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18 Mar 1123
1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome agreements of the Concordat of Worms ratified
18 Mar 1167
Battle of El-Babein Egypt Franks under Amalrik vs Syrians
18 Mar 1190
Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmunds England
18 Mar 1229
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II crowns himself King of Jerusalem
18 Mar 1314
Jacques de Molay the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar is burned at the stake by King Philip IV of France
18 Mar 1325
According to legend Tenochtitlan is founded on this date on an island in what was then Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico
18 Mar 1438
Albrecht II of Habsburg becomes king of Germany
18 Mar 1509
Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands
18 Mar 1532
English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome
18 Mar 1582
Prince William of Orange injured in attack at Antwerp
18 Mar 1608
Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia
18 Mar 1673
Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers
18 Mar 1766
Britain repeals the Stamp Act which had caused outrage in colonial America and helped lead to the American Revolution
18 Mar 1773
Oliver Goldsmiths She Stoops to Conquer premieres in London
18 Mar 1781
Charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92
18 Mar 1793
Second Battle at Neerwinden Austria army beats France
18 Mar 1793
The first republican state in Germany the Republic of Mainz is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann
18 Mar 1813
David Melville Newport Rhode Island patents apparatus for making coal gas
18 Mar 1818
US Congress approves 1st pensions for government service
18 Mar 1834
1st railroad tunnel in US completed in Pennsylvania (275 m long)
18 Mar 1834
Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle Dorset England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union
18 Mar 1850
Henry Wells & William Fargo form American Express in Buffalo
18 Mar 1859
Vera Cruz besieged by Miramon (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform
18 Mar 1899
Phoebe a moon of Saturn is discovered by William Pickering
18 Mar 1864
Dale Dike on Humber River crumbles drowning some 240
18 Mar 1865
Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time
18 Mar 1870
1st US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Meritt in Oakland California)
18 Mar 1874
Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
18 Mar 1875
37th Grand National Tommy Pickernell wins his 3rd GN aboard 1006 chance Pathfinder
18 Mar 1878
City of Anaheim in California incorporates for the 2nd time
18 Mar 1881
Barnum & Baileys first combined Greatest Show on Earth opens (Madison Square Garden)
18 Mar 1882
Morgan Earp is assassinated by outlaws while playing billiards in Tombstone
18 Mar 1890
1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts)
18 Mar 1891
Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone
18 Mar 1892
Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup)
18 Mar 1895
200 African Americans leave Savannah Georgia for Liberia
18 Mar 1900
Ajax soccer club forms in Amsterdam The Netherlands (33 Eredivisie titles 18 KNVB Cups 4 Champions League) named after legendary Greek hero
18 Mar 1900
Japan uses its influence over Korea to deny Russias efforts to obtain a naval station at Korean Port of Masampo the lead up to the Russo-Japanese war
18 Mar 1902
Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record
18 Mar 1902
Turkey grants Germany syndicate the first concession to construct a railroad through Turkish territory to Baghdad to be linked to Berlin
18 Mar 1903
Following through on its attacks on Roman Catholic institutions the French Government dissolves the Catholic religious orders
18 Mar 1909
Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast
18 Mar 1909
Russia and Bulgaria reach an agreement in which late 19th century Russian financial claims are cancelled to meet compensation due to Turkey from Bulgaria
18 Mar 1910
Frederick Converses opera The Pipe of Desire is the first American opera to be performed at the Metropolitian Opera NYC
18 Mar 1910
72nd Grand National Bob Chadwick wins aboard 1008 chance Jenkinstown earliest Grand National to which there are moving images
18 Mar 1913
King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
18 Mar 1914
White Wolf gang beats government army in Jingdezhen China
18 Mar 1921
Steamer Hong Koh runs aground off Swatow China killing 1000
18 Mar 1921
80th Grand National Fred Rees wins aboard 1009 bet Shaun Spadah winner is only horse to complete the course without falling
18 Mar 1922
1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale)
18 Mar 1922
WBT-AM in Charlotte NC begins radio transmissions
18 Mar 1922
The first public celebration of Bat mitzvah for the daughter of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan is held in New York City.
18 Mar 1925
(8) 60-MPH tornadoes speed Mo In Il Ky & Tn kills 689
18 Mar 1931
1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick)
18 Mar 1932
91st Grand National Tim Hamey wins aboard 501 outsider Forbra
18 Mar 1933
Radio Clube de Mocambiques 1st radio transmission
18 Mar 1933
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
18 Mar 1937
Gas explosion in school in New London Texas 294 die
18 Mar 1937
The human-powered aircraft Pedaliante flies 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) outside Milan.
18 Mar 1938
NY 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women
18 Mar 1938
President Cardena of Mexico nationalizes US & British oil companies
18 Mar 1942
Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters
18 Mar 1943
Ships James Oglethorpe (US) & Terkolei (Netherlands) torpedoed & sink
18 Mar 1944
2500 women trample guards & floorwalkers to purchase 1500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago Illinois department store
18 Mar 1948
France & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels
18 Mar 1949
WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
18 Mar 1950
Touch & Go closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances
18 Mar 1950
CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship
18 Mar 1951
Pat OSullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
18 Mar 1952
1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia)
18 Mar 1953
15th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Indiana beats Kansas 69-68
18 Mar 1953
KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
18 Mar 1953
NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
18 Mar 1955
Ichir Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan
18 Mar 1957
WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus MS (NBC) begins
18 Mar 1958
Dodgers announces their mascot and clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in
18 Mar 1960
5th Eurovision Song Contest Jacqueline Boyer for France wins singing Tom Pillibi in London
18 Mar 1961
6th Eurovision Song Contest Jean-Claude Pascal for Luxembourg wins Nous les amoureux in Cannes
18 Mar 1962
Algerian War ends after 7 yrs (250000 die) Ben Bella flees
18 Mar 1962
Dmitri Shostakovich becomes member of Supreme Soviet of USSR
18 Mar 1962
7th Eurovision Song Contest Isabelle Aubret for France wins singing Un premier amour in Luxembourg
18 Mar 1963
Tovarich opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 264 performances
18 Mar 1963
WGSF TV channel 31 in Newark OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
18 Mar 1965
Do I Hear a Waltz opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 220 performances
18 Mar 1965
Rolling Stones fined 5 each for public urination
18 Mar 1965
A truck loses control down Moosic Street Scranton Pennsylvania killing the driver. This accident later inspired the 1974 Harry Chapin song 30000 Pounds of Bananas.
18 Mar 1966
Pousse Cafe opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 3 performances
18 Mar 1966
Scott Paper begins selling paper dresses for 1
18 Mar 1967
Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock off Cornwall & spills oil
18 Mar 1968
US Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve
18 Mar 1968
WVER TV channel 28 in Rutland VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
18 Mar 1968
WVTA TV channel 41 in Windsor VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
18 Mar 1969
Come Summer opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 7 performances
18 Mar 1970
Cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol Prince Sihanuk flees
18 Mar 1970
KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin Texas (ABC) suspends broadcasting
18 Mar 1970
NFL selects Wilson as official football & scoreboard as official time
18 Mar 1970
Two-week US postal strike begins it is against the government and is the largest wildcat strike in US history
18 Mar 1970
Five Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs) including William Craig and Harry West are expelled from the Unionist Parliamentary Party Northern Ireland
18 Mar 1971
200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani Chungar Peru
18 Mar 1972
Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston U)
18 Mar 1972
Memphis Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game
18 Mar 1972
Ulster Vanguard hold a rally of 60000 people in Belfast William Craig tells the crowd if and when the politicians fail us it may be our job to liquidate the enemy
18 Mar 1973
Seesaw opens at Uris Theater NYC for 296 performances
18 Mar 1974
Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US
18 Mar 1977
The Clash release their first recording White Riot
18 Mar 1977
US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba Vietnam North Korea & Cambodia
18 Mar 1978
250000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario California
18 Mar 1978
Former Pakistani premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death
18 Mar 1979
On the 20th Century closes at St James Theater NYC after 460 performances
18 Mar 1979
Battles between Kurds & Iranians break in Sananday Iran
18 Mar 1980
Vostok rocket explodes on the launch pad while being refueled killing 50
18 Mar 1981
Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in 1 period (vs Toronto)
18 Mar 1982
Singer Teddy Pendergrass spinal cord severed in a car accident
18 Mar 1984
Christa Johnson wins LPGA Tucson Conquistadores Golf Open
18 Mar 1985
Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC for 3.5 billion first transfer of ownership of a TV network
18 Mar 1986
Exciting draw in final gives NSW the Sheffield Shield over Queensland
18 Mar 1986
US Treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money
18 Mar 1987
Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns are Jessica and Matthew
18 Mar 1989
27th space shuttle mission STS-29 (Discovery 8) returns to Earth
18 Mar 1989
California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios
18 Mar 1989
In Egypt a 4400-year-old mummy is found in the Pyramid of Cheops
18 Mar 1990
Largest art robbery in US history 13 works of art worth over 500 million are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston
18 Mar 1990
1st free elections in East Germany Conservatives beat Communists
18 Mar 1990
A Tampa little leaguer dies after being struck by a pitch
18 Mar 1990
Colleen Walker wins Circle K Tucson LPGA Golf Open
18 Mar 1990
PGA Players Championship TPC at Sawgrass Jodie Mudd wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Mark Calcavecchia winners cheque 270000
18 Mar 1991
Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games
18 Mar 1992
4 Baboons Adoring the Sun opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 38 performances
18 Mar 1992
Leona Helmsley sentence to 4 years for tax evasion
18 Mar 1992
Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury
18 Mar 1993
Sisters Rosensweig opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 556 performances
18 Mar 1993
Amsterdam stock exchange hits record 12.2 billion
18 Mar 1993
Sri Lanka beat England in Test match by 5 wickets
18 Mar 1994
South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police
18 Mar 1996
50000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BTs Swimathon 96
18 Mar 1996
A nightclub fire in Quezon City Philippines kills 162.
18 Mar 1876
English FA Cup Final Replay Kennington Oval London Wanderers beat Old Estonians 3-0 after initial 1-1 draw Wanderers 3rd title
18 Mar 1939
England beats Scotland 9-6 at Murrayfield Edinburgh to force a share of the Home Nations Rugby Championship with Wales and Ireland
18 Mar 1951
LPGA Titleholders Championship Womens Golf Augusta CC Pat OSullivan wins her only major title by 2 strokes from fellow amateur Beverly Hanson
18 Mar 1953
15th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Indiana beats Kansas 69-68 Jayhawks center B. H. Born is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
18 Mar 1978
Wales beats France 16-7 at the National Stadium Cardiff to clinch its 20th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship a record 8th Grand Slam and record 3rd consecutive Triple Crown
18 Mar 1992
American businesswoman Leona Helmsley sentenced to 4 years for tax evasion We dont pay taxes only the little people pay taxes
18 Mar 1995
In a final round title decider England beats Scotland 24-12 at Twickenham to claim the Five Nations Rugby Championship Grand Slam Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup
18 Mar 1910
Frederick Converses opera The Pipe of Desire is the first American opera to be performed at the Metropolitan Opera NYC
18 Mar 1943
British merchant vessel Canadian Star is torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic by German U-boat U-221 34 die with 54 survivors [1]
18 Mar 1945
US Army Air Force completes largest bombing raid on Berlin Germany Over 1200 bombers drop 3000 tons of explosives [1]
18 Mar 1945
US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kyushu Japan
18 Mar 1953
7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes YeniceGnen in western Turkey 1070 die
18 Mar 1953
MLB National League approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
18 Mar 1989
27th NASA Space Shuttle Mission Discovery 8 (STS-29) returns to Earth
18 Mar 1991
Reggie Miller (Indiana Pacers) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games
18 Mar 1123
First Council of the Lateran (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome agreements of the Concordat of Worms ratified
18 Mar 1241
Mongolian armies rout the forces of Boleslaw IV at Chmielnik and sack and burn the city of Krakw to the ground
18 Mar 1870
Antonio Carlos Gomes Il Guarany premieres at La Scala Opera House in Milan Italy 1st Brazilian opera successful outside Brazil
18 Mar 1925
Great Tri-State Tornado Monstrous F5 (over 300MPH) tornado roars 219 miles across southeast Missouri southern Illinois and southwest Indiana kills 695 injures over 2000 and destroys 15000 homes [1] [2]
18 Mar 1438
Albert II of Habsburg chosen as King of Germany at Frankfurt
18 Mar 1943
Ships James Oglethorpe (US) & Terkolei (Netherlands) torpedoed and sinks
18 Mar 1951
William Grant Stills Symphony No. 4 (Autochthonous) premiere performance by the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra with Victor Alessandro conducting
18 Mar 1958
MLB Los Angeles Dodgers announce their mascot and clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in
18 Mar 1990
In the largest art heist in US history 13 works of art worth over 500 million are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston
18 Mar 1997
Ben & Jerrys introduce the philanthropic flavor Phish Food in conjunction with American jam band Phish at the Flynn Theatre in Burlington Vermont some proceeds from the chocolate ice cream with marshmallows caramel and fish-shaped fudge. are donated to the bands charitable Water Wheel Foundation [1]
18 Mar 2003
British Sign Language is recognised as an official British language
18 Mar 2003
FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham Alabama on suspicion of massive corporate fraud led by the companys top executives.
18 Mar 2005
Terri Schiavos feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband
18 Mar 2007
Former England Test cricket batsman and Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer is found dead one day after his teams defeat to Ireland puts them out of the World Cup in the West Indies cause of death remains suspicious
18 Mar 2012
Joachim Gauck elected President of the Federal republic of Germany by the Federal Assembly
18 Mar 2012
Superleague Greece football match between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos is abandoned after fans set fire to Athens Olympic Stadium
18 Mar 2013
98 people are killed and 248 are injured across Iraq from a series of bombings and shootings
18 Mar 2013
A car bombing kills 10 people and injures 20 in Mogadishu Somalia
18 Mar 2013
Explosions kill 25 people at a bus park in Kano Nigeria
18 Mar 2014
Russia formally annexes Crimea previously part of Ukraine. by signing Treaty on Accession
18 Mar 2014
Transnistria formally requests to join the Russian Federation
18 Mar 2014
US closes the Syrian embassy in Washington & expels all Syrian diplomats
18 Mar 2018
African American Stephon Clark shot 20 times by police in his Grandmothers backyard in Sacramento California during vandalism investigation
18 Mar 1840
In a bloody battle Liberal general Francisco Morazn attempts to retake Guatemala City from Rafael Carrera but fails barely escaping with his life
18 Mar 1870
Antonio Carlos Gomes Il Guarany premieres at La Scala Teatro in Milan Kingdom of Italy the first Brazilian opera successful outside Brazil
18 Mar 1967
the Beatles single Penny Lane single goes 1
18 Mar 1123
First Council of the Lateran (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome agreements of the Concordat of Worms are ratified
18 Mar 1167
Battle of al-Babein King Amalric I of Jerusalem fights a Zengid army to a draw over access to Egypt
18 Mar 1532
Parliament of England bans payments by the English Church to Rome
18 Mar 1834
Six farm laborers from Tolpuddle in Dorset England are sentenced to transportation to Australia for forming a trade union
18 Mar 1870
Lake Merritt in Oakland California becomes the first US National Wildlife Refuge
18 Mar 1874
Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting the US exclusive trading rights
18 Mar 1899
Phoebe a moon of Saturn is discovered by William Pickering
18 Mar 1910
Frederick Converses opera The Pipe of Desire is the first American opera performed at the Metropolitan Opera NYC
18 Mar 1948
France Great Britain and Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels
18 Mar 1965
American garage rock band The Standells guest star in Far Out Munsters episode of American TV sitcom The Munsters
18 Mar 1965
Poppin Fresh the Pillsbury Dough Boy is introduced
18 Mar 1977
The Clash release their first recording White Riot
18 Mar 1982
American R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass spinal cord severed in a car accident
18 Mar 1985
Capital Cities Communications Inc. acquires ABC for 3.5 billion in the first transfer of ownership of a TV network
18 Mar 1989
4400-year-old mummy is found in the Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt
18 Mar 1996
A nightclub fire in Quezon City Philippines kills 162 people
18 Mar 1997
Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey killing 50 people
18 Mar 2018
Bushfire in Tathra New South Wales Australia destroys over 70 buildings
18 Mar 2018
First fatal accident involving an Uber self-driving car hitting a pedestrian in Tempe Arizona
18 Mar 2018
Serial bomber suspected after fourth bomb goes off in Austin Texas injuring two total bombing death toll 2 dead 5 injured
18 Mar 2018
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels seize Kurdish held northern Syrian town of Afrin
18 Mar 2019
40-year old Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki overtakes Wilt Chamberlain to go 6th with 31424 points on the NBA scorers list Mavs suffer 129-125 OT loss to New Orleans Pelicans
18 Mar 2019
Champion racing pigeon Armando the Lewis Hamilton of pigeons sells for a record 1.42 million in Belgium
18 Mar 2019
Italian charity ship Mare Jonio rescues 50 migrants off the coast of Libya
18 Mar 2019
Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi makes national radio address to the nation after Cyclone Idai saying more than 1000 people feared dead with 100000 at risk
18 Mar 2019
Suspected terrorist attack by shooter aboard a tram in Utrecht Netherlands kills 3 and injures 5
18 Mar 2019
Historic to catastrophic flooding faced by Nebraska Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and South Dakota according to US National Weather Service
18 Mar 2020
Turing Award given to Pixar employees Pat Hanraha and Edwin Catmull for three-dimensional computer graphics
18 Mar 2021
US House Judiciary Committee hearing begins on rise of violence and discrimination against Asian-Americans with report saying 3800 hate incidents recorded over 12 months [1]
18 Mar 2021
US Senate confirms William Joseph Burns as new CIA Director
18 Mar 2025
Israel launches airstrike attacks on Gaza killing at least 404 people and injuring 562 others ending the ceasefire agreement reached in January [1]
18 Mar 2025
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore finally return to Earth from the International Space Station after nine months instead of one week aboard a SpaceX capsule [1]