Historical Events In March - 18

1918  On March - 18 willem Coenen, composer, dies at 80   

1919  On March - 18 order of DeMolay is established in Kansas City   

1919  On this day in history order of DeMolay forms in Kansas City   

1919  Laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936) on this day in history.   

1920  Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar on March - 18.   

1920  On March - 18 eric Halsall, sheepdog trial commentator   

1921  Steamer "Hong Kong" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000 on this day in history.   

1921  On March - 18 2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged   

1922  On this day in history british magistrates in India sentence Mohandas K Gandhi to 6 years for disobedience   

1922  1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale) on March - 18.   

1922  On this day in history egon Bahr, German journalist/politician   

1923  On this day in history andy Granatelli, American motorsports entrepreneur   

1924  On this day in history madhussudan Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49)   

1924  On March - 18 john Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79   

1925  On this day in history the worst tornado in U.S. history passes through eastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and southern Indiana, killing 695 people, injuring some 13,000 people, and causing seventeen million dollars in property damage. Known as the "Tri-State Tornado   

1925  On March - 18 (8) 60-MPH tornadoes speed Mo, In, Il, Ky, & Tn kills 689   

1925  Peter Graves, Minneapolis Mn, actor (James Phelps-Mission Impossible) on March - 18.   

1927  George Plimpton, NYC, sports writer (Paper Lion) on March - 18.   

1928  Paul van Ostaijen, Flemish writer (Outlawed), dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch' "The new Babylon," premieres in Leningrad   

1930  Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game on this day in history.   

1931  On March - 18 first electric razors made in the United States   

1931  On March - 18 juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain   

1931  On March - 18 the first electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick)   

1931  1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick) on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson   

1933  On March - 18 uS Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner   

1933  On this day in history radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission   

1933  On this day in history luigi A duke of the Abruzzi, Italian explorer (Ruwenzori), dies at 60   

1936  On this day in history egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies at 58   

1937  On this day in history gas explosion in school in New London TX; 296 die   

1937  On March - 18 gas explosion in school in New London Texas: 294 die   

1938  President Cardena of Mexico nationalizes US & British oil companies on March - 18.   

1938  Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1496  On March - 18 birth of mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533)   

1548  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet was born on March - 18.   

1556  On March - 18 birth of francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant   

1578  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized was born on March - 18.   

1590  On March - 18 birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)   

1602  Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679) was born on March - 18.   

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  On this day in history honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies   

1314  Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies on March - 18.   

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

1584  On this day in history ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53