Historical Events In March - 18

1980  On this day in history vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50  

1980  Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79 on March - 18.  

1982  On March - 18 singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident  

1982  Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60 on March - 18.  

1983  On this day in history umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies  

1984  On March - 18 charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50  

1985  On this day in history capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC  

1985  Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89 on March - 18.  

1986  Treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money on this day in history.  

1986  Bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1987  Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica & Matthew) on March - 18.  

1987  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

1987  Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82 on March - 18.  

1989  27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth on this day in history.  

1989  California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios on this day in history.  

1989  Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1990  On this day in history 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends  

1990  A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch on March - 18.  

1990  On March - 18 east Germany's first elections in over sixty years  

1990  On March - 18 in a step towards the unification of Germany, the Conservative alliance wins the East German parliamentary elections with 48 per cent of vote.  

1990  Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen on this day in history.  

1990  On this day in history the first free elections in German Democratic Republic, Conservatives beat Communists  

1990  Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell  

1991  Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round on March - 18.  

1991  On this day in history more than 70,000 people mass in the streets of several east German cities demanding an end to economic woes.  

1991  Jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1992  Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame on this day in history.  

1992  Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion on this day in history.  

1992  Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury on March - 18.  

1992  Cornelis B Vaandrager, [C Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1993  Amsterdam stock exchange hits record ƒ12.2 billion on this day in history.  

1993  Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC on this day in history.  

1994  South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police on this day in history.  

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1380  On March - 18 birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint  

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 March - 18.  

1548  On March - 18 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 March - 18 birth of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized  

1590  Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1314  On March - 18 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 March - 18.  

1582  Death of Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched on March - 18.  

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.