Famous Birthdays In March - 18

1844  On this day in history birth of nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade)  

1848  On this day in history birth of nathaniel Herreshoff, America Cup yacht designer  

1848  Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1939) was born on March - 18.  

1858  Rudolph C K Diesel, German engineer (Diesel motor) was born on this day in history.  

1864  On this day in history birth of karl M Lybeck, Finnish/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten)  

1866  Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer was born on March - 18.  

1866  John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs (1913-18) was born on March - 18.  

1867  On March - 18 birth of michael G de Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam)  

1869  [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, British PM (C, 1937-40) was born on March - 18.  

1872  Frank Hoyt Losey, composer was born on March - 18.  

1872  Anna Held, Polish actress and singer (d. 1918) was born on this day in history.  

1874  On March - 18 birth of nikolai Berdyaev, Russian philosopher (d. 1948)  

1877  On this day in history birth of clem Hill, cricketer (all-time great Australian batsman)  

1877  Edgar Cayce, American psychic (d. 1945) was born on this day in history.  

1881  On March - 18 birth of oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963)  

1881  On March - 18 birth of paul Le Flem, composer  

1882  Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer was born on this day in history.  

1884  Bernard Cronin, Australian author and journalist (d. 1968) was born on March - 18.  

1886  On March - 18 birth of edward Everett Horton, Bkln NY, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show)  

1886  On March - 18 birth of kurt Koffka, Germany, Gestalt psychologist  

1886  Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, Dutch author (Between Heaven & Earth) was born on this day in history.  

1888  Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor was born on this day in history.  

1889  On this day in history birth of f Rijkens, oldest living person in Netherlands  

1890  Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education was born on this day in history.  

1892  On this day in history birth of robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter (WW II)  

1893  Wilfred Owen, England, anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth) was born on March - 18.  

1893  On this day in history birth of costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (d. 1978)  

1893  Jean Goldkette, Greek-born jazz musician (d. 1962) was born on this day in history.  

1897  Betty Compson, actress (Big City, Docks Of New York) was born on this day in history.  

1898  Otto Jochum, composer was born on this day in history.  

1898  On this day in history birth of jake Swirbul, American aircraft manufacturer (d. 1960)  

1899  On this day in history birth of lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin  

1901  On March - 18 birth of piotr Perkowski, composer  

1901  On March - 18 birth of william H. Johnson, African-American artist of the Harlem Renaissance (d. 1970)  

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0235  On this day in history death of marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered  

0978  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on March - 18.  

1227  On March - 18 honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies  

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

1583  On this day in history death of king Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)  

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