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  On March - 18 umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies   

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

1985  Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC on this day in history.   

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

1986  On March - 18 treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money   

1986  Bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica & Matthew)   

1987  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1987  Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82 on March - 18.   

1989  27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth on March - 18.   

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

1989  Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51 on March - 18.   

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

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

1990  East Germany's first elections in over sixty years on March - 18.   

1990  In a step towards the unification of Germany, the Conservative alliance wins the East German parliamentary elections with 48 per cent of vote on March - 18.   

1990  Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen on this day in history.   

1990  The first free elections in German Democratic Republic, Conservatives beat Communists on March - 18.   

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 March - 18.   

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

1991  More than 70,000 people mass in the streets of several east German cities demanding an end to economic woes on this day in history.   

1991  On March - 18 jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72   

1992  Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame on this day in history.   

1992  On March - 18 leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion   

1992  Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury on March - 18.   

1992  On this day in history cornelis B Vaandrager, [C Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56   

1993  On this day in history amsterdam stock exchange hits record ƒ12.2 billion   

1993  Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC on this day in history.   

1994  South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police on this day in history.   

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1380  Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint was born on March - 18.   

1395  On this day in history birth of john Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)   

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  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  Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

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  On March - 18 honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies   

1314  On this day in history jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1583  Death of King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540) on March - 18.   

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