Page 6: Historical Events In March - 18

1918  On this day in history willem Coenen, composer, dies at 80   

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

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  Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history eric Halsall, sheepdog trial commentator   

1921  Steamer "Hong Kong" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000 on this day in history.   

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

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

1923  On this day in history andy Granatelli, American motorsports entrepreneur   

1924  On this day in history madhussudan Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49)   

1924  On this day in history john Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79   

1925  On this day in history 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 this day in history (8) 60-MPH tornadoes speed Mo, In, Il, Ky, & Tn kills 689   

1925  On this day in history peter Graves, Minneapolis Mn, actor (James Phelps-Mission Impossible)   

1927  George Plimpton, NYC, sports writer (Paper Lion) on this day in history.   

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  On March - 18 boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game   

1931  First electric razors made in the United States on this day in history.   

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 March - 18.   

1933  On March - 18 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner   

1933  On March - 18 radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission   

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  On March - 18 president Cardena of Mexico nationalizes US & British oil companies   

1938  On March - 18 mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties   

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1380  Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint was born on March - 18.   

1395  John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447) was born on this day in history.   

1496  On this day in history 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  Francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant was born on March - 18.   

1578  On March - 18 birth of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized   

1590  On this day in history birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)   

1602  On March - 18 birth of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)   

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 this day in history.   

1314  Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies on March - 18.   

1493  John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53