401 Historic Events for March 18
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/Rhine
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Rene Clement, Bordeaux France, director/writer (Is Paris Burning)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Cesar Guerra Peixe, composer
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| 1914 |
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White Wolf gang beats govt army in Jingdezhen China
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| 1914 |
Birth |
James Pack, naval officer museum curator
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| 1915 |
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French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed
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| 1915 |
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Failed British attack in Dardanelles
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Richard Thomas Condon, author
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Louis Toebosch, composer
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| 1917 |
Death |
William Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies
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| 1918 |
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Socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam
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| 1918 |
Death |
Willem Coenen, composer, dies at 80
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| 1918 |
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Soccer team SON OF Meerssen forms
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| 1919 |
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Order of DeMolay forms in Kansas City
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| 1919 |
Birth |
Laila Schou Nilsen, Norway, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1936)
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| 1919 |
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Len Johnson, cricketer (Australian fast bowler played Test in 1948)
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| 1920 |
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Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Eric Halsall, sheepdog trial commentator
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| 1920 |
Birth |
John Paul II, [Karol Wojtyla], Poland, Pope (1978- )
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| 1921 |
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Steamer "Hong Koh" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000
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| 1921 |
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2nd Peace of Riga, Poland enlarged
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| 1922 |
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Mohandas K Gandhi sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment
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| 1922 |
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Brit magistrates in India sentence Gandhi to 6 years for disobedience
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| 1922 |
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1st intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton vs Yale)
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| 1922 |
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WBT-AM in Charlotte NC begins radio transmissions
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