Page 7: Historical Events In March - 18

1938  On March - 18 cyril Rootham, composer, dies at 62   

1940  On March - 18 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 March - 18 red Army evacuates Belgorod   

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

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  On this day in history nazi Germany occupies Hungary   

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

1945  1,250 US bombers attacks Berlin on this day in history.   

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 this day in history william Grover-Williams, British racing driver   

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

1948  France & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels on this day in history.   

1948  On March - 18 philips begin experimental TV broadcasting   

1949  On this day in history nATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ratified   

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

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

1950  "Touch & Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances on this day in history.   

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

1952  Communist offensive in Korea on this day in history.   

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

1953  Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die on March - 18.   

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

1955  I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan on March - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1963  On this day in history france performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria   

1963  Supreme Court's Miranda Decision defendants must have lawyers 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 this day in history.   

1496  Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533) was born on March - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on this day in history.   

1227  On March - 18 honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies   

1314  On March - 18 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  Death of Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched on March - 18.   

1583  On March - 18 death of king Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)   

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