Historical Events In March - 18

1963  On March - 18 supreme Court's Miranda Decision: defendants must have lawyers   

1964  On this day in history norbert Wiener, US mathematician (cybernetics), dies at 69   

1965  Egypt's exiled King Farouk dies in Rome on March - 18.   

1965  Rolling Stones fined £5 each for public urination on this day in history.   

1965  Soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov is first man to walk in space on this day in history.   

1965  On March - 18 uSSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes first spacewalk (20 minutes)   

1965  On March - 18 farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45   

1966  On this day in history general Suharto forms government in Indonesia   

1966  Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1 on March - 18.   

1967  Beatles' "Penny Lane", single goes #1 on this day in history.   

1967  On March - 18 oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock off the Isles of Scilly Cornwall UK & spills oil   

1967  Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1968  Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve on March - 18.   

1968  On this day in history manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85   

1969  On March - 18 barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43   

1970  On March - 18 cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees   

1970  Mail service paralyzed by first major postal strike on this day in history.   

1971  200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru on March - 18.   

1971  George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v S Africa 1924), dies on March - 18.   

1972  People's Rebublic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China on March - 18.   

1973  On March - 18 lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at 82   

1974  Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US on March - 18.   

1974  David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1975  Kurds end fight against Iraqi army on March - 18.   

1976  On this day in history james McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73   

1977  Clash releases their first recording "White Riot" on this day in history.   

1977  On March - 18 in the Congo, President Marien Ngouabi is assassinated.   

1977  US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history vietnam hands over MIA to US   

1977  On March - 18 marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered   

1978  On March - 18 250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario CA   

1978  On March - 18 pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death   

1978  On March - 18 faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84   

1979  On March - 18 battles between Kurds & Iranians break in Sananday Iran   

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1380  Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint was born on this day in history.   

1395  On this day in history birth of john Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)   

1496  On March - 18 birth of mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533)   

1548  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet was born on March - 18.   

1556  Francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 18.   

1602  Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679) was born on this day in history.   

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

0978  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on this day in history.   

1227  Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies on March - 18.   

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

1493  On March - 18 john of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82   

1582  On March - 18 death of jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched   

1583  Death of King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540) on March - 18.   

1584  Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 on this day in history.