Page 7: Historical Events In March - 18

1938  Cyril Rootham, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1940  On March - 18 in the Brenner Pass in the Alps, Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany, and Benito Mussolini, leader of Fascist Italy, meet to discuss Italy’s imminent entrance into World War II in an alliance with Germany   

1940  Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France & Britain on March - 18.   

1942  On March - 18 2 black players, Jackie Robinson & Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out   

1942  Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history red Army evacuates Belgorod   

1943  S.S. James Oglethorpe (US) & S.S. Terkolei (Netherlands), torpedoed & sunk on this day in history.   

1943  On March - 18 james Oglethorpe (US) & Terkolei (Neth), torpedoed & sinks   

1944  On this day in history 2,500 women trample guards & floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago IL department store   

1944  Nazi Germany occupies Hungary on March - 18.   

1944  On this day in history benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79   

1945  1,250 US bombers attacks Berlin on March - 18.   

1945  On March - 18 maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the first NHLer to score 50 goals   

1945  On March - 18 uS Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu   

1945  William Grover-Williams, British racing driver on March - 18.   

1947  William Durant auto manufacturer cofounder of Chevrolet, founder of General Motors, died on this day on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history france & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels   

1948  On this day in history philips begin experimental TV broadcasting   

1949  NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ratified on March - 18.   

1949  NATO set up by seven European countries on this day in history.   

1949  NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org) ratified on March - 18.   

1950  On March - 18 "Touch & Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances   

1951  On March - 18 pat O'Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship   

1952  On this day in history communist offensive in Korea   

1952  First plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia) on this day in history.   

1953  Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die on this day in history.   

1954  On March - 18 walter Mead, cricketer (one Test for England 1899), dies   

1955  I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan on March - 18.   

1956  Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history u.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Hawaiian statehood bill into law, approving the entrance of Hawaii into the United States pending approval by the electorate of the Pacific Ocean island chain   

1961  Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced on March - 18.   

1962  On March - 18 algerian War ends after 7½ years of fighting (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees   

1963  On March - 18 france performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria   

1963  On this day in history supreme Court's Miranda Decision defendants must have lawyers   

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1380  Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint was born on this day in history.   

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

1556  Francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant was born on this day in history.   

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

1590  Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649) was born on March - 18.   

1602  On this day in history birth of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)   

0235  On this day in history 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  On March - 18 jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies   

1493  On this day in history john of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82   

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

1583  Death of King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540) on this day in history.   

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