What are the important events that happened on March 18? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 18: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 18 is the 78th day of the year 2016 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 288 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 5, 2016 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 405,072 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘heptacontaoctagon’ day.
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Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 316 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 1,183 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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If the Gregorian calendar is not reformed, the March equinox will fall on this day for the first time in AD 4092.
March 18 Historical Events
- 37 –The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius’s will and proclaims Caligula emperor.
- 1241 –Mongols overwhelm Polish armies in Kraków in the Battle of Chmielnik and plunder the city.
- 1608 –Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1850 –American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
- 1970 –Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
- 1971 –In Peru a landslide crashes into Lake Yanahuani, killing 200 at the mining camp of Chungar.
- 1989 –In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found nearby the Pyramid of Cheops.
- 2003 –British Sign Language is recognised as an official British language.
- 2003 –FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama on suspicion of massive corporate fraud led by the company’s top executives.
- 2003 –In the House of Commons, British MPs vote in favour of military intervention in Iraq by 412 votes to 149.
Who were born on March 18?
- 1877 –Edgar Cayce, American psychic (d. 1945)
- 1918 –Bob Broeg, American sports writer (d. 2005)
- 1923 –Andy Granatelli, American motorsports entrepreneur
- 1926 –Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (d. 1997)
- 1927 –John Kander, American songwriter
- 1935 –Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician
- 1956 –Deborah Jeane Palfrey, American escort agency operator (d. 2008)
- 1959 –Luc Besson, French producer, writer, and director
- 1974 –Laure Savasta, French basketball player
- 1978 –Jonas Wallerstedt, Swedish footballer
Who died on March 18?
- 235 –Alexander Severus, Roman emperor (b. 208)
- 1314 –Jacques DeMolay, Frankish noble, the 23rd Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. 1244)
- 1898 –Matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826)
- 1907 –Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (b. 1827)
- 1913 –King George I of Greece (b. 1845)
- 1977 –Marien Ngouabi, Congolese politician (b. 1938)
- 1993 –Kenneth E. Boulding, American economist and activist (b. 1910)
- 2003 –Adam Osborne, British computer pioneer (b. 1939)
- 2003 –Karl Kling, German race car driver (b. 1910)
- 2006 –Michael Attwell, British actor (b. 1943)
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