Historical Events In March - 18

1899  On March - 18 douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76   

1900  Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms on March - 18.   

1900  On this day in history antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32   

1901  Piotr Perkowski, composer on March - 18.   

1902  On this day in history enrico Caruso becomes first well-known performer to make a record   

1902  Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record on March - 18.   

1904  1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)" on March - 18.   

1905  On this day in history john Kirkpatrick, NYC, pianist (Concord Sonata)   

1906  Roy L Johnson, US admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean) on March - 18.   

1907  Eleanor L "Betty" Compton, US actress (Here Comes Trouble) on March - 18.   

1908  On this day in history louis Gaste, songwriter   

1909  Einar Dessau of Denmark makes first ham broadcast on this day in history.   

1909  Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast on this day in history.   

1910  US magician Harry Houdini completes three controlled flights in a Voisin boxkite biplane at Digger's Rest, Victoria, the first controlled flight in a powered aircraft in Australia. mar181913 - Greece's King George I is assassinated in Salonika on March - 18.   

1910  1st opera by an US composer (Converse) performed at the Met, NYC on March - 18.   

1910  Chiang Ching-huo, son of Chinese pres Chiang Kai-shek/pres (1978-88) on this day in history.   

1911  North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law on March - 18.   

1911  On March - 18 smiley Burnette, Summum Ill, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction)   

1913  On this day in history king George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.   

1913  On March - 18 margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/Rhine   

1913  On this day in history george I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67   

1914  Fourteen suffragettes are arrested and fined in Perth for wearing unsheathed hatpins (which they were said to have used as weapons) on March - 18.   

1914  On this day in history white Wolf gang beats government army in Jingdezhen China   

1914  On March - 18 white Wolf gang beats govt army in Jingdezhen China   

1914  Cesar Guerra Peixe, composer on March - 18.   

1915  On this day in history failed British attack in Dardanelles (The plan was supported by Winston Churchill)   

1915  On March - 18 french battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed   

1915  Turkey's Canakkale (Trojan) Sea Victory against allied powers(USA, Australia, England, Italy) during First World War on March - 18.   

1915  On March - 18 failed British attack in Dardanelles   

1915  Richard Thomas Condon, author on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history louis Toebosch, composer   

1917  William Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies on March - 18.   

1918  On this day in history socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam   

1918  Soccer team SON OF Meerssen forms 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 this day in history.   

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

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  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  Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies on this day in history.   

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.