Page 8: Historical Events In March - 18

1963  On March - 18 supreme Court's Miranda Decision: defendants must have lawyers   

1964  Norbert Wiener, US mathematician (cybernetics), dies at 69 on March - 18.   

1965  Egypt's exiled King Farouk dies in Rome on this day in history.   

1965  Rolling Stones fined £5 each for public urination on March - 18.   

1965  Soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov is first man to walk in space on this day in history.   

1965  USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes first spacewalk (20 minutes) on this day in history.   

1965  Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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

1966  On this day in history scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1   

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

1967  On March - 18 oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock off the Isles of Scilly Cornwall UK & spills oil   

1967  Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42 on March - 18.   

1968  Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve on this day in history.   

1968  On March - 18 manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85   

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 March - 18.   

1970  Mail service paralyzed by first major postal strike on this day in history.   

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

1971  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at 82   

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 March - 18.   

1976  James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1977  Clash releases their first recording "White Riot" on March - 18.   

1977  On this day in history in the Congo, President Marien Ngouabi is assassinated.   

1977  US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia on this day in history.   

1977  Vietnam hands over MIA to US on March - 18.   

1977  On this day in history marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered   

1978  250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario CA on March - 18.   

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

1978  On March - 18 faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84   

1979  Battles between Kurds & Iranians break in Sananday Iran on March - 18.   

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1380  On March - 18 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 March - 18.   

1548  On March - 18 birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet   

1556  On this day in history birth of francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant   

1578  Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized was born on March - 18.   

1590  On March - 18 birth of manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)   

1602  Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679) was born on this day in history.   

0235  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on this day in history.   

0978  On this day in history 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 March - 18.   

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 March - 18.   

1583  On March - 18 death of king Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)   

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