Historical Events In March - 18

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

1940  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 on March - 18.   

1940  Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France & Britain on this day in history.   

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

1942  On March - 18 illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters   

1943  On this day in history red Army evacuates Belgorod   

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

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

1944  On March - 18 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 March - 18 benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79   

1945  On this day in history 1,250 US bombers attacks Berlin   

1945  On this day in history maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the first NHLer to score 50 goals   

1945  US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history william Grover-Williams, British racing driver   

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

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

1948  On March - 18 philips begin experimental TV broadcasting   

1949  On March - 18 nATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ratified   

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

1949  On March - 18 nATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org) ratified   

1950  On this day in history "Touch & Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances   

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

1952  On March - 18 communist offensive in Korea   

1952  On March - 18 first plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia)   

1953  On this day in history earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die   

1954  On this day in history walter Mead, cricketer (one Test for England 1899), dies   

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

1956  On March - 18 friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85   

1959  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 on March - 18.   

1961  Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced on this day in history.   

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

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

1314  Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies on March - 18.   

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