March 18
1584 - Russian czar Ivan IV, or "Ivan the Terrible", died at age 53.
1766 - Britain repealed the Stamp Act.
1837 - Grover Cleveland, the only U.S. president who served non-consecutive terms as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, was born in Caldwell, New Jersey.
1922 - Mohandas K. Gandhi was sentenced to prison in India for civil disobedience
1925 - The most violent single tornado in U.S. history, the "Tri-State Tornado", hit Missouri, Indiana and Illinois, killing 689 people and injuring more than 13,000.
1931 - Schick Inc. marketed its first electric razor.
1940 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a meeting at the Brenner Press during which the Italian dictator agreed to join in Germany's war against France and Britain.
1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order authorizing the War Relocation Authority, which was put in charge of interning Japanese-Americans.
1962 - France and Algerian rebels agreed to a truce after more than seven years of war.
1963 - The Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that public defenders must be provided for indigent defendants in felony cases.
1965 - The first spacewalk took place as Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov left his Voskhod 2 capsule and remained outside the spacecraft for 20 minutes, secured by a tether.
1967 - The oil tanker Torrey Canyon was wrecked off the Cornish coast of England, spilling 919,000 barrels of oil into the sea.
1974 - Most of the Arab oil-producing nations ended their embargo against the United States.
1990 - The biggest art theft in U.S. history occurred at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The works, including pieces by Vermeer and Rembrandt, were never recovered.
2000 - Taiwan ended more than a half century of Nationalist Party rule by electing opposition leader Chen Shui-bian president.
2005 - Doctors in Florida, acting on orders of a state judge, removed Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. (The brain-damaged woman died 13 days later.)
2008 - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama confronted America's racial divide with a speech in Philadelphia. It was prompted by incindiary racial remarks made by Obama's African-American pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
2010 - President Barack Obama signed into law a $38 billion jobs bill containing a modest mix of tax breaks and spending designed to encourage the private sector to start hiring again.
2011 - President Barack Obama demanded that Moammar Gadhafi halt all military attacks on civilians and said that if the Libyan leader did not stand down, the United States would join other nations in launching military action against him.
Birthdays
26 - Lily Collins (actress)
35 - Danneel Harris (actress)
36 - Adam Levine (singer)
43 - Dane Cook (actor/comedian)
45 - Queen Latifah (actress)
51 - Vanessa Williams (actress)
51 - Bonnie Blair (Olympic speed skater)
53 - Mike Rowe (TV show host)
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Today in Sports History - March 18
1892 - Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston, announced that he had purchased a trophy to be presented to the hockey champion of Canada.
1945 - Maurice "The Rocket" Richard became the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season.
1953 - The National League approved the move of the Boston Braves to Milwaukee.
1953 - Indiana defeated Kansas 69-68 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1985 - Baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstated Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, both of whom had been banned from baseball due to their employment with Atlantic City casinos.
1990 - Jeff Fryer scored 41 points in leading Loyola Marymount to a 149-115 victory over defending national champion Michigan in the highest scoring game in NCAA Tournament history.
1991 - The Philadelphia 76ers retired Wilt Chamberlain's #13.
1993 - Santa Clara defeated Arizona 64-61 to become just the second 15th-seeded team to win a first round game in the NCAA Tournament.
2007 - The Houston Rockets defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 124-74, the worst home defeat in franchise history for Philadelphia.
2008 - The Houston Rockets' 22-game winning streak ended with a loss to the Boston Celtics.
2009 - Major League Soccer announced an expansion franchise for Vancouver, British Columbia that would begin in the 2011 season.
1584 - Russian czar Ivan IV, or "Ivan the Terrible", died at age 53.
1766 - Britain repealed the Stamp Act.
1837 - Grover Cleveland, the only U.S. president who served non-consecutive terms as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, was born in Caldwell, New Jersey.
1922 - Mohandas K. Gandhi was sentenced to prison in India for civil disobedience
1925 - The most violent single tornado in U.S. history, the "Tri-State Tornado", hit Missouri, Indiana and Illinois, killing 689 people and injuring more than 13,000.
1931 - Schick Inc. marketed its first electric razor.
1940 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a meeting at the Brenner Press during which the Italian dictator agreed to join in Germany's war against France and Britain.
1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order authorizing the War Relocation Authority, which was put in charge of interning Japanese-Americans.
1962 - France and Algerian rebels agreed to a truce after more than seven years of war.
1963 - The Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that public defenders must be provided for indigent defendants in felony cases.
1965 - The first spacewalk took place as Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov left his Voskhod 2 capsule and remained outside the spacecraft for 20 minutes, secured by a tether.
1967 - The oil tanker Torrey Canyon was wrecked off the Cornish coast of England, spilling 919,000 barrels of oil into the sea.
1974 - Most of the Arab oil-producing nations ended their embargo against the United States.
1990 - The biggest art theft in U.S. history occurred at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The works, including pieces by Vermeer and Rembrandt, were never recovered.
2000 - Taiwan ended more than a half century of Nationalist Party rule by electing opposition leader Chen Shui-bian president.
2005 - Doctors in Florida, acting on orders of a state judge, removed Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. (The brain-damaged woman died 13 days later.)
2008 - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama confronted America's racial divide with a speech in Philadelphia. It was prompted by incindiary racial remarks made by Obama's African-American pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
2010 - President Barack Obama signed into law a $38 billion jobs bill containing a modest mix of tax breaks and spending designed to encourage the private sector to start hiring again.
2011 - President Barack Obama demanded that Moammar Gadhafi halt all military attacks on civilians and said that if the Libyan leader did not stand down, the United States would join other nations in launching military action against him.
Birthdays
26 - Lily Collins (actress)
35 - Danneel Harris (actress)
36 - Adam Levine (singer)
43 - Dane Cook (actor/comedian)
45 - Queen Latifah (actress)
51 - Vanessa Williams (actress)
51 - Bonnie Blair (Olympic speed skater)
53 - Mike Rowe (TV show host)
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Today in Sports History - March 18
1892 - Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston, announced that he had purchased a trophy to be presented to the hockey champion of Canada.
1945 - Maurice "The Rocket" Richard became the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season.
1953 - The National League approved the move of the Boston Braves to Milwaukee.
1953 - Indiana defeated Kansas 69-68 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1985 - Baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstated Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, both of whom had been banned from baseball due to their employment with Atlantic City casinos.
1990 - Jeff Fryer scored 41 points in leading Loyola Marymount to a 149-115 victory over defending national champion Michigan in the highest scoring game in NCAA Tournament history.
1991 - The Philadelphia 76ers retired Wilt Chamberlain's #13.
1993 - Santa Clara defeated Arizona 64-61 to become just the second 15th-seeded team to win a first round game in the NCAA Tournament.
2007 - The Houston Rockets defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 124-74, the worst home defeat in franchise history for Philadelphia.
2008 - The Houston Rockets' 22-game winning streak ended with a loss to the Boston Celtics.
2009 - Major League Soccer announced an expansion franchise for Vancouver, British Columbia that would begin in the 2011 season.
