Page 8: Historical Events In March - 18

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

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

1965  On this day in history egypt's exiled King Farouk dies in Rome.   

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

1965  On this day in history soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov is first man to walk in space   

1965  On March - 18 uSSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes first spacewalk (20 minutes)   

1965  On this day in history farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45   

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  On this day in history beatles' "Penny Lane", single goes #1   

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

1967  Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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 March - 18 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 March - 18.   

1971  200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru on March - 18.   

1971  On this day in history george Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v S Africa 1924), dies   

1972  On this day in history people's Rebublic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China   

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

1974  Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US on this day in history.   

1974  David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87 on March - 18.   

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  Clash releases their first recording "White Riot" on this day in history.   

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

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  On March - 18 marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered   

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

1978  On March - 18 pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death   

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

1979  On this day in history battles between Kurds & Iranians break in Sananday Iran   

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1380  On March - 18 birth of liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint   

1395  On March - 18 birth of john Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)   

1496  On this day in history birth of mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (d. 1533)   

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

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  Death of Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered on March - 18.   

0978  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on this day in history.   

1227  Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies on this day in history.   

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 March - 18.   

1582  Death of Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched on March - 18.   

1583  On this day in history 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