Page 6: Historical Events In March - 18

1918  Willem Coenen, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1919  Order of DeMolay is established in Kansas City on March - 18.   

1919  On March - 18 order of DeMolay forms in Kansas City   

1919  On this day in history laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936)   

1920  Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history eric Halsall, sheepdog trial commentator   

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

1921  On this day in history 2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged   

1922  British magistrates in India sentence Mohandas K Gandhi to 6 years for disobedience on this day in history.   

1922  1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale) on this day in history.   

1922  On March - 18 egon Bahr, German journalist/politician   

1923  Andy Granatelli, American motorsports entrepreneur on March - 18.   

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

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

1925  On March - 18 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  On this day in history peter Graves, Minneapolis Mn, actor (James Phelps-Mission Impossible)   

1927  On March - 18 george Plimpton, NYC, sports writer (Paper Lion)   

1928  On this day in history paul van Ostaijen, Flemish writer (Outlawed), dies at 32   

1929  On March - 18 dmitri Shostakovitch' "The new Babylon," premieres in Leningrad   

1930  On March - 18 boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game   

1931  First electric razors made in the United States on this day in history.   

1931  Juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain on this day in history.   

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 March - 18 uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson   

1933  US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner on this day in history.   

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  Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1937  On March - 18 gas explosion in school in New London TX; 296 die   

1937  Gas explosion in school in New London Texas: 294 die on this day in history.   

1938  President Cardena of Mexico nationalizes US & British oil companies on this day in history.   

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

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1380  On this day in history birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint   

1395  On March - 18 birth of john Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)   

1496  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1590  On this day in history 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  On this day in history honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1582  On March - 18 death of jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched   

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

1584  Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 on this day in history.