Historical Events In March - 18

1918  On March - 18 willem Coenen, composer, dies at 80  

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  On March - 18 laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936)  

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  On this day in history 2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged  

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 March - 18.  

1922  On March - 18 egon Bahr, German journalist/politician  

1923  Andy Granatelli, American motorsports entrepreneur on this day in history.  

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

1924  John Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1925  Peter Graves, Minneapolis Mn, actor (James Phelps-Mission Impossible) on March - 18.  

1927  On this day in history 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  On March - 18 boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game  

1931  On March - 18 first electric razors made in the United States  

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  On this day in history radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission  

1933  Luigi A duke of the Abruzzi, Italian explorer (Ruwenzori), dies at 60 on March - 18.  

1936  Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1937  On March - 18 gas explosion in school in New London TX; 296 die  

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

1938  On this day in history 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  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  On March - 18 birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet  

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 March - 18.  

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 March - 18.  

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

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

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 March - 18.