Historical Events In March - 18

1918  Willem Coenen, composer, dies at 80 on March - 18.   

1919  Order of DeMolay is established in Kansas City on this day in history.   

1919  Order of DeMolay forms in Kansas City on this day in history.   

1919  Laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936) on March - 18.   

1920  On March - 18 greece adopts the Gregorian calendar   

1920  Eric Halsall, sheepdog trial commentator on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history steamer "Hong Kong" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000   

1921  2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged on this day in history.   

1922  British magistrates in India sentence Mohandas K Gandhi to 6 years for disobedience on this day in history.   

1922  1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale) on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history egon Bahr, German journalist/politician   

1923  On this day in history andy Granatelli, American motorsports entrepreneur   

1924  Madhussudan Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49) on March - 18.   

1924  On this day in history john Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79   

1925  The worst tornado in U.S. history passes through eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and southern Indiana, killing 695 people, injuring some 13,000 people, and causing seventeen million dollars in property damage. Known as the "Tri-State Tornado on March - 18.   

1925  (8) 60-MPH tornadoes speed Mo, In, Il, Ky, & Tn kills 689 on March - 18.   

1925  On this day in history peter Graves, Minneapolis Mn, actor (James Phelps-Mission Impossible)   

1927  On March - 18 george Plimpton, NYC, sports writer (Paper Lion)   

1928  Paul van Ostaijen, Flemish writer (Outlawed), dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1929  Dmitri Shostakovitch' "The new Babylon," premieres in Leningrad on March - 18.   

1930  Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game on this day in history.   

1931  First electric razors made in the United States on March - 18.   

1931  Juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain on March - 18.   

1931  The first electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick) on March - 18.   

1931  1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick) on March - 18.   

1933  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner   

1933  Radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission on this day in history.   

1933  Luigi A duke of the Abruzzi, Italian explorer (Ruwenzori), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies at 58   

1937  Gas explosion in school in New London TX; 296 die on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history gas explosion in school in New London Texas: 294 die   

1938  On March - 18 president Cardena of Mexico nationalizes US & British oil companies   

1938  On this day in history mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties   

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1380  On March - 18 birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint   

1395  On March - 18 birth of john Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)   

1496  Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533) was born on this day in history.   

1548  On March - 18 birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet   

1556  Francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant was born on March - 18.   

1578  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1590  Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1602  Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679) was born on March - 18.   

0235  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on this day in history.   

0978  On this day in history death of edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15   

1227  Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies on this day in history.   

1314  On this day in history jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies   

1493  John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1582  Death of Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched on this day in history.   

1583  Death of King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540) on this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53