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| Birthday March 18, 1782 John C Calhoun, statesman |
| Birthday March 18, 1837 Grover Cleveland is born in Caldwell, New Jersey |
| Birthday March 18, 1837 Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th Pres (1885-1889, 1893-1897) |
| Birthday March 18, 1838 Sir Randal Cremer, British trade unionist, pacifist (Nobel 1903) |
| Birthday March 18, 1842 Stephane Mallarme, French poet |
| Birthday March 18, 1844 Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (Scheherazade) |
| Birthday March 18, 1858 Rudolf Diesel, engine inventor |
| Birthday March 18, 1869 Neville Chamberlain, (C), British PM (1937-40) |
| Birthday March 18, 1886 Kurt Koffka, German Gestalt psychologist |
| Birthday March 18, 1892 Robert P Tristram Coffin, poet |
| Birthday March 18, 1893 Wilfred Owen, English anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth) |
| Birthday March 18, 1905 Mollie Parnis, fashion designer |
| Birthday March 18, 1926 Peter Graves, Actor (Mission Impossible) |
| Birthday March 18, 1927 John Kander, Composer |
| Birthday March 18, 1927 George Plimpton, sports writer (Paper Lion) |
| Birthday March 18, 1932 John Updike, poet & novelist (Rabbit Run) |
| Birthday March 18, 1932 John Updike is born |
| Birthday March 18, 1933 Kevin Dobson |
| Birthday March 18, 1939 Charley Pride, country singer |
| Birthday March 18, 1956 Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish Alpine skiier |
| Birthday March 18, 1959 Irene Cara, NY (Fame) |
| Birthday March 18, 1963 Vanessa Williams, Millwood NY - 1st black Miss America |
| History March 18, 0978 St. Edward the Martyr - king of Anglo-Saxons (975-78) dies |
| History March 18, 1541 de Soto becomes 1st European to record flooding of Mississippi River |
| History March 18, 1766 Parliament repeals the Stamp Act |
| History March 18, 1766 Britain repeals Stamp Act |
| History March 18, 1834 Tolpuddle Martyrs banished to Australia |
| History March 18, 1850 American Express founded |
| History March 18, 1852 Wells Fargo and Company established |
| History March 18, 1859 Vera Cruz - Mexico besieged by Miramon |
| History March 18, 1864 Lincoln praises Sanitary Commission for work with troops |
| History March 18, 1881 Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens in MSG |
| History March 18, 1892 Lord Stanley proposes silver cup challenge for Hockey |
| History March 18, 1909 Einar Dessau of Denmark-1st ham broadcast |
| History March 18, 1911 Irving Berlin copyrights the biggest pop song of the early 20th century |
| History March 18, 1915 Allies open attack on Dardanelles |
| History March 18, 1922 Mohandas K Gandhi sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment |
| History March 18, 1925 The Tri-State Tornado |
| History March 18, 1931 1st electric razor marketed by Schick |
| History March 18, 1933 Studebaker goes bankrupt |
| History March 18, 1937 Natural gas explosion kills schoolchildren in Texas |
| History March 18, 1937 Tx gas explosion kills 400 |
| History March 18, 1938 Mexico took control of foreign-owned oil properties |
| History March 18, 1942 War Relocation Authority is established in United States |
| History March 18, 1950 Nationalist Chinese forces invade mainland China |
| History March 18, 1952 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted - Phila |
| History March 18, 1959 Pres Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill |
| History March 18, 1962 French & Algerian rebels agree to a truce |
| History March 18, 1962 French-Algerian truce |
| History March 18, 1965 Russia launches 2nd & final Voshkod-1st spacewalk-Aleksei Leonov |
| History March 18, 1969 U.S. bombs Cambodia for the first time |
| History March 18, 1970 Lon Nol ousts Prince Sihanouk |
| History March 18, 1974 Most Arab oil producing nations end US embargo |
| History March 18, 1977 Vietnam hands over MIA to US |
| History March 18, 1985 Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC |
| History March 18, 1986 Treasury Dept announces plans to alter paper money |
| History March 18, 1999 Three women are murdered at Yosemite |
| History March 18, 2002 Spectator death forces new rules for NHL games |
| History March 18, 2008 Anthony Minghella dies |