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 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 288 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 5, 2017 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 24,829,920 minutes 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.
Hey! How’s your lovelife today? Get a free love reading
with the most frank answers. Start to seize love opportunities in your life! Did I mention it’s F-R-E-E?
(Sponsored link; 18+ only)
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 338 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 1,548 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
Are you not curious to find out some fun facts about your birthday? Find out ‘who shares my birthday’
and what was the number one song on your day of birth. (Sponsored link)
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
- 1314 –Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake.
- 1438 –Albert II of Habsburg becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1850 –American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
- 1915 –World War I: Massive naval attack in Battle of Gallipoli. Three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
- 1938 –Mexico nationalizes all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders.
- 1942 –The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
- 1946 –Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Soviet Union are established.
- 1953 –An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 250.
- 1971 –In Peru a landslide crashes into Lake Yanahuani, killing 200 at the mining camp of Chungar.
- 1997 –The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en-route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 on board and leading to the grounding of all An-24s.
Who were born on March 18?
- 1555 –François, Duke of Anjou (d. 1584)
- 1922 –Egon Bahr, German politician
- 1945 –Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer
- 1950 –Rod Milburn, American athlete (d. 1997)
- 1959 –Luc Besson, French producer, writer, and director
- 1972 –Dane Cook, American comedian and actor
- 1972 –Nathan Quarry, American mixed martial arts fighter
- 1974 –Tina Križan, Slovenian tennis player
- 1981 –Lovro Zovko, Croatian tennis player
- 1985 –Gennaro Esposito, Italian footballer
Who died on March 18?
- 1696 –Robert Charnock, English conspirator
- 1823 –Jean-Baptiste Breval, French composer (b. 1753)
- 1913 –King George I of Greece (b. 1845)
- 1962 –Walter W. Bacon, American politician (b. 1880)
- 1965 –Jack Quinlan, American sports broadcaster (b. 1927)
- 1965 –King Farouk I of Egypt (b. 1920)
- 1969 –Barbara Bates, American film actress (b. 1925)
- 1980 –Erich Fromm, German psychologist and philosopher (b. 1900)
- 1986 –Bernard Malamud, American writer (b. 1914)
- 2002 –Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor (b. 1943)
Share or Link to This Page: