Page 6: Historical Events In March - 18

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

1919  On March - 18 order of DeMolay is established in Kansas City   

1919  Order of DeMolay forms in Kansas City on March - 18.   

1919  On this day in history laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936)   

1920  Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar on March - 18.   

1920  Eric Halsall, sheepdog trial commentator on March - 18.   

1921  Steamer "Hong Kong" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000 on March - 18.   

1921  2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged on March - 18.   

1922  On this day in history british magistrates in India sentence Mohandas K Gandhi to 6 years for disobedience   

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 this day in history.   

1924  John Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79 on March - 18.   

1925  On March - 18 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   

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

1925  On March - 18 peter Graves, Minneapolis Mn, actor (James Phelps-Mission Impossible)   

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

1928  On this day in history paul van Ostaijen, Flemish writer (Outlawed), dies at 32   

1929  Dmitri Shostakovitch' "The new Babylon," premieres in Leningrad on this day in history.   

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

1931  On this day in history first electric razors made in the United States   

1931  Juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain on this day in history.   

1931  On March - 18 the first electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick)   

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  On this day in history luigi A duke of the Abruzzi, Italian explorer (Ruwenzori), dies at 60   

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

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

1937  Gas explosion in school in New London Texas: 294 die on March - 18.   

1938  President Cardena of Mexico nationalizes US & British oil companies on this day in history.   

1938  Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties on this day in history.   

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

1395  John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447) was born on March - 18.   

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 March - 18.   

1590  On March - 18 birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)   

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

0235  On March - 18 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  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  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  On this day in history ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53