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, 475,200 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 ‘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
- 37 –The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius’s will and proclaims Caligula emperor.
- 1438 –Albert II of Habsburg becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1850 –American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
- 1874 –Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
- 1893 –Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; originally presented to amateur champions, the Stanley Cup has been awarded to the top pro team since 1910, and since 1926, only to National Hockey League teams.
- 1922 –In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. He would serve only 2 years.
- 1925 –The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
- 1937 –The human-powered aircraft, Pedaliante, flies 1 km outside Milan.
- 1942 –The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
- 1989 –In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found nearby the Pyramid of Cheops.
Who were born on March 18?
- 1780 –Milos Obrenovic, Serbian noble and nationalist (d. 1860)
- 1877 –Clem Hill, Australian cricketer (d. 1945)
- 1927 –George Plimpton, American writer and actor (d. 2003)
- 1938 –Charley Pride, American musician
- 1946 –Martyn Griffiths, British racing driver
- 1963 –Jeff LaBar, American guitarist
- 1972 –Anja Möllenbeck, German discus thrower
- 1980 –Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater
- 1981 –Jang Nara, Korean singer and actress
- 1985 –Gennaro Esposito, Italian footballer
Who died on March 18?
- 1583 –King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)
- 1781 –Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727)
- 1898 –Matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826)
- 1918 –Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect (b. 1847)
- 1933 –Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian prince, mountaineer and explorer (b. 1873)
- 1936 –Eleftherios Venizelos, Former Prime minister of Greece (b. 1864)
- 1969 –Barbara Bates, American film actress (b. 1925)
- 1995 –Robin Jacques, British children’s book illustrator (b. 1920)
- 2006 –Bill Beutel, American journalist (b. 1930)
- 2006 –Michael Attwell, British actor (b. 1943)
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