Page 7: Historical Events In March - 18

1938  On this day in history cyril Rootham, composer, dies at 62   

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 this day in history.   

1940  On March - 18 mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France & Britain   

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

1942  Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters on March - 18.   

1943  Red Army evacuates Belgorod on March - 18.   

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

1943  On this day in history james Oglethorpe (US) & Terkolei (Neth), torpedoed & sinks   

1944  2,500 women trample guards & floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago IL department store on March - 18.   

1944  On March - 18 nazi Germany occupies Hungary   

1944  Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79 on March - 18.   

1945  1,250 US bombers attacks Berlin on March - 18.   

1945  Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the first NHLer to score 50 goals on this day in history.   

1945  US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu on March - 18.   

1945  William Grover-Williams, British racing driver on March - 18.   

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

1948  On March - 18 france & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels   

1948  On this day in history philips begin experimental TV broadcasting   

1949  NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ratified on this day in history.   

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  Pat O'Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship on this day in history.   

1952  On March - 18 communist offensive in Korea   

1952  First plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia) on March - 18.   

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

1954  Walter Mead, cricketer (one Test for England 1899), dies on March - 18.   

1955  On this day in history i Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan   

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

1959  On this day in history 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   

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

1962  Algerian War ends after 7½ years of fighting (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees on this day in history.   

1963  France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria on March - 18.   

1963  Supreme Court's Miranda Decision defendants must have lawyers on this day in history.   

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1380  Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint was born on March - 18.   

1395  John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447) was born on this day in history.   

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

1578  On March - 18 birth of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized   

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  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 this day in history.   

1227  On March - 18 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  John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1582  On March - 18 death of jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched   

1583  Death of King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540) on this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53