Page 8: 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  On this day in history egypt's exiled King Farouk dies in Rome.   

1965  On March - 18 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 this day in history.   

1966  On March - 18 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  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  Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve on this day in history.   

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

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

1970  On March - 18 cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees   

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

1971  On this day in history 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru   

1971  On this day in history 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 March - 18.   

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

1975  On March - 18 kurds end fight against Iraqi army   

1976  On this day in history james McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73   

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

1977  In the Congo, President Marien Ngouabi is assassinated on March - 18.   

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

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

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

1978  250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario CA on March - 18.   

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

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

1395  John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447) was born on March - 18.   

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 this day in history birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet   

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

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  John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1582  On March - 18 death of jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched   

1583  On this day in history death of king Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)   

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