Page 7: Historical Events In March - 18

1938  On this day in history cyril Rootham, composer, dies at 62   

1940  On this day in history in the Brenner Pass in the Alps, Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, and Benito Mussolini, leader of Fascist Italy, meet to discuss Italy’s imminent entrance into World War II in an alliance with Germany   

1940  On March - 18 mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France & Britain   

1942  On March - 18 2 black players, Jackie Robinson & Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out   

1942  On March - 18 illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters   

1943  On this day in history red Army evacuates Belgorod   

1943  S.S. James Oglethorpe (US) & S.S. Terkolei (Netherlands), torpedoed & sunk on March - 18.   

1943  On this day in history james Oglethorpe (US) & Terkolei (Neth), torpedoed & sinks   

1944  On this day in history 2,500 women trample guards & floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago IL department store   

1944  Nazi Germany occupies Hungary on March - 18.   

1944  On this day in history benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79   

1945  On March - 18 1,250 US bombers attacks Berlin   

1945  Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the first NHLer to score 50 goals on this day in history.   

1945  On March - 18 uS Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu   

1945  On March - 18 william Grover-Williams, British racing driver   

1947  William Durant auto manufacturer cofounder of Chevrolet, founder of General Motors, died on this day on March - 18.   

1948  On this day in history france & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels   

1948  On March - 18 philips begin experimental TV broadcasting   

1949  NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ratified on March - 18.   

1949  NATO set up by seven European countries on this day in history.   

1949  NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org) ratified on this day in history.   

1950  On March - 18 "Touch & Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances   

1951  Pat O'Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history communist offensive in Korea   

1952  On this day in history first plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia)   

1953  On March - 18 earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die   

1954  Walter Mead, cricketer (one Test for England 1899), dies on March - 18.   

1955  On March - 18 i Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan   

1956  On this day in history friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85   

1959  On March - 18 u.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Hawaiian statehood bill into law, approving the entrance of Hawaii into the United States pending approval by the electorate of the Pacific Ocean island chain   

1961  On this day in history poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced   

1962  On March - 18 algerian War ends after 7½ years of fighting (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees   

1963  France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria on this day in history.   

1963  On March - 18 supreme Court's Miranda Decision defendants must have lawyers   

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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 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  On March - 18 birth of francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant   

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  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  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  On this day in history jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies   

1493  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.