Historical Events In March - 18

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

1980  Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1983  Umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies on March - 18.  

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

1985  On March - 18 capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC  

1985  Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1986  Treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money on March - 18.  

1986  Bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71 on March - 18.  

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

1987  On March - 18 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

1987  On this day in history bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82  

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

1989  On this day in history california Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios  

1989  On March - 18 piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51  

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

1990  A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch on this day in history.  

1990  On this day in history east Germany's first elections in over sixty years  

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

1990  On March - 18 largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen  

1990  On March - 18 the first free elections in German Democratic Republic, Conservatives beat Communists  

1990  On this day in history robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36  

1991  Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell on this day in history.  

1991  On March - 18 mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round  

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 March - 18.  

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 March - 18.  

1992  Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury on this day in history.  

1992  Cornelis B Vaandrager, [C Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56 on March - 18.  

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

1993  On March - 18 eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC  

1994  On March - 18 south Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police  

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

0235  On March - 18 death of marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered  

0978  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on March - 18.  

1227  Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies on this day in history.  

1314  Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies on this day in history.  

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 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.