401 Historic Events for March 18
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| 1871 |
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Communards revolt in Paris
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| 1872 |
Birth |
Frank Hoyt Losey, composer
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| 1875 |
Death |
Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43
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| 1876 |
Death |
F Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65
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| 1877 |
Birth |
Clem Hill, cricketer (all-time great Australian batsman)
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| 1877 |
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President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Wash DC
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| 1880 |
Birth |
Christopher K H de Ner‚e tot Babberich, cartoonist
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Oliver Seibert, hall of fame hockey player (elected 1963)
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Paul Le Flem, composer
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| 1881 |
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Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG)
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Kurt Koffka, Germany, Gestalt psychologist
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| 1886 |
Death |
Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Edward Everett Horton, Bkln NY, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show)
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, Dutch author (Between Heaven and Earth)
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor
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| 1889 |
Birth |
F Rijkens, oldest living person in Netherlands
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| 1889 |
Death |
William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education
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| 1890 |
Event |
1st US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts)
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| 1891 |
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Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Robert P Tristram Coffin, poet/reporter (WW II)
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| 1892 |
Event |
Lord Stanley presents silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup)
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| 1893 |
Birth |
Wilfred Owen, England, anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth)
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| 1895 |
Event |
200 blacks leave Savannah, Ga for Liberia
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