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| March 18th |
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| About March 18th is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 288 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1782 - John C. Calhoun, 7th U.S. Vice President 1837 - Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th U.S. President 1905 - Benny Friedman, Hall of Fame quarterback 1919 - Frank Gatski, Hall of Fame center 1926 - Peter Graves, actor (Mission: Impossible) 1952 - Mike Webster, Hall of Fame football center 1963 - Vanessa L. Williams, singer, actress (Ugly Betty, Soul Food) 1964 - Bonnie Blair, Olympic gold medalist, ice skater 1970 - Queen Latifah, singer, actress (House Party 2) 1972 - Dane Cook, comedian, actor (Good Luck Chuck) Deaths 1898 - Matilda Joslyn Gage, suffragist, activist, author 2008 - Anthony Minghella, director, screenwriter (The English Patient) 2009 - Natasha Richardson, actress (The Parent Trap) Events 1766 - The British Parliament repeal the Stamp Act after months of protests by American colonists. 1834 - The Staple Bend Tunnel near Johnstown, Pennsylvania becomes the first railroad tunnel in the United States to open. 1850 - Henry Wells and William Fargo found the American Express corporation. 1852 - Henry Wells and William Fargo along with several other investors launch Wells, Fargo and Co. 1865 - During the American Civil War, the Congress of the Confederate States of America adjourns for the final time. 1874 - A treaty is drafted and signed between Hawaii and the United States granting exclusive trading rights. 1922 - Held in New York City, the first public celebration of Bat mitzvah, for the daughter of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, takes place. 1925 - Nearly 700 people are killed as the “Tri-State Tornado” strikes Missouri , Illinois , and Indiana . 1945 - 1,250 American bombers attack Berlin , during World War II. 1959 - A bill allowing statehood for Hawaiian is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, which would become official 3 days later on August 21st. 1965 - Soviet Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov becomes the first person to walk in space. 1965 - Poppin' Fresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy, is created by Rudy Perz. 1968 - A requirement for gold to back U.S. currency is repealed by Congress. 1974 - An oil crisis comes to an end when the majority of OPEC nations cease a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan. 1990 - Worth a combined $300 million, 12 paintings are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston , Massachusetts making it the largest art heist in United States history. 2003 - On suspicions of the company’s top executives committing corporate fraud, FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama. 2005 - The feeding tube of Terri Schiavo is removed after a request from her husband. |
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