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 77th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 288 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 5, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,742,256,000 seconds 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 ‘heptacontaheptagon’ 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 336 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 4,470 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.
- 1608 –Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1766 –American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
- 1793 –The first republican state in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
- 1925 –The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
- 1967 –The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
- 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.
- 1996 –A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162.
- 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?
- 1496 –Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England; wife of Louis XII of France (d. 1533)
- 1931 –Howard Coble, American politician
- 1938 –Machiko Soga, Japanese voice actress and actress (d. 2006)
- 1950 –Eiji Okuda, Japanese actor and film director
- 1964 –Paul Elliott, English footballer
- 1964 –Rozalla, Zambian singer
- 1981 –Fabian Cancellara, Swiss professional cyclist
- 1983 –Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, French tennis player
- 1989 –Francesco Checcucci, Italian footballer
- 1990 –Corey Liuget, American football player
Who died on March 18?
- 978 –King Edward the Martyr of England
- 1227 –Pope Honorius III (b. 1148)
- 1781 –Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727)
- 1835 –Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. 1769)
- 1845 –Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (b. 1774)
- 1918 –Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect (b. 1847)
- 1984 –Charlie Lau, American baseball player (b. 1933)
- 1990 –Robin Harris, American actor and comedian (b. 1953)
- 1999 –Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator (b. 1905)
- 2004 –Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman (b. 1927)
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