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03/18/1943
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Red Army evacuates Belgorod
Type: Event
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03/18/1944
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Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79
Type: Death
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03/18/1944
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Nazi Germany occupies Hungary
Type: Event
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03/18/1944
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2,500 women trample guards and floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago Illinois dept store
Type: Event
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03/18/1945
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Aleksey Vakhonin, USSR, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1964)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1945
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Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals
Type: Event
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03/18/1945
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1,250 US bombers attacks Berlin
Type: Event
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03/18/1945
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US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu
Type: Event
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03/18/1946
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Michael Reagan, talk show host, Ronald's son
Type: Birth
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03/18/1947
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David Lloyd, cricketer (England opener, 214 v India 1974)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1947
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Steven H Schiff, (Rep-R-New Mexico)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1947
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Barry Wilson, Engld, rock drummer (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1948
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Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting
Type: Event
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03/18/1948
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France and Great Britain and Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels
Type: Event
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03/18/1948
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Eknath Solkar, cricketer (India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1949
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WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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03/18/1949
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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org) ratified
Type: Event
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03/18/1949
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Starr Danias, NYC, ballerina (Turning Point)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1949
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Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, Irish snooker player (2X world-champ)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1950
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Brad Dourif, WV, actor (Ragtime, Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1950
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John Hartman, Falls Church Va, rock drummer (Doobie Brothers)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1950
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James Conlon, NYC, conductor (Cincinnati May Festival-1979)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1950
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CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship
Type: Event
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03/18/1950
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"Touch and Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances
Type: Event
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03/18/1951
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Pat O'Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
Type: Event
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03/18/1952
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1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Phila)
Type: Event
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03/18/1952
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Communist offensive in Korea
Type: Event
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03/18/1953
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NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
Type: Event
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03/18/1953
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KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
Type: Event
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03/18/1953
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Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
Type: Event
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03/18/1953
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Helmer C Koetje, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1953
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Jamie West-Oram, rocker (Fixx)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1953
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15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68
Type: Event
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03/18/1953
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Margaret L Augustine, Buffalo NY, project manager (Biosphere 2)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1953
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Nicholas Wisdom, cricketer (son of comic Norman, 2 games Sussex 1974)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1953
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Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die
Type: Event
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03/18/1954
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Walter Mead, cricketer (one Test for England 1899), dies
Type: Death
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03/18/1954
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James F Reilly II, Mt Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut (STS 89, sk:100)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1955
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Graham Porter, cricketer (1 day intl for Australia 1979)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1955
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I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan
Type: Event
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03/18/1956
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Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85
Type: Death
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03/18/1956
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"The Model" Rick Martel, [Richard Vignault], wrestler (WWF/AWA)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1956
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Louis Bromfield, writer, dies at 59
Type: Death
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03/18/1956
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Ingamar Stenmark, Sweden, slalom (Olympic-2 gold-1980)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1957
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WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins
Type: Event
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03/18/1957
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Christer Fuglesang, Stockholm Sweden, physicist/astronaut (Mir backup)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1957
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Melvin Gentry, vocalits/guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1958
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Andreas Wenzel, Liechtenstein, skier (Olympic-silver-1980)
Type: Birth
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03/18/1958
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Dodgers announces mascot/clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958
Type: Event
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03/18/1959
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President Dwight D Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill
Type: Event
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