401 Historic Events for March 18
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Egon Bahr, German journalist/politician
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Madhussudan Rege, cricketer (15 runs in only Test India v WI 1948-49)
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| 1924 |
Death |
John Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Peter Graves, Minneapolis Mn, actor (James Phelps-Mission Impossible)
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| 1925 |
Event |
(8) 60-MPH tornadoes speed Mo, In, Il, Ky, and Tn kills 689
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| 1927 |
Birth |
John Harold Kander, composer (Cabaret, Funny Lady, Kramer vs Kramer)
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| 1927 |
Birth |
George Plimpton, NYC, sports writer (Paper Lion)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Fidel V Ramos, pres (Phillipines)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
William R Boggs, Georgia, Brig Gen/chief of engineers under Bragg
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| 1928 |
Death |
Paul van Ostaijen, Flemish writer (Outlawed), dies at 32
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| 1929 |
Event |
Dmitri Shostakovitch' "The new Babylon," premieres in Leningrad
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Kai Winding, rocker
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Ctirad Kohoutek, composer
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Christa Wolf, German novelist (Divided Heaven)
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| 1930 |
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Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Maurice Peress, NYC, conductor (KC Philharmonic 1974-80)
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| 1931 |
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1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick)
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| 1931 |
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Juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Howard Coble, (Rep-R-NC, 1985- )
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| 1932 |
Birth |
John Updike, Shillington Pa, poet/novelist (Rabbit Run)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
F[rederik] W[illem] de Klerk, president South Africa (1989-94)
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| 1933 |
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Radio Clube de Mocambique's, 1st radio transmission
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| 1933 |
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US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Unita Blackwell, 1st black mayor in Mississippi
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| 1933 |
Death |
Luigi A duke of the Abruzzi, Italian explorer (Ruwenzori), dies at 60
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