Page 10: Historical Events In March - 18

1994  On March - 18 space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), lands   

1994  On this day in history zsa Zsa Gabor files for bankruptcy   

1995  Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history spanish princess Elena (31) weds Jaime de Marichalar y Saenez Tejada   

1995  STS 67 (Endeavour 8) lands after 16½ days on March - 18.   

1995  Charles Drain, singer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1996  Alepoude Odysseus Elytis llis, poet, dies at 84 on March - 18.   

1997  Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die on this day in history.   

1997  Willem de Kooning (abstract artist), dead Alzheimer's at 92 on March - 18.   

2007  On this day in history the 2007 Formula 1 World Championship Begins with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne   

2012  On this day in history superleague Greece football match between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos is abandoned after fans set fire to Athens' Olympic Stadium   

2013  Explosions kill 25 people at a bus park in Kano, Nigeria on this day in history.   

2014  Phil Jackson signs a five-year contract to be president of the New York Knicks on this day in history.   

2018  Vladimir Putin is elected to a new six-year term as Russian President with 76% of the vote, his fourth term on this day in history.   

2018  First fatal accident involving an Uber self-driving car hitting a pedestrain in Tempe, Arizona on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history bushfire in Tathra, New South Wales, Australia, destroys over 70 buildings   

2018  On March - 18 turkish-backed Syrian rebels seize Kurdish held northern Syrian town of Afrin   

2018  Serial bomber suspected after fourth bomb goes off in Austin, Texas, injuring two, total bombing death toll, 2 dead, 5 injured on this day in history.   

2018  US Senator Amy Klobuchar calls on Mark Zuckerberg to testify before the Senate Judiciary in wake in data mining scandal with Cambridge Analytica on March - 18.   

2018  African American Stephon Clark shot 20 times by police in his Grandmother's backyard in Sacramento, California during vandalism investigation on this day in history.   

2018  On March - 18 in the Russian presidential election, Vladimir Putin is elected for a fourth term.   

2020  On this day in history uS President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agree to close the US-Canada border, the world's longest, to non-essential travel to curb COVID-19   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The European Broadcasting Union announces that the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 will be cancelled due to COVID-19 in Europe, the first cancellation in the contest's 64-year history on this day in history.   

2020  On this day in history [COVID-19 pandemic] Solidarity trial, a WHO-sponsored group dedicated to finding a cure against COVID-19, is announced by Director-General of WHO Tedros Adhanom.   

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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  Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533) was born on March - 18.   

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

1556  On this day in history birth of francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant   

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  On March - 18 birth of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)   

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

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

1227  On this day in history honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies   

1314  Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies on this day in history.   

1493  John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 on March - 18.   

1582  Death of Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched on March - 18.   

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

1584  On March - 18 ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53