Page 8: Historical Events In March - 18

1963  On this day in history supreme Court's Miranda Decision: defendants must have lawyers   

1964  Norbert Wiener, US mathematician (cybernetics), dies at 69 on March - 18.   

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 this day in history soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov is first man to walk in space   

1965  On this day in history uSSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes first spacewalk (20 minutes)   

1965  Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45 on March - 18.   

1966  On March - 18 general Suharto forms government in Indonesia   

1966  Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history beatles' "Penny Lane", single goes #1   

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

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 this day in history.   

1969  Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43 on March - 18.   

1970  Cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history mail service paralyzed by first major postal strike   

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  On March - 18 people's Rebublic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China   

1973  On this day in history 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  David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history kurds end fight against Iraqi army   

1976  James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1977  On March - 18 clash releases their first recording "White Riot"   

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

1977  US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia on March - 18.   

1977  On March - 18 vietnam hands over MIA to US   

1977  On this day in history marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered   

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

1978  On March - 18 pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death   

1978  On March - 18 faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 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 this day in history.   

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

1584  Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 on March - 18.