1983)/singer 
03/18/1964 Bonnie Blair, Champaign Ill, speed skater (Olympics-gold-1994) 
03/18/1964 Christina Ferguson, Phoenix Az, playmate (Apr, 1983) 
03/18/1966 Jerry Cantrell, US rock guitarist (Alice in Chains-Dirt) 
03/18/1972 Craig Johnson, St Paul Minn, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
03/18/ 978 Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/saint, murdered 
03/18/1227 Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies 
03/18/1314 Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies 
03/18/1493 John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82

03/18/1582 Jean Jaurqui, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched 
03/18/1584 Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 
03/18/1768 Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies 
03/18/1799 John Randall, composer, dies at 82 
03/18/1816 Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67 
03/18/1817 Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67 
03/18/1870 Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48 
03/18/1875 Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43 
03/18/1886 Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Prose), dies at 91 
03/18/1889 William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66 
03/18/1899 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76 
03/18/1899 Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Vertrapte Ideals), dies 
03/18/1900 Ant¢nio Nobre, Portuguese poet (S¢ [Lonely]), dies at 32 
03/18/1913 George I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas 
03/18/1918 Willem Coenen, composer, dies at 80 
03/18/1924 John Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79 
03/18/1928 Paul van Osta˜en, Flemish writer (Free as a Bird), dies 
03/18/1933 Luigi A hertog der Abruzzen, Italian explorer (Ruwenzori), dies 
03/18/1936 Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies 
03/18/1938 Cyril Rootham, composer, dies at 62 
03/18/1947 Willem P˜per, composer, dies at 52 
03/18/1964 Norbert Wiener, US mathematician (Cybernetica), dies at 69 
03/18/1965 Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies 
03/18/1967 Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42 
03/18/1968 Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85 
03/18/1969 Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43 
03/18/1973 Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at 

03/18/1974 David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies 
03/18/1976 James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies 
03/18/1976 Robert de Roos, composer, dies at 69 
03/18/1977 Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murder 
03/18/1978 Faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84 
03/18/1978 Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86 
03/18/1980 Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79 
03/18/1982 Georg G Lampe, painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60 
03/18/1983 Umberto van Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies 
03/18/1984 Paul Frances Webster, lyricist, dies at 76 of Parkinson's disease 
03/18/1985 Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89 
03/18/1986 Bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71 
03/18/1987 Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82 
03/18/1989 Piet Kruiver, soccer player, dies 
03/18/1989 William Challee, actor (Desperate, Moonchild), dies 
03/18/1990 Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies 
03/18/1991 Jack McCoy, dies 
03/18/1991 Vilma Banky, actress (Eagle, Son of Sheik, Rebel), dies at 93 
03/18/1992 Cornelis B Vaandrager, [Cor Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
03/18/ 417 St Zosimus begins his reign as Catholic Pope 
03/18/ 731 St Gregory III begins his reign as Catholic Pope 
03/18/1123 1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome 
03/18/1167 Battle of El-Babein, Egypt Franken vs Amalrik-Syrians 
03/18/1190 Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmonds England 
03/18/1229 German emperor Frederik II crowns himself king of Jerusalem 
03/18/1438 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Germany 
03/18/1543 De Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi R) 
03/18/1582 Prince Willem of Orange injured in attck at Antwerp 
03/18/1583 Dutch States-General & Anjou signs treaty 
03/18/1766 British Parliament reinstitutes the Stamp Act 
03/18/1793 Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France 
03/18/1810 'Converse', 1st US opera, premieres in NY 
03/18/1813 David Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas 
03/18/1818 Congress approves 1st pensions for government service 
03/18/1834 1st railroad tunnel in US completed, in Penn (275 m long) 
03/18/1835 Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile north of Portillo Pass 
03/18/1847 1st Dutch public telegram 
03/18/1850 American Express forms 
03/18/1858 Van Brugghen govt resigns 
03/18/1859 Vera Cruz besieged by Miram¢n (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform 
03/18/1864 Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240 
03/18/1865 Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, AL 
03/18/1871 Communards revolt in Paris 
03/18/1874 J Palisa discovers asteroid #136 Austria 
03/18/1877 President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Wash DC 
03/18/1881 Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG) 
03/18/1890 1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts) 
03/18/1892 Lord Stanley proposes silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup) 
03/18/1892 M Wolf discovers asteroid #328 Gudrun 
03/18/1895 200 blacks leave Savannah, Ga for Liberia 
03/18/1899 Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering 
03/18/1900 Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms 
03/18/1906 M Wolf discovers asteroid #592 Bathseba 
03/18/1909 Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast 
03/18/1910 1st opera by an US composer (Converse) performed at the Met, NYC 
03/18/1911 North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law 
03/18/1914 J Palisa discovers asteroid #782 Montefiore & #783 Nora 
03/18/1914 White Wolf troop beats govt army in Jingdezhen China 
03/18/1915 Failed British attack in Dardanellen 
03/18/1915 French battleship Bouvet explode, 640 killed 
03/18/1918 AJC organizes 
03/18/1919 Order of DeMolay established in Kansas City 
03/18/1920 Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar 
03/18/1921 2nd peace of Riga & Poland enlarged 
03/18/1921 Steamer 'Hong Kong' runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000 
03/18/1922 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale) 
03/18/1922 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #973 Aralia & #974 Lioba 
03/18/1922 Mohandas K Gandhi sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment 
03/18/1922 WBT-AM in Charlotte NC begins radio transmissions 
03/18/1923 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #994 Otthild 
03/18/1925 (8) 60-MPH tornadoes speed Mo, In, Il, Ky, & Tn kills 689 
03/18/1929 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 'The new Babylon,' premieres in Leningrad 
03/18/1930 Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game 
03/18/1930 Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh (US) 
03/18/1931 1st electric dry razor marketed, by Schick 
03/18/1931 Juan Bautista Aznar become(s) premier of Spain 
03/18/1933 Radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission 
03/18/1936 R Suvanto discovers asteroid #1927 Suvanto 
03/18/1936 Vaisala discovers asteroids #1421 Esperanto, #1723 Klemola& #2020 Uk

03/18/1937 Gas explosion in school in New London, Texas: 294 die 
03/18/1938 Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties 
03/18/1938 NY 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women 
03/18/1938 Pres Cardena of Mexico nationalizes US & British businesses 
03/18/1939 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #1512 Oulu 
03/18/1939 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1696 Nurmela 
03/18/1941 L Oterma discovers asteroids #1679 Nevanlinna & #2640 Hallstrom 
03/18/1942 Illegal Free Netherland announces boycot of theaters 
03/18/1943 Red Army evacuates Belgorod 
03/18/1944 Nazi-Germany occupies Hungary 
03/18/1945 Maurice 'Rocket' Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals 
03/18/1945 US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu 
03/18/1948 France & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels 
03/18/1948 Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting 
03/18/1949 WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting 
03/18/1950 CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship 
03/18/1952 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Phila) 
03/18/1952 Communist offensive in Korea 
03/18/1953 Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die 
03/18/1953 Indiana wins NCAA basketball championship 
03/18/1953 KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasti

03/18/1953 NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903) 
03/18/1957 WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins 
03/18/1959 Bill Sharman begins a streak of 56 consecutive foul shots 
03/18/1959 Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throw

03/18/1959 Pres Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill 
03/18/1962 Algerian War ends after 7« years of fighting (250,000 killed) 
03/18/1962 Algerians politician Ben Bella flees 
03/18/1962 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj becomes member of Supreme Soviet of USSR 
03/18/1963 Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers 
03/18/1963 WGSF TV channel 31 in Newark, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 
03/18/1965 Rolling Stones fined œ5 each for public urination 
03/18/1965 USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 min) 
03/18/1966 General Suharto forms government in Indonesia 
03/18/1966 Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1 
03/18/1967 Beatles' 'Penny Lane,' single goes #1 
03/18/1967 Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hit a rock & spills oil 
03/18/1968 WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting 
03/18/1968 WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting 
03/18/1970 -25) US Postal begins strike 
03/18/1970 Cambodia military coup under Gen Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees 
03/18/1970 KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, TX (ABC) suspends broadcasting 
03/18/1970 NFL selects Wilson as official football & scoreboard as official tim

03/18/1971 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru 
03/18/1972 AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-4

03/18/1972 Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston 

03/18/1972 Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game 
03/18/1974 Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US 
03/18/1975 Kurds strike against Iraqi army 
03/18/1977 Clash releases their 1st recording 'White Riot' 
03/18/1977 US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodi

03/18/1977 Vietnam hands over MIA to US 
03/18/1978 250,000 attend rock concert Calif Jam II in Ontario Calif 
03/18/1978 Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death sentence 
03/18/1979 Battles between Kurds & Iranians break out 
03/18/1981 Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto) 
03/18/1982 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #2814 Vieira 
03/18/1982 Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident 
03/18/1985 Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC 
03/18/1986 Treasury Dept announces plans to alter paper money 
03/18/1989 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth 
03/18/1989 California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios 
03/18/1989 Dino Ciccarelli sets Wash Cap record of 7 pts in a game 
03/18/1990 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists 
03/18/1990 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends 
03/18/1990 A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch 
03/18/1990 Biggest US art robbery, $100's millions at Gardner Museum, Boston 
03/18/1990 German Dem Rep holds its 1st free election 
03/18/1990 Loyola Marymount beats Mich Wolverines 149-115, highest NCAA score 
03/18/1991 Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round 
03/18/1991 Phila '76ers retires Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey 
03/18/1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games 
03/18/1992 Donna Summers gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame 
03/18/1992 Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion 
03/18/1993 Amsterdam stock exchange hits record Ÿ12.2 billion 
03/18/1993 Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC 
03/18/1994 STS-62 (Columbia) lands 
03/18/1994 South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police 
  
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