Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Thu Mar 18 2021 06:00 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
Registered to Omicron Theta
By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
03/18/1380 Liduina van Schiedam, 'Christ's bride'/saint
03/18/1483 Raphael, painter (Sistine Madonna)
03/18/1548 Cornelis Ketel, portrait painter/poet
03/18/1556 Fran�ois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant
03/18/1609 Frederick III, King of Denmark & Norway (1648-70); absolutist
03/18/1644 Gottfried Wegner, composer
03/18/1657 Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer
03/18/1690 Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position)
03/18/1734 Joseph Schmitt, composer
03/18/1756 Johann Christoph Vogel, composer
03/18/1765 David H Chass�, Antwerp baron (fought Napoleon at Waterloo)
03/18/1781 Gustave Vogt, composer
03/18/1782 John Caldwell Calhoun, SC, Andrew Jackson's VP (1825-32)
03/18/1829 William Robertson Boggs, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 19
03/18/1830 Numa D Fustel de Coulanges, French historian/sociologist
03/18/1837 Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd & 24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97)
03/18/1838 Randal Cremer, Britain, trade unionist, pacifist (Nobel 1903)
03/18/1839 Francis Fessenden, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
03/18/1842 St�phane Mallarm�, French poet (L'Apr�s-midi d'un faune)
03/18/1844 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Tikhvin Russia, composer (Scheherazade)
03/18/1848 Nathaniel Herreshoff, America Cup yacht designer
03/18/1858 Rudolph C K Diesel, German engineer (Diesel motor)
03/18/1864 Karl M Lybeck, Finnish/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten)
03/18/1866 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer
03/18/1866 John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs (1913-18)
03/18/1869 [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, British PM (C, 1937-40)
03/18/1872 Frank Hoyt Losey, composer
03/18/1881 Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963)
03/18/1881 Paul Le Flem, composer
03/18/1882 Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer
03/18/1886 Edward Everett Horton, Bkln NY, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show)
03/18/1886 Kurt Koffka, Germany, Gestalt psychologist
03/18/1886 Marianne (Goudeket-)Philips, author (Between Heaven & Earth)
03/18/1890 Gerardus van de Lion, religion historian/Dutch minister of Education
03/18/1892 Robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter (WW II)
03/18/1893 Wilfred Owen, England, anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth)
03/18/1898 Otto Jochum, composer
03/18/1899 Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin
03/18/1901 Piotr Perkowski, composer
03/18/1905 John Kirkpatrick, NYC, pianist (Concord Sonata)
03/18/1905 Mollie Parnis, NYC, fashion designer (Mollie Roberts Collection)
03/18/1905 Robert Donat, England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Citadel)
03/18/1906 Roy L Johnson, US admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean)
03/18/1907 Eleanor L 'Betty' Compton, US actress (Here Comes Trouble)
03/18/1910 Chiang Ching-huo, son of Chinese pres Chiang Kai-shek
03/18/1911 Smiley Burnette, Summum Ill, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction)
03/18/1914 Cesar Guerra Peixe, composer
03/18/1916 Louis Toebosch, composer
03/18/1919 Laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936)
03/18/1920 John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], Poland, Pope (1978- )
03/18/1922 Egon Bahr, German journalist/politician
03/18/1925 Peter Graves, Minneapolis Mn, actor (James Phelps-Mission Impossible
03/18/1927 George Plimpton, sports writer (Paper Lion)
03/18/1927 John Harold Kander, composer (Kander & Ebb, Cabaret)
03/18/1928 William R Boggs, Georgia, Brig Gen/chief of engineers under Bragg
03/18/1929 Christa Wolf, German proza�ste
03/18/1929 Ctirad Kohoutek, composer
03/18/1930 Maurice Peress, NYC, conductor (KC Philharmonic 1974-80)
03/18/1931 Howard Coble, (Rep-R-North Carolina)
03/18/1932 Frederik W de Klerk, president South Africa (1989- )
03/18/1932 John Updike, poet/novelist (Rabbit Run)
03/18/1934 Pavle Despalj, composer
03/18/1936 Robert Lee Smith, US singer (Tams, Your song to your daddy)
03/18/1936 Tony Nash, England, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1964)
03/18/1937 Mark Donohue, auto racer (1972 Indianapolis 500
03/18/1937 Robin Wright, race horse trainer
03/18/1938 Carl Gottlieb, comedian (Ken Berry Wow Show)
03/18/1938 Charley Pride, Sledge Miss, country singer (Sweet Country)
03/18/1938 Shashi Kapoor, actor (Shalimar, Pretty Polly, Heat & Dust, Siddharth
03/18/1940 Kathy Hutchinson, race horse trainer
03/18/1941 Wilson Pickett, Prattville Alabama, R&B singer (Funky Broadway)
03/18/1942 Ann Packer, England, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1964)
03/18/1943 Kevin Dobson, Jackson Hgts NY, actor (Kojak, Knots Landing, Shannon)
03/18/1945 Aleksey Vakhonin, USSR, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1964)
03/18/1947 Barry Wilson, drummer (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
03/18/1947 Robert Harrison, rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
03/18/1947 Steven H Schiff, (Rep-R-New Mexico)
03/18/1950 Brad Dourif, WV, actor (Ragtime, Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty)
03/18/1950 James Conlon, NYC, conductor (Cincinnati May Festival-1979)
03/18/1950 John Hartman, drummer (Doobie Brothers-Taking it to the Streets)
03/18/1953 Helmer C Koetje, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
03/18/1956 'The Model' Rick Martel, [Richard Vignault], wrestler (WWF/AWA)
03/18/1956 Ingamar Stenmark, Sweden, slalom (Olympic-2 gold-1980)
03/18/1957 Christer Fuglesang, Swedish physicist/astronaut candidate (Mir-1?)
03/18/1957 Melvin Gentry, vocalits/guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
03/18/1958 Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein, skier (Olympic-silver-1980)
03/18/1959 Irene Cara, Bronx NYC, actress/singer (Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury)
03/18/1960 Claudia Udy, Albuquerque NM, actress (Out of Control, Nightforce)
03/18/1960 Patricia Farinelli, LA Calif, playmate (December, 1981)
03/18/1960 Richard Biggs, Columbus Ohio, actor (Marcus-Days of Our Lives)
03/18/1963 Vanessa Williams, Millwood NY, 1st black Miss America (1983)/singer
03/18/1964 Bonnie Blair, Champaign Ill, speed skater (Olympics-gold-1994)
03/18/1964 Christina Ferguson, Phoenix Az, playmate (Apr, 1983)
03/18/1966 Jerry Cantrell, US rock guitarist (Alice in Chains-Dirt)
03/18/1972 Craig Johnson, St Paul Minn, US hockey forward (Olympics-1994)
Deaths:
03/18/ 978 Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/saint, murdered
03/18/1227 Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies
03/18/1314 Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies
03/18/1493 John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82
03/18/1582 Jean Jaurqui, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched
03/18/1584 Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53
03/18/1768 Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies
03/18/1799 John Randall, composer, dies at 82
03/18/1816 Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67
03/18/1817 Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67
03/18/1870 Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48
03/18/1875 Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43
03/18/1886 Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Prose), dies at 91
03/18/1889 William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66
03/18/1899 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76
03/18/1899 Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Vertrapte Ideals), dies
03/18/1900 Ant�nio Nobre, Portuguese poet (S� [Lonely]), dies at 32
03/18/1913 George I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas
03/18/1918 Willem Coenen, composer, dies at 80
03/18/1924 John Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79
03/18/1928 Paul van Osta�en, Flemish writer (Free as a Bird), dies
03/18/1933 Luigi A hertog der Abruzzen, Italian explorer (Ruwenzori), dies
03/18/1936 Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies
03/18/1938 Cyril Rootham, composer, dies at 62
03/18/1947 Willem P�per, composer, dies at 52
03/18/1964 Norbert Wiener, US mathematician (Cybernetica), dies at 69
03/18/1965 Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies
03/18/1967 Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42
03/18/1968 Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85
03/18/1969 Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43
03/18/1973 Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at
03/18/1974 David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies
03/18/1976 James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies
03/18/1976 Robert de Roos, composer, dies at 69
03/18/1977 Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murder
03/18/1978 Faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84
03/18/1978 Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86
03/18/1980 Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79
03/18/1982 Georg G Lampe, painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60
03/18/1983 Umberto van Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies
03/18/1984 Paul Frances Webster, lyricist, dies at 76 of Parkinson's disease
03/18/1985 Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89
03/18/1986 Bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71
03/18/1987 Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82
03/18/1989 Piet Kruiver, soccer player, dies
03/18/1989 William Challee, actor (Desperate, Moonchild), dies
03/18/1990 Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies
03/18/1991 Jack McCoy, dies
03/18/1991 Vilma Banky, actress (Eagle, Son of Sheik, Rebel), dies at 93
03/18/1992 Cornelis B Vaandrager, [Cor Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies
Significant Events:
03/18/ 417 St Zosimus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
03/18/ 731 St Gregory III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
03/18/1123 1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
03/18/1167 Battle of El-Babein, Egypt Franken vs Amalrik-Syrians
03/18/1190 Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmonds England
03/18/1229 German emperor Frederik II crowns himself king of Jerusalem
03/18/1438 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Germany
03/18/1543 De Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi R)
03/18/1582 Prince Willem of Orange injured in attck at Antwerp
03/18/1583 Dutch States-General & Anjou signs treaty
03/18/1766 British Parliament reinstitutes the Stamp Act
03/18/1793 Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France
03/18/1810 'Converse', 1st US opera, premieres in NY
03/18/1813 David Melville, Newport, RI, patents apparatus for making coal gas
03/18/1818 Congress approves 1st pensions for government service
03/18/1834 1st railroad tunnel in US completed, in Penn (275 m long)
03/18/1835 Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile north of Portillo Pass
03/18/1847 1st Dutch public telegram
03/18/1850 American Express forms
03/18/1858 Van Brugghen govt resigns
03/18/1859 Vera Cruz besieged by Miram�n (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform
03/18/1864 Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240
03/18/1865 Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, AL
03/18/1871 Communards revolt in Paris
03/18/1874 J Palisa discovers asteroid #136 Austria
03/18/1877 President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Wash DC
03/18/1881 Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG)
03/18/1890 1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts)
03/18/1892 Lord Stanley proposes silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup)
03/18/1892 M Wolf discovers asteroid #328 Gudrun
03/18/1895 200 blacks leave Savannah, Ga for Liberia
03/18/1899 Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering
03/18/1900 Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms
03/18/1906 M Wolf discovers asteroid #592 Bathseba
03/18/1909 Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast
03/18/1910 1st opera by an US composer (Converse) performed at the Met, NYC
03/18/1911 North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law
03/18/1914 J Palisa discovers asteroid #782 Montefiore & #783 Nora
03/18/1914 White Wolf troop beats govt army in Jingdezhen China
03/18/1915 Failed British attack in Dardanellen
03/18/1915 French battleship Bouvet explode, 640 killed
03/18/1918 AJC organizes
03/18/1919 Order of DeMolay established in Kansas City
03/18/1920 Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar
03/18/1921 2nd peace of Riga & Poland enlarged
03/18/1921 Steamer 'Hong Kong' runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000
03/18/1922 1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale)
03/18/1922 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #973 Aralia & #974 Lioba
03/18/1922 Mohandas K Gandhi sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment
03/18/1922 WBT-AM in Charlotte NC begins radio transmissions
03/18/1923 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #994 Otthild
03/18/1925 (8) 60-MPH tornadoes speed Mo, In, Il, Ky, & Tn kills 689
03/18/1929 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 'The new Babylon,' premieres in Leningrad
03/18/1930 Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game
03/18/1930 Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh (US)
03/18/1931 1st electric dry razor marketed, by Schick
03/18/1931 Juan Bautista Aznar become(s) premier of Spain
03/18/1933 Radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission
03/18/1936 R Suvanto discovers asteroid #1927 Suvanto
03/18/1936 Vaisala discovers asteroids #1421 Esperanto, #1723 Klemola& #2020 Uk
03/18/1937 Gas explosion in school in New London, Texas: 294 die
03/18/1938 Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties
03/18/1938 NY 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women
03/18/1938 Pres Cardena of Mexico nationalizes US & British businesses
03/18/1939 H Alikoski discovers asteroid #1512 Oulu
03/18/1939 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1696 Nurmela
03/18/1941 L Oterma discovers asteroids #1679 Nevanlinna & #2640 Hallstrom
03/18/1942 Illegal Free Netherland announces boycot of theaters
03/18/1943 Red Army evacuates Belgorod
03/18/1944 Nazi-Germany occupies Hungary
03/18/1945 Maurice 'Rocket' Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals
03/18/1945 US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu
03/18/1948 France & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels
03/18/1948 Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting
03/18/1949 WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
03/18/1950 CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship
03/18/1952 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Phila)
03/18/1952 Communist offensive in Korea
03/18/1953 Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die
03/18/1953 Indiana wins NCAA basketball championship
03/18/1953 KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasti
03/18/1953 NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
03/18/1957 WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins
03/18/1959 Bill Sharman begins a streak of 56 consecutive foul shots
03/18/1959 Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throw
03/18/1959 Pres Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill
03/18/1962 Algerian War ends after 7� years of fighting (250,000 killed)
03/18/1962 Algerians politician Ben Bella flees
03/18/1962 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj becomes member of Supreme Soviet of USSR
03/18/1963 Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers
03/18/1963 WGSF TV channel 31 in Newark, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
03/18/1965 Rolling Stones fined �5 each for public urination
03/18/1965 USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 min)
03/18/1966 General Suharto forms government in Indonesia
03/18/1966 Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1
03/18/1967 Beatles' 'Penny Lane,' single goes #1
03/18/1967 Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hit a rock & spills oil
03/18/1968 WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
03/18/1968 WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
03/18/1970 -25) US Postal begins strike
03/18/1970 Cambodia military coup under Gen Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees
03/18/1970 KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, TX (ABC) suspends broadcasting
03/18/1970 NFL selects Wilson as official football & scoreboard as official tim
03/18/1971 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru
03/18/1972 AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-4
03/18/1972 Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston
03/18/1972 Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game
03/18/1974 Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US
03/18/1975 Kurds strike against Iraqi army
03/18/1977 Clash releases their 1st recording 'White Riot'
03/18/1977 US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodi
03/18/1977 Vietnam hands over MIA to US
03/18/1978 250,000 attend rock concert Calif Jam II in Ontario Calif
03/18/1978 Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death sentence
03/18/1979 Battles between Kurds & Iranians break out
03/18/1981 Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto)
03/18/1982 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #2814 Vieira
03/18/1982 Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident
03/18/1985 Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC
03/18/1986 Treasury Dept announces plans to alter paper money
03/18/1989 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth
03/18/1989 California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios
03/18/1989 Dino Ciccarelli sets Wash Cap record of 7 pts in a game
03/18/1990 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists
03/18/1990 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends
03/18/1990 A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch
03/18/1990 Biggest US art robbery, $100's millions at Gardner Museum, Boston
03/18/1990 German Dem Rep holds its 1st free election
03/18/1990 Loyola Marymount beats Mich Wolverines 149-115, highest NCAA score
03/18/1991 Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round
03/18/1991 Phila '76ers retires Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey
03/18/1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games
03/18/1992 Donna Summers gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
03/18/1992 Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion
03/18/1993 Amsterdam stock exchange hits record �12.2 billion
03/18/1993 Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC
03/18/1994 STS-62 (Columbia) lands
03/18/1994 South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police
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