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  Rolling Stones fined £5 each for public urination on this day in history.  

1965  Soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov is first man to walk in space on this day in history.  

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 March - 18 general Suharto forms government in Indonesia  

1966  Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1 on March - 18.  

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

1967  On March - 18 oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock off the Isles of Scilly Cornwall UK & spills oil  

1967  On this day in history jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42  

1968  On this day in history congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve  

1968  On this day in history manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85  

1969  Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1971  On this day in history george Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v S Africa 1924), dies  

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

1973  Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at 82 on March - 18.  

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

1974  On this day in history david C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87  

1975  Kurds end fight against Iraqi army on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history vietnam hands over MIA to US  

1977  On March - 18 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  Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death on March - 18.  

1978  On this day in history faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84  

1979  On this day in history battles between Kurds & Iranians break in Sananday Iran  

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

1602  Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679) was born on this day in history.  

0235  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on March - 18.  

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 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  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 March - 18.  

1584  Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 on this day in history.