What happened this day in history March 18

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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