Page 9: Historical Events In March - 18

1980  On this day in history vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50   

1980  Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79 on March - 18.   

1982  Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident on March - 18.   

1982  Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60 on March - 18.   

1983  Umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies on March - 18.   

1984  On March - 18 charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50   

1985  On this day in history capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC   

1985  Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89 on March - 18.   

1986  On this day in history treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money   

1986  On this day in history bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71   

1987  On this day in history gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica & Matthew)   

1987  On March - 18 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1987  On March - 18 bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82   

1989  27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth on March - 18.   

1989  On March - 18 california Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios   

1989  Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51 on March - 18.   

1990  32-day lockout by baseball owners ends on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history a Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch   

1990  On March - 18 east Germany's first elections in over sixty years   

1990  On this day in history in a step towards the unification of Germany, the Conservative alliance wins the East German parliamentary elections with 48 per cent of vote.   

1990  On this day in history largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen   

1990  On March - 18 the first free elections in German Democratic Republic, Conservatives beat Communists   

1990  On March - 18 robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36   

1991  Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round   

1991  On March - 18 more than 70,000 people mass in the streets of several east German cities demanding an end to economic woes.   

1991  On this day in history jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72   

1992  On March - 18 donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame   

1992  On March - 18 leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion   

1992  On March - 18 zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury   

1992  On March - 18 cornelis B Vaandrager, [C Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56   

1993  On March - 18 amsterdam stock exchange hits record ƒ12.2 billion   

1993  On this day in history eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC   

1994  On March - 18 south Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police   

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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 March - 18.   

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  On this day in history birth of cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet   

1556  Francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant was born on March - 18.   

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

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

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

0235  On March - 18 death of marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered   

0978  Death of Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 on March - 18.   

1227  On this day in history honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies   

1314  On March - 18 jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies   

1493  John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82 on March - 18.   

1582  On this day in history 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.