March 18
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March 18 is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 288 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events [change]
- 37 – Caligula becomes Roman Emperor.
- 1766 – Britain repeals the Stamp Act after American protests.
- 1793 – The Republic of Mainz becomes the first Republic on German soil.
- 1913 – King George I of Greece is assassinated.
- 1925 – Tri-state tornado, kills and injures thousands of people in the midwest.
- 1937 – 300 students and teachers die after an explosion is a caused by a gas leak at the New London school in Texas.
- 1940 – Axis powers: Meeting at the Brenne Pass in the Alps, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini agree to form an alliance against the United Kingdom and France.
- 1949 – An earthquake in western Turkey kills 250 people.
- 1965 – Aleksei Leonov takes the first space walk.
- 1967 – The super tanker Torrey Canyon runs aground on the Cornish coast, spilling large amounts of oil.
- 1990 – 12 paintings worth $100 million are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the biggest art theft in US history.
- 1997 – A Russian Antonov An-74 plane crashes en route to Turkey.
- 2003 – The British House of Commons approves military intervention in Iraq, a day after the resignation of Robin Cook from the cabinet over the Iraq Crisis.
- 2007 – While coaching the Pakistan men's national cricket team in the West Indies, Bob Woolmer is found dead in his hotel room.
Births [change]
- 1604 – King John IV of Portugal (d. 1656)
- 1609 – King Frederick III of Denmark and Norway (d. 1670)
- 1780 – Milos Obrenovic, Serbian noble and nationalist (d. 1860)
- 1782 – John C. Calhoun, Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)
- 1813 – Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German writer (d. 1864)
- 1828 – William Randal Cremer, British politician and pacifist (d. 1908)
- 1837 – Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (d. 1908)
- 1842 – Stephane Mallarme, French writer (d. 1898)
- 1844 – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (d. 1908)
- 1848 – Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (d. 1939)
- 1858 – Rudolf Diesel, German inventor (d. 1913)
- 1869 – Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1940)
- 1877 – Edgar Cayce, American psychic (d. 1945)
- 1882 – Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer (d. 1973)
- 1893 – Wilfred Owen, British poet (d. 1918)
- 1915 – Richard Condon, American novelist (d. 1996)
- 1922 – Egon Bahr, German politician
- 1926 – Peter Graves, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1928 – Fidel V. Ramos, former President of the Philippines
- 1929 – Christa Wolf, German writer (d. 2011)
- 1932 – John Updike, American writer (d. 2009)
- 1934 – Adolf Merckle, German industrialist (d. 2009)
- 1936 – F. W. de Klerk, former President of South Africa
- 1937 – Rudi Altig, German cyclist
- 1938 – Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor
- 1941 – Wilson Pickett, American singer (d. 2006)
- 1945 – Eric Woolfson, British musician and producer (d. 2009)
- 1949 – Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (d. 2010)
- 1950 – James Conlon, American conductor
- 1950 – Eiji Okuda, Japanese actor and film director
- 1956 – Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish skier
- 1962 – Irene Cara, American singer and actress
- 1963 – Vanessa Williams, American beauty queen, actress and singer
- 1964 – Courtney Pine, British jazz saxophonist
- 1970 – Queen Latifah, American singer and actress
- 1972 – Dane Cook, American comedian and actor
- 1977 – Zdeno Chara, Slovakian ice hockey player
- 1977 – Danny Murphy, English footballer
- 1977 – Willy Sagnol, French footballer
- 1979 – Adam Levine, American singer (Maroon 5)
- 1979 – Dramane Coulibaly, Malian footballer
- 1980 – Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater
- 1980 – Sophia Myles, British actress
- 1980 – Sebastien Frey, French footballer
- 1982 – Timo Glock, German racing driver
- 1985 – Marvin Humes, British singer (JLS)
Deaths [change]
- 978 – King Edward the Martyr of England
- 1584 – Ivan IV of Russia, known as 'Ivan the Terrible' (b. 1530)
- 1745 – Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676)
- 1746 – Anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russia (b. 1718)
- 1913 – King George I of Greece (b. 1845)
- 1936 – Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek Prime Minister (b. 1864)
- 1941 – Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
- 1965 – Farouk, King of Egypt (b. 1920)
- 1980 – Erich Fromm, German psychologist and philosopher (b. 1900)
- 1983 – King Umberto II of Italy (b. 1904)
- 1986 – Bernard Malamud, American writer (b. 1914)
- 1996 – Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet (b. 1911)
- 2007 – Bob Woolmer, English cricketer and coach (b. 1948)
- 2008 – Anthony Minghella, English film director (b. 1954)
- 2009 – Natasha Richardson, English actress (b. 1963)
- 2011 – Warren Christopher, 63rd United States Secretary of State (b. 1925)
- 2011 – Jet Harris, singer (The Shadows) (b. 1939)
