Historical Events In March - 18

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

1964  On this day in history norbert Wiener, US mathematician (cybernetics), dies at 69   

1965  Egypt's exiled King Farouk dies in Rome on March - 18.   

1965  On this day in history rolling Stones fined £5 each for public urination   

1965  On March - 18 soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov is first man to walk in space   

1965  USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes first spacewalk (20 minutes) on March - 18.   

1965  On this day in history farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45   

1966  On this day in history general Suharto forms government in Indonesia   

1966  On this day in history scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1   

1967  On March - 18 beatles' "Penny Lane", single goes #1   

1967  Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock off the Isles of Scilly Cornwall UK & spills oil on this day in history.   

1967  Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42 on March - 18.   

1968  On March - 18 congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve   

1968  Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85 on March - 18.   

1969  On March - 18 barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43   

1970  Cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees on March - 18.   

1970  Mail service paralyzed by first major postal strike on March - 18.   

1971  On March - 18 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru   

1971  George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v S Africa 1924), dies on this day in history.   

1972  People's Rebublic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China on March - 18.   

1973  On March - 18 lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at 82   

1974  Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US on March - 18.   

1974  On March - 18 david C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87   

1975  Kurds end fight against Iraqi army on March - 18.   

1976  James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73 on March - 18.   

1977  On this day in history clash releases their first recording "White Riot"   

1977  In the Congo, President Marien Ngouabi is assassinated on this day in history.   

1977  On March - 18 uS restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia   

1977  Vietnam hands over MIA to US on this day in history.   

1977  Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered on March - 18.   

1978  On this day in history 250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario CA   

1978  Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death on this day in history.   

1978  Faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1979  Battles between Kurds & Iranians break in Sananday Iran on March - 18.   

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

1395  On this day in history birth of john Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)   

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

1556  Francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant was born on March - 18.   

1578  On this day in history birth of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized   

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 March - 18 death of marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered   

0978  On March - 18 death of edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15   

1227  Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies on March - 18.   

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 March - 18.   

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