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, 413,832 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 ‘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 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.
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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
- 235 –Emperor Alexander Severus and his mother Julia Mamaea are murdered by legionaries near Moguntiacum (modern Mainz). The Severan dynasty ends.
- 1241 –Mongols overwhelm Polish armies in Kraków in the Battle of Chmielnik and plunder the city.
- 1850 –American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
- 1937 –The human-powered aircraft, Pedaliante, flies 1 km outside Milan.
- 1945 –World War II: 1,250 American bombers attack Berlin.
- 1953 –An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 250.
- 1968 –Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
- 1974 –Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.
- 1989 –In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found nearby the Pyramid of Cheops.
- 1992 –White South Africans vote overwhelmingly in favour, in a national referendum, to end the racist policy of Apartheid.
Who were born on March 18?
- 1590 –Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)
- 1685 –Ralph Ersine, Scottish minister (d. 1752)
- 1840 –William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901)
- 1913 –Werner Mölders, German WWII fighter pilot (d. 1941)
- 1931 –Howard Coble, American politician
- 1942 –Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (d. 1991)
- 1947 –Roger Kenneth Evans, English politician
- 1967 –Miki Berenyi, English singer (Lush)
- 1975 –Brian Griese, American football player
- 1977 –Willy Sagnol, French footballer
Who died on March 18?
- 1781 –Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727)
- 1823 –Jean-Baptiste Breval, French composer (b. 1753)
- 1918 –Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect (b. 1847)
- 1933 –Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian prince, mountaineer and explorer (b. 1873)
- 1964 –Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official (b. 1870)
- 1980 –Erich Fromm, German psychologist and philosopher (b. 1900)
- 1984 –Charlie Lau, American baseball player (b. 1933)
- 1999 –Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator (b. 1905)
- 2006 –Dan Gibson, Canadian photographer (b. 1922)
- 2009 –Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, Iranian blogger
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