Page 8: Historical Events In March - 18

1963  On this day in history supreme Court's Miranda Decision: defendants must have lawyers   

1964  On this day in history norbert Wiener, US mathematician (cybernetics), dies at 69   

1965  Egypt's exiled King Farouk dies in Rome on March - 18.   

1965  On this day in history rolling Stones fined £5 each for public urination   

1965  Soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov is first man to walk in space on March - 18.   

1965  On this day in history uSSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes first spacewalk (20 minutes)   

1965  Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45 on March - 18.   

1966  General Suharto forms government in Indonesia on this day in history.   

1966  Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1 on March - 18.   

1967  Beatles' "Penny Lane", single goes #1 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock off the Isles of Scilly Cornwall UK & spills oil   

1967  On this day in history jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42   

1968  On this day in history congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve   

1968  Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43   

1970  Cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees on this day in history.   

1970  Mail service paralyzed by first major postal strike on March - 18.   

1971  On this day in history 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru   

1971  On March - 18 george Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v S Africa 1924), dies   

1972  People's Rebublic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China on March - 18.   

1973  Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at 82 on March - 18.   

1974  On this day in history most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US   

1974  On March - 18 david C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87   

1975  Kurds end fight against Iraqi army on this day in history.   

1976  James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73 on March - 18.   

1977  On March - 18 clash releases their first recording "White Riot"   

1977  In the Congo, President Marien Ngouabi is assassinated on March - 18.   

1977  US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia on March - 18.   

1977  On March - 18 vietnam hands over MIA to US   

1977  Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history 250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario CA   

1978  Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death on this day in history.   

1978  Faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84 on March - 18.   

1979  On March - 18 battles between Kurds & Iranians break in Sananday Iran   

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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 March - 18.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 March - 18 john of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82   

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 March - 18.   

1584  Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 on this day in history.