Page 9: 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 March - 18.   

1982  Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60   

1983  On this day in history umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies   

1984  On this day in history charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50   

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

1985  On March - 18 jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89   

1986  On this day in history treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money   

1986  On March - 18 bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71   

1987  Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica & Matthew) on March - 18.   

1987  On March - 18 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1987  On March - 18 bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82   

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

1989  On March - 18 california Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On March - 18 largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen   

1990  On March - 18 the first free elections in German Democratic Republic, Conservatives beat Communists   

1990  On March - 18 robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36   

1991  On March - 18 apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell   

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  Jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

1992  Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion on this day in history.   

1992  Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury on this day in history.   

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

1993  Amsterdam stock exchange hits record ƒ12.2 billion on March - 18.   

1993  On this day in history eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC   

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

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1380  On March - 18 birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint   

1395  John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447) was born on March - 18.   

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  On this day in history birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet   

1556  On March - 18 birth of francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant   

1578  On this day in history birth of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized   

1590  On March - 18 birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)   

1602  Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679) was born on March - 18.   

0235  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on March - 18.   

0978  On March - 18 death of edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15   

1227  Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies on March - 18.   

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  Death of Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history 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.