Historical Events In March - 18

1938  On March - 18 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  Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France & Britain on March - 18.  

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

1942  Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters on March - 18.  

1943  Red Army evacuates Belgorod on March - 18.  

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

1943  James Oglethorpe (US) & Terkolei (Neth), torpedoed & sinks on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history nazi Germany occupies Hungary  

1944  On March - 18 benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79  

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

1945  On this day in history maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the first NHLer to score 50 goals  

1945  US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu on March - 18.  

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

1947  On this day in history william Durant auto manufacturer cofounder of Chevrolet, founder of General Motors, died on this day  

1948  On March - 18 france & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels  

1948  On this day in history philips begin experimental TV broadcasting  

1949  On March - 18 nATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ratified  

1949  NATO set up by seven European countries on March - 18.  

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

1950  On this day in history "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 March - 18 communist offensive in Korea  

1952  First plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia) on March - 18.  

1953  Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die on this day in history.  

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

1955  I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan on this day in history.  

1956  Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85 on March - 18.  

1959  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 on March - 18.  

1961  Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced on March - 18.  

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  Supreme Court's Miranda Decision defendants must have lawyers on this day in history.  

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1380  On March - 18 birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint  

1395  On March - 18 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  On this day in history birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet  

1556  On March - 18 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 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  John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1582  On this day in history 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  Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 on March - 18.