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 March - 18.  

1919  On March - 18 order of DeMolay forms in Kansas City  

1919  On March - 18 laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936)  

1920  Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar on March - 18.  

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

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

1921  2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged on this day in history.  

1922  British magistrates in India sentence Mohandas K Gandhi to 6 years for disobedience on March - 18.  

1922  On this day in history 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale)  

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

1923  On March - 18 andy Granatelli, American motorsports entrepreneur  

1924  On March - 18 madhussudan Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49)  

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

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

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

1927  On this day in history george Plimpton, NYC, sports writer (Paper Lion)  

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

1929  On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch' "The new Babylon," premieres in Leningrad  

1930  Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game on March - 18.  

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

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

1931  The first electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick) on this day in history.  

1931  1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick) on this day in history.  

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  Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies at 58 on March - 18.  

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 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  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  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet was born on this day in history.  

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

1578  On this day in history 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  Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679) was born on March - 18.  

0235  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on this day in history.  

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

1227  On March - 18 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  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 March - 18 ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53