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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 288 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 5, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,710,720,000 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 ‘heptacontaoctagon’ day.
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 317 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 4,105 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
1874 –
Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
1913 –
King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
1921 –
The second Peace of Riga between Poland and Soviet Union.
1922 –
In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. He would serve only 2 years.
1937 –
The human-powered aircraft, Pedaliante, flies 1 km outside Milan.
1946 –
Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Soviet Union are established.
1953 –
An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 250.
1965 –
Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
2002 –
U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.
2003 –
British Sign Language is recognised as an official British language.
Who were born on March 18?
1395 –
John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (d. 1447)
1923 –
Andy Granatelli, American motorsports entrepreneur
1939 –
Kenny Lynch, British entertainer
1939 –
Ron Atkinson, English former footballer and manager
1941 –
John W. Derr, American politician
1947 –
Patrick Barlow, English actor, comedian and playwright
1961 –
Grant Hart, American musician (Hüsker Dü)
1967 –
Miki Berenyi, English singer (Lush)
1978 –
Jonas Wallerstedt, Swedish footballer
1982 –
Chad Cordero, American baseball player
Who died on March 18?
1675 –
Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)
1689 –
John Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607)
1696 –
Robert Charnock, English conspirator
1745 –
Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676)
1933 –
Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian prince, mountaineer and explorer (b. 1873)
1945 –
William Grover-Williams, British racing driver (b. 1903)
1973 –
Lauritz Melchior, Danish-born American opera singer (b. 1890)
1984 –
Charlie Lau, American baseball player (b. 1933)
1993 –
Kenneth E. Boulding, American economist and activist (b. 1910)
2010 –
Fess Parker, American actor (b. 1924)
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