Page 8: Historical Events In March - 18

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

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

1965  On March - 18 egypt's exiled King Farouk dies in Rome.   

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

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

1966  On this day in history general Suharto forms government in Indonesia   

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

1967  On March - 18 beatles' "Penny Lane", single goes #1   

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 March - 18 barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43   

1970  On this day in history cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees   

1970  On March - 18 mail service paralyzed by first major postal strike   

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

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 March - 18.   

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

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 March - 18.   

1976  On this day in history james McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73   

1977  Clash releases their first recording "White Riot" on this day in history.   

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

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  Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered on March - 18.   

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

1978  Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death on March - 18.   

1978  Faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

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1380  Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1548  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, baptized   

1590  Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649) was born on March - 18.   

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

1584  On March - 18 ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53