Page 8: Historical Events In March - 18

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

1964  Norbert Wiener, US mathematician (cybernetics), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history egypt's exiled King Farouk dies in Rome.   

1965  Rolling Stones fined £5 each for public urination on March - 18.   

1965  On this day in history soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov is first man to walk in space   

1965  USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes first spacewalk (20 minutes) on this day in history.   

1965  Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45 on March - 18.   

1966  General Suharto forms government in Indonesia on March - 18.   

1966  Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1 on this day in history.   

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

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

1967  On March - 18 jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42   

1968  Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve on March - 18.   

1968  On March - 18 manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85   

1969  Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1970  Cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees on March - 18.   

1970  Mail service paralyzed by first major postal strike on March - 18.   

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  On this day in history people's Rebublic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China   

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

1974  On this day in history most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US   

1974  David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1975  Kurds end fight against Iraqi army on this day in history.   

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

1977  Clash releases their first recording "White Riot" on March - 18.   

1977  On March - 18 in the Congo, President Marien Ngouabi is assassinated.   

1977  US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia on March - 18.   

1977  On March - 18 vietnam hands over MIA to US   

1977  On March - 18 marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered   

1978  250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario CA on this day in history.   

1978  Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death on this day in history.   

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

1496  Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533) was born on March - 18.   

1548  On March - 18 birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet   

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

1602  On March - 18 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 March - 18.   

1227  On this day in history 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  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.