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 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  Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters on this day in history.   

1943  Red Army evacuates Belgorod on this day in history.   

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

1943  On March - 18 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  Nazi Germany occupies Hungary on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79   

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

1945  Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the first NHLer to score 50 goals on March - 18.   

1945  On March - 18 uS Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu   

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

1947  William Durant auto manufacturer cofounder of Chevrolet, founder of General Motors, died on this day on March - 18.   

1948  On March - 18 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  "Touch & Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances on March - 18.   

1951  Pat O'Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship on March - 18.   

1952  On this day in history communist offensive in Korea   

1952  First plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia) on this day in history.   

1953  On March - 18 earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die   

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

1955  I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan on this day in history.   

1956  Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1963  Supreme Court's Miranda Decision defendants must have lawyers on March - 18.   

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1380  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1496  On March - 18 birth of mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533)   

1548  Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet was born on this day in history.   

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

1578  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1590  On this day in history birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)   

1602  On March - 18 birth of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)   

0235  On this day in history death of marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered   

0978  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies   

1493  On this day in history 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  Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 on March - 18.