This Day in History for 18th March (Part 2)
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Historical Events
Results 101 - 198 of 198
1952 - 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Phila)
1952 - Communist offensive in Korea
1953 - 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68
1953 - Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
1953 - Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die
1953 - KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 - NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
1955 - I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan
1957 - WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins
1958 - Dodgers announces mascot/clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958
1959 - Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws
1959 - President Dwight D Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill
1961 - Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced
1962 - Algerian War ends after 7½ yrs (250,000 die), Ben Bella flees
1962 - Dmitri Shostakovitch becomes member of Supreme Soviet of USSR
1963 - "Tovarich" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 264 performances
1963 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1963 - Supreme Court's Miranda Decision; defendants must have lawyers
1963 - WGSF TV channel 31 in Newark, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 - "Do I Hear a Waltz?" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 220 performances
1965 - Rolling Stones fined £5 each for public urination
1965 - USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 mins)
1965 - Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
1966 - "Pousse Cafe" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 3 performances
1966 - General Suharto forms government in Indonesia
1966 - Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for $1
1967 - Beatles' "Penny Lane," single goes #1
1967 - Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock & spills oil
1968 - Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve
1968 - WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 - WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 - "Come Summer" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 7 performances
1970 - -25) US Postal begins strike
1970 - Cambodia military coup under Gen Lon Nol, prince Sihanuk flees
1970 - KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, TX (ABC) suspends broadcasting
1970 - Mail service paralyzed by 1st major postal strike
1970 - NFL selects Wilson as official football & scoreboard as official time
1971 - 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru
1972 - AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48
1972 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1972 - Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston U)
1972 - Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game
1973 - "Seesaw" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 296 performances
1973 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1974 - Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US
1975 - Kurds end fight against Iraqi army
1977 - Clash releases their 1st recording "White Riot"
1977 - US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia
1977 - Vietnam hands over MIA to US
1978 - 250,000 attend rock concert Calif Jam II in Ontario Calif
1978 - Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death
1979 - "On the 20th Century" closes at St James Theater NYC after 460 perfs
1979 - Battles between Kurds & Iranians break in Sananday Iran
1979 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic
1980 - Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50
1981 - Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto)
1982 - Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident
1984 - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Tucson Conquistadores Golf Open
1985 - Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC
1985 - Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays & Mickey Mantle
1986 - Exciting draw in final gives NSW the Sheffield Shield over Qld
1986 - Treasury Dept announces plans to alter paper money
1987 - Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica & Matthew)
1987 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1989 - 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth
1989 - California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios
1989 - Dino Ciccarelli sets Wash Cap record of 7 pts in a game
1989 - Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen
1989 - In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found in the Pyramid of Cheops.
1990 - 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists
1990 - 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends
1990 - A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch
1990 - Biggest US art robbery, $100's millions at Gardner Museum, Boston
1990 - Colleen Walker wins Circle K Tucson LPGA Golf Open
1991 - Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell
1991 - Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round
1991 - Phila '76ers retires Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey
1991 - Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games
1992 - "4 Baboons Adoring the Sun" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 38 perf
1992 - Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
1992 - Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion
1992 - Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury
1993 - "Sisters Rosensweig" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 556 perfs
1993 - Amsterdam stock exchange hits record Ÿ12.2 billion
1993 - Eddie Murphy marries Nicole Mitchell in NYC
1993 - Sri Lanka beat England in Test match by 5 wickets
1994 - South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police
1994 - Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), lands
1994 - Zsa Zsa Gabor files for bankruptcy
1995 - Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement
1995 - STS 67 (Endeavour 8) lands after 16½ days
1995 - Spanish princess Elena (31) weds Jaime de Marichalar y Saenez Tejada
1996 - 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96
1996 - A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162.
1997 - Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die
2003 - FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama on suspicion of massive corporate fraud led by the company's top executives.
2003 - British Sign Language is recognised as an official British language.
2005 - Terri Schiavo's feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband.
Famous Birthdays
Results 101 - 200 of 279
1927 - John Harold Kander, composer (Cabaret, Funny Lady, Kramer vs Kramer)
1928 - Fidel V Ramos, pres (Phillipines)
1928 - William R Boggs, Georgia, Brig Gen/chief of engineers under Bragg
1928 - Julia Mullock, Princess of Korea
1928 - Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist
1929 - Christa Wolf, German novelist (Divided Heaven)
1929 - Ctirad Kohoutek, composer
1929 - Kai Winding, rocker
1929 - John Macurdy, American bass
1930 - Maurice Peress, NYC, conductor (KC Philharmonic 1974-80)
1930 - Pat Halcox, British musician
1931 - Howard Coble, (Rep-R-NC, 1985- )
1932 - F[rederik] W[illem] de Klerk, president South Africa (1989-94)
1932 - John Updike, Shillington Pa, poet/novelist (Rabbit Run)
1933 - Unita Blackwell, 1st black mayor in Mississippi
1934 - Pavle Despalj, composer
1934 - Roy Chapman, English footballer and manager (d. 1983)
1935 - Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician
1936 - Hans Peter Bleuel, writer
1936 - Robert Lee Smith, US singer (Tams, You Lied to Your Daddy)
1936 - Tony Nash, England, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1964)
1937 - Mark Donohue, auto racer (1972 Indianapolis 500)
1937 - Robin Wright, race horse trainer
1937 - Rudi Altig, German cyclist
1938 - Carl Gottlieb, comedian (Ken Berry Wow Show)
1938 - Charley Pride, Sledge Miss, country singer (Sweet Country)
1938 - Shashi Kapoor, Calcutta India, actor (Shalimar, Heat & Dust)
1939 - Travis Pritchett, rocker (Travis & Bob)
1939 - Ron Atkinson, English former footballer and manager
1939 - Giannis Markopoulos, Greek composer
1939 - Kenny Lynch, British entertainer
1940 - Kathy Hutchinson, race horse trainer
1941 - Wilson Pickett, Prattville Alabama, R&B singer (Funky Broadway)
1941 - Wolfgang Bauer, writer
1941 - John W. Derr, American politician
1942 - Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (d. 1991)
1943 - Kevin Dobson, Jackson Hgts NY, actor (Kojak, Knots Landing, Shannon)
1943 - Toula Grivas, Greek actress
1944 - Dick Smith, Australian Adventurer and Businessman
1944 - Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli military leader and politician
1945 - Aleksey Vakhonin, USSR, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1964)
1945 - Joy Fielding, Canadian novelist and actress
1945 - Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer
1946 - Michael Reagan, talk show host, Ronald's son
1946 - Martyn Griffiths, British racing driver
1946 - Michel Leclère, French racing driver
1947 - Barry Wilson, Engld, rock drummer (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
1947 - David Lloyd, cricketer (England opener, 214 v India 1974)
1947 - Steven H Schiff, (Rep-R-New Mexico)
1947 - Patrick Chesnais, French actor
1947 - Patrick Barlow, English actor, comedian and playwright
1947 - Roger Kenneth Evans, English politician
1947 - Heather Ryan, American model and former Playmate of the Month
1948 - Eknath Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder)
1948 - Lockwood Phillips, American radio host
1948 - Brian Lloyd, Welsh footballer
1949 - Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, Irish snooker player (2X world-champ)
1949 - Starr Danias, NYC, ballerina (Turning Point)
1949 - Hannu Siitonen, Finnish athlete
1949 - Åse Kleveland, Norwegian singer and politician
1950 - Brad Dourif, WV, actor (Ragtime, Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty)
1950 - James Conlon, NYC, conductor (Cincinnati May Festival-1979)
1950 - John Hartman, Falls Church Va, rock drummer (Doobie Brothers)
1950 - Richard Kretchmer, English artist and historian
1950 - Larry Perkins, Australian racing driver
1951 - Ben Cohen, American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
1952 - Mike Webster, American football player (d. 2002)
1953 - Helmer C Koetje, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
1953 - Jamie West-Oram, rocker (Fixx)
1953 - Margaret L Augustine, Buffalo NY, project manager (Biosphere 2)
1953 - Nicholas Wisdom, cricketer (son of comic Norman, 2 games Sussex 1974)
1954 - James F Reilly II, Mt Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut (STS 89, sk:100)
1955 - Graham Porter, cricketer (1 day intl for Australia 1979)
1955 - Francis G. Slay, Mayor of St. Louis, Mo.
1956 - "The Model" Rick Martel, [Richard Vignault], wrestler (WWF/AWA)
1956 - Ingamar Stenmark, Sweden, slalom (Olympic-2 gold-1980)
1956 - Deborah Jeane Palfrey
1957 - Christer Fuglesang, Stockholm Sweden, physicist/astronaut (Mir backup)
1957 - Melvin Gentry, vocalits/guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1957 - György Pazdera, Hungarian bassist (Pokolgép)
1958 - Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein, skier (Olympic-silver-1980)
1959 - Irene Cara, Bronx NYC, actress/singer (Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury)
1959 - Luc Besson, French producer, writer, and director
1960 - Claudia Udy, Albuquerque NM, actress (Out of Control, Nightforce)
1960 - Guy Carbonneau, Sept-iles, NHL center (Dallas Stars)
1960 - Patricia Farinelli, LA Calif, playmate (December, 1981)
1960 - Richard Biggs, Columbus Ohio, actor (Marcus-Days of Our Lives)
1960 - James MacPherson, Scottish actor
1961 - Kevan James, cricketer (all-rounder 4 wkts/4 balls & ton v India 1996)
1961 - Mark Van Thillo, Wilrijk Belgium, co-capt (Biosphere 2)
1961 - Todd Nelson, Dalles Ore, tennis star
1962 - Trevor Franklin, cricketer (opened for NZ mid-80's)
1962 - Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor
1962 - Mike Rowe, American television personality
1962 - Etsushi Toyokawa, Japanese actor
1963 - Vanessa L Williams, Millwood NY, 1st black Miss America (1983)/singer
1964 - Bonnie Blair, Champaign Ill, speed skater (Oly-5 gold/brz-88, 92, 94)
1964 - Christina Ferguson, Phoenix Az, playmate (Apr, 1983)
1964 - Courtney Pine, British jazz saxophonist
1964 - Rozalla, Zambian singer
Famous Deaths
Results 101 - 104 of 104
2007 - Bob Woolmer, South African cricketer and Pakistan national coach (b. 1948)
2008 - Anthony Minghella, Film Director (b. 1954)
2008 - Andrew Britton, Author (b. 1981)
2009 - Natasha Richardson, English actress (b. 1963)
