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Wednesday, 18 March 2026
1968 Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61. 

1969 "Oliver," Cliff Robertson and Katharine Hepburn win 51st Acadamy Awards. 

1971 Sierra Leone is recorded as becoming a republic (Natl Day) 

1971 The Soviet Union launch the inaugural manned spacelab, Salyut 1 

1971 USSR Salyut 1 launched; inaugural manned lab in orbit 

1972 Bangladesh joins the British Commonwealth 

1972 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2328 Robeson 

1972 Adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82. 

1973 Barbra Striesand records "Between Yesterday and Tomorrow" 

1974 P Wild discovers asteroids #1938 Lausanna and #2040 Chalonge 

1975 India launches inaugural satellite with help of USSR. 

1976 C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2114 Wallenquist 

1978 Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel. 

1978 Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70. 

1979 FCC raids and shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY) 

1979 J C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666 

1980 Ethel Wilson actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88 

1980 Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88. 

1981 Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85. 

1982 In this year, Alberto Salazar claims the Boston Marathon in a record 2 8 51. 

1982 Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery 

1982 Sally Ride announced as inaugural woman astronaut. 

1982 USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit 

1982 In this year, Alberto Salazar claims the Boston Marathon in a record 2:8:51. 

1983 Lorene Scott actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74 

1983 Jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes and Diamonds), dies at 73. 

1984 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451. 

1984 Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs inaugural appears in print (Nature mag) 

1985 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth. 

1986 Alvin Childress actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78. 

1986 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes for heavyweight boxing title 

1986 Alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78. 

1987 Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph) 

1987 Maxwell D Taylor US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85. 

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