Historical Events In March - 18

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

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  Soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov is first man to walk in space on this day in history.   

1965  On March - 18 uSSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes first spacewalk (20 minutes)   

1965  Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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

1966  On March - 18 scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1   

1967  Beatles' "Penny Lane", single goes #1 on March - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1968  Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve on March - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

1970  On March - 18 mail service paralyzed by first major postal strike   

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

1971  On March - 18 george Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v S Africa 1924), dies   

1972  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1974  David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

1976  On March - 18 james McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73   

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

1977  On March - 18 in the Congo, President Marien Ngouabi is assassinated.   

1977  US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history vietnam hands over MIA to US   

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

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

1978  Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death on March - 18.   

1978  Faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84 on March - 18.   

1979  Battles between Kurds & Iranians break in Sananday Iran 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1590  On March - 18 birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)   

1602  On this day in history birth of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)   

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  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 March - 18 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.