Historical Events In March - 18

1963  Supreme Court's Miranda Decision: defendants must have lawyers on this day in history.   

1964  Norbert Wiener, US mathematician (cybernetics), dies at 69 on March - 18.   

1965  On March - 18 egypt's exiled King Farouk dies in Rome.   

1965  Rolling Stones fined £5 each for public urination on this day in history.   

1965  Soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov is first man to walk in space on March - 18.   

1965  On March - 18 uSSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes first spacewalk (20 minutes)   

1965  On this day in history farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45   

1966  On this day in history general Suharto forms government in Indonesia   

1966  On March - 18 scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1   

1967  Beatles' "Penny Lane", single goes #1 on March - 18.   

1967  Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock off the Isles of Scilly Cornwall UK & spills oil on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42   

1968  On March - 18 congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve   

1968  On this day in history manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85   

1969  Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43 on March - 18.   

1970  Cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees on this day in history.   

1970  Mail service paralyzed by first major postal strike on this day in history.   

1971  On March - 18 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru   

1971  George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v S Africa 1924), dies on March - 18.   

1972  People's Rebublic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China on March - 18.   

1973  On this day in history lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at 82   

1974  Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US on March - 18.   

1974  On this day in history david C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87   

1975  Kurds end fight against Iraqi army on March - 18.   

1976  James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73 on March - 18.   

1977  Clash releases their first recording "White Riot" on this day in history.   

1977  In the Congo, President Marien Ngouabi is assassinated on March - 18.   

1977  US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia on this day in history.   

1977  Vietnam hands over MIA to US on this day in history.   

1977  Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered on March - 18.   

1978  250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario CA on March - 18.   

1978  On this day in history pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death   

1978  Faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1979  Battles between Kurds & Iranians break in Sananday Iran on March - 18.   

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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 this day in history.   

1556  Francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant was born on March - 18.   

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  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  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1583  On March - 18 death of king Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)   

1584  On March - 18 ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53