401 Historic Events for March 18
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Betty Compson, actress (Big City, Docks Of New York)
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Otto Jochum, composer
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| 1899 |
Event |
Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering
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| 1899 |
Death |
Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76
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| 1899 |
Death |
Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Crushed Ideals), dies at 35
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| 1899 |
Birth |
Lavrenti Beria, chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin
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| 1900 |
Death |
Ant¢nio Nobre, Portuguese poet (S¢ [Lonely]), dies at 32
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| 1900 |
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Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Piotr Perkowski, composer
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| 1902 |
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Sch”nberg's "Verkl„rte Nacht," premieres in Vienna
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| 1902 |
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Enrico Caruso becomes 1st well-known performer to make a record
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| 1904 |
Event |
1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)"
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| 1905 |
Birth |
John Kirkpatrick, NYC, pianist (Concord Sonata)
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Mollie Parnis, NYC, fashion designer (Mollie Roberts Collection)
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Robert Donat, England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Citadel)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Roy L Johnson, US admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Eleanor L "Betty" Compton, US actress (Here Comes Trouble)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Louis Gaste, songwriter
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| 1909 |
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Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Chiang Ching-huo, son of Chinese pres Chiang Kai-shek/pres (1978-88)
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| 1910 |
Event |
1st opera by an US composer (Converse) performed at the Met, NYC
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Smiley Burnette, Summum Ill, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction)
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| 1911 |
Event |
North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law
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| 1913 |
Death |
George I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67
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| 1913 |
Birth |
William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author
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