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| March 18th, 2037 (March 18 2037) | Event | The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius will and proclaims Caligula emperor. | |
| March 18th, 2008 (March 18 2008) | Death | Anthony Minghella, Film Director (born in 1954) | |
| March 18th, 2008 (March 18 2008) | Death | Andrew Britton, Author (born in 1981) | |
| March 18th, 2007 (March 18 2007) | Death | Bob Woolmer, South African cricketer and Pakistan national coach (born in 1948) | |
| March 18th, 2006 (March 18 2006) | Death | Bill Beutel, American journalist (born in 1930) | |
| March 18th, 2006 (March 18 2006) | Death | Michael Attwell, British actor (born in 1943) | |
| March 18th, 2006 (March 18 2006) | Death | Dan Gibson, musician (born in 1922) | |
| March 18th, 2005 (March 18 2005) | Event | Terri Schiavo s feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband. | |
| March 18th, 2004 (March 18 2004) | Death | Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman (born in 1927) | |
| March 18th, 2003 (March 18 2003) | Event | The Iraq War begins. | |
| March 18th, 2003 (March 18 2003) | Event | FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama on suspicion of massive corporate fraud led by the company s top executives. | |
| March 18th, 2003 (March 18 2003) | Event | British Sign Language is recognised as an official British language. | |
| March 18th, 2003 (March 18 2003) | Death | Karl Kling, German race car driver (born in 1910) | |
| March 18th, 2003 (March 18 2003) | Death | Adam Osborne, British computer pioneer (born in 1939) | |
| March 18th, 2002 (March 18 2002) | Death | R.A. Lafferty, American science fiction writer (born in 1914) | |
| March 18th, 2002 (March 18 2002) | Death | Gosta Winbergh, Swedish tenor (born in 1943) | |
| March 18th, 2001 (March 18 2001) | Death | John Phillips, American musician (The Mamas and the Papas) (born in 1935) | |
| March 18th, 2000 (March 18 2000) | Death | Eberhard Bethge, German theologian (born in 1909) | |
| March 18th, 1999 (March 18 1999) | Death | Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator (born in 1905) | |
| March 18th, 1997 (March 18 1997) | Event | The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en-route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 on board and leading to the grounding of all An-24s. | |
| March 18th, 1996 (March 18 1996) | Event | A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162. | |
| March 18th, 1996 (March 18 1996) | Birth | Madeline Carroll, American actress | |
| March 18th, 1996 (March 18 1996) | Death | Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1911) | |
| March 18th, 1995 (March 18 1995) | Death | Robin Jacques, illustrator of children s books (born in 1920) | |
| March 18th, 1990 (March 18 1990) | Event | In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. | |
| March 18th, 1990 (March 18 1990) | Death | Robin Harris, American actor and comedian (born in 1953) | |
| March 18th, 1989 (March 18 1989) | Event | In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found in the Pyramid of Cheops. | |
| March 18th, 1988 (March 18 1988) | Death | Billy Butterfield, American jazz trumpeter (born in 1917) | |
| March 18th, 1987 (March 18 1987) | Birth | Mauro Zarate, Argentinian Footballer | |
| March 18th, 1987 (March 18 1987) | Birth | Gabriel Mercado, Argentinian Footballer | |
| March 18th, 1987 (March 18 1987) | Birth | Cesare Rickler, Italian footballer | |
| March 18th, 1986 (March 18 1986) | Birth | Bia Figueiredo, Brazilian racing driver | |
| March 18th, 1986 (March 18 1986) | Birth | Abdennour Cherif El Ouazzani, Algerian footballer | |
| March 18th, 1986 (March 18 1986) | Birth | Kaloyan Ivanov, Bulgarian basketball player | |
| March 18th, 1986 (March 18 1986) | Death | Bernard Malamud, American writer (born in 1914) | |
| March 18th, 1985 (March 18 1985) | Birth | Vince Lia, Australian Footballer | |
| March 18th, 1985 (March 18 1985) | Birth | Gennaro Esposito, Italian footballer | |
| March 18th, 1984 (March 18 1984) | Birth | Vonzell Solomon, American Idol Contestant | Solomon Quotes |
| March 18th, 1984 (March 18 1984) | Death | Charlie Lau, American baseball player (born in 1933) | |
| March 18th, 1983 (March 18 1983) | Birth | Andy Sonnanstine, American baseball player | |
| March 18th, 1983 (March 18 1983) | Birth | Tomasz Stolpa, Polish footballer | |
| March 18th, 1983 (March 18 1983) | Death | King Umberto II of Italy, (born in 1904) | |
| March 18th, 1983 (March 18 1983) | Death | Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist (born in 1910) | |
| March 18th, 1982 (March 18 1982) | Birth | Chad Cordero, American baseball player | |
| March 18th, 1982 (March 18 1982) | Birth | Timo Glock German Formula 1 driver | |
| March 18th, 1982 (March 18 1982) | Birth | Pedro Mantorras, Angolan footballer | |
| March 18th, 1981 (March 18 1981) | Birth | Jang Nara, Korean singer and actress | |
| March 18th, 1981 (March 18 1981) | Birth | Tora Berger, Norwegian biathlete | |
| March 18th, 1981 (March 18 1981) | Birth | Kasib Powell, American basketball player | |
| March 18th, 1980 (March 18 1980) | Event | At Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, 50 people are killed by an explosion of a Vostok-2M rocket on its launch pad during a fueling operation. | |
| March 18th, 1980 (March 18 1980) | Birth | Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater | |
| March 18th, 1980 (March 18 1980) | Birth | Sophia Myles, English actress | |
| March 18th, 1980 (March 18 1980) | Birth | Sebastien Frey, French footballer | |
| March 18th, 1980 (March 18 1980) | Death | Erich Fromm, German-born psychologist and philosopher (born in 1900) | Erich Fromm Quotes |
| March 18th, 1979 (March 18 1979) | Birth | Adam Levine, American singer (Maroon 5) | |
| March 18th, 1979 (March 18 1979) | Birth | Brandon Lee, American adult actor | |
| March 18th, 1979 (March 18 1979) | Birth | Danneel Harris, American actress | |
| March 18th, 1979 (March 18 1979) | Birth | Dramane Coulibaly, Malian footballer | |
| March 18th, 1979 (March 18 1979) | Birth | Anthony Maher, American soccer player | |
| March 18th, 1978 (March 18 1978) | Birth | Khalilah Adams, American actress | |
| March 18th, 1978 (March 18 1978) | Birth | Yoshie Takeshita, Japanese volleyball player | |
| March 18th, 1978 (March 18 1978) | Birth | Jan Bulis, Czech ice hockey player | |
| March 18th, 1978 (March 18 1978) | Birth | Jonas Wallerstedt, Swedish footballer | |
| March 18th, 1978 (March 18 1978) | Death | Leigh Brackett, American author (born in 1915) | |
| March 18th, 1978 (March 18 1978) | Death | Peggy Wood, American actress (born in 1892) | |
| March 18th, 1977 (March 18 1977) | Birth | Danny Murphy, English footballer | |
| March 18th, 1977 (March 18 1977) | Birth | Zdeno Chara, Slovak ice hockey player | |
| March 18th, 1977 (March 18 1977) | Birth | Devin Lima, American singer | |
| March 18th, 1977 (March 18 1977) | Birth | Willy Sagnol, French footballer | |
| March 18th, 1977 (March 18 1977) | Birth | Terrmel Sledge, American baseball player | |
| March 18th, 1977 (March 18 1977) | Birth | Fernando Rodney, Dominican baseball player | |
| March 18th, 1977 (March 18 1977) | Death | Marien Ngouabi, President of the Republic of the Congo (born in 1938) | |
| March 18th, 1977 (March 18 1977) | Death | Jose Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (born in 1944) | |
| March 18th, 1976 (March 18 1976) | Birth | Jovan Kirovski, American soccer player | |
| March 18th, 1976 (March 18 1976) | Birth | Tomokazu Ohka, Japanese baseball player | |
| March 18th, 1976 (March 18 1976) | Birth | Scott Podsednik, American baseball player | |
| March 18th, 1976 (March 18 1976) | Birth | Michael Spillane, American wrestler, better known as Mike Quackenbush | |
| March 18th, 1976 (March 18 1976) | Birth | Giovanna Antonelli, Brazilian actress | |
| March 18th, 1976 (March 18 1976) | Death | Giuseppe Genco Russo, Sicilian mafioso (born in 1893) | |
| March 18th, 1975 (March 18 1975) | Birth | Brian Griese, American football player | |
| March 18th, 1975 (March 18 1975) | Birth | Tomas Zvirgzdauskas, Lithuanian footballer | |
| March 18th, 1975 (March 18 1975) | Birth | Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, and dancer | |
| March 18th, 1975 (March 18 1975) | Birth | Rodleen Getsic, American musician, civil servant | |
| March 18th, 1975 (March 18 1975) | Death | Alain Grandbois, Quebec poet (born in 1900) | |
| March 18th, 1974 (March 18 1974) | Event | Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan. | |
| March 18th, 1974 (March 18 1974) | Birth | Laure Savasta, French basketball player | |
| March 18th, 1973 (March 18 1973) | Birth | Max Barry, Australian author | |
| March 18th, 1973 (March 18 1973) | Birth | Luci Christian, American voice actress | |
| March 18th, 1973 (March 18 1973) | Death | Lauritz Melchior, Danish-born American opera singer (born in 1890) | |
| March 18th, 1972 (March 18 1972) | Birth | Dane Cook, American comedian and actor | |
| March 18th, 1972 (March 18 1972) | Birth | Anja Mollenbeck, German discus thrower | |
| March 18th, 1972 (March 18 1972) | Birth | Nathan Quarry, American mixed martial arts fighter | Martial Quotes |
| March 18th, 1971 (March 18 1971) | Event | A landslide at Chungar, Peru crashes into Lake Yanahuani killing 200. | |
| March 18th, 1970 (March 18 1970) | Event | Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. | |
| March 18th, 1970 (March 18 1970) | Birth | Queen Latifah, American singer and actress | Queen Latifah Quotes |
| March 18th, 1969 (March 18 1969) | Birth | Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukrainian chess player | |
| March 18th, 1969 (March 18 1969) | Birth | Shaun Udal, English cricketer | |
| March 18th, 1969 (March 18 1969) | Birth | Andy Cutting, English folk musician and composer | |
| March 18th, 1969 (March 18 1969) | Death | Barbara Bates, American film actress (born in 1925) | |
| March 18th, 1968 (March 18 1968) | Event | Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency. | |
| March 18th, 1968 (March 18 1968) | Birth | Shinichiro Miki, Japanese seiyu (voice actor) | |
| March 18th, 1968 (March 18 1968) | Birth | Eudes, duc d Angouleme, French prince | |
| March 18th, 1968 (March 18 1968) | Birth | Paul Marsden, British politician | |
| March 18th, 1967 (March 18 1967) | Event | The Supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast. | |
| March 18th, 1967 (March 18 1967) | Birth | Miki Berenyi, English singer (Lush) | |
| March 18th, 1967 (March 18 1967) | Birth | Ken Edenfield, American basenall player | |
| March 18th, 1966 (March 18 1966) | Birth | Jerry Cantrell, American musician | |
| March 18th, 1966 (March 18 1966) | Birth | Daniel S. Nevins, American rabbi | |
| March 18th, 1965 (March 18 1965) | Event | Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space. | |
| March 18th, 1965 (March 18 1965) | Birth | Yoriko Douguchi, Japanese actress | |
| March 18th, 1965 (March 18 1965) | Birth | Birgit Clarius, German heptathlete | |
| March 18th, 1965 (March 18 1965) | Death | King Farouk I of Egypt (born in 1920) | |
| March 18th, 1964 (March 18 1964) | Birth | Bonnie Blair, American speed skater | |
| March 18th, 1964 (March 18 1964) | Birth | Courtney Pine, British jazz saxophonist | |
| March 18th, 1964 (March 18 1964) | Birth | Rozalla, Zambian singer | |
| March 18th, 1964 (March 18 1964) | Birth | Alex Caffi, Italian racecar driver | |
| March 18th, 1964 (March 18 1964) | Birth | Paul Elliott, English footballer | |
| March 18th, 1964 (March 18 1964) | Death | Sigfrid Edstrom, Swedish sports official (born in 1870) | |
| March 18th, 1963 (March 18 1963) | Birth | Jeff LaBar, American guitarist | |
| March 18th, 1963 (March 18 1963) | Birth | Vanessa L. Williams, American beauty queen, actress, and singer | |
| March 18th, 1963 (March 18 1963) | Birth | Keith Brown, English cricketer | |
| March 18th, 1963 (March 18 1963) | Death | Wanda Hawley, American actress (born in 1895) | |
| March 18th, 1962 (March 18 1962) | Event | The Evian Accords put an end to the Algerian War of Independence, which began in 1954. | |
| March 18th, 1962 (March 18 1962) | Birth | Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor | |
| March 18th, 1962 (March 18 1962) | Birth | James McMurtry, American folk singer/songwriter | |
| March 18th, 1962 (March 18 1962) | Birth | Mike Rowe, American television personality | |
| March 18th, 1962 (March 18 1962) | Birth | Etsushi Toyokawa, Japanese actor | |
| March 18th, 1962 (March 18 1962) | Birth | Brian Fisher, American baseball player | |
| March 18th, 1962 (March 18 1962) | Death | Walter W. Bacon, Governor of Delaware (born in 1880) | |
| March 18th, 1960 (March 18 1960) | Birth | Richard Biggs, American actor (died in 2004) | |
| March 18th, 1960 (March 18 1960) | Birth | Guy Carbonneau, Canadian ice hockey player and manager | |
| March 18th, 1960 (March 18 1960) | Birth | James MacPherson, Scottish actor | |
| March 18th, 1959 (March 18 1959) | Event | President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21. | Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes |
| March 18th, 1959 (March 18 1959) | Birth | Luc Besson, French producer, writer, and director | |
| March 18th, 1959 (March 18 1959) | Birth | Irene Cara, American actress and singer | |
| March 18th, 1957 (March 18 1957) | Birth | Gyorgy Pazdera, Hungarian bassist (Pokolgep) | |
| March 18th, 1957 (March 18 1957) | Birth | Christer Fuglesang, Swedish ESA astronaut | |
| March 18th, 1956 (March 18 1956) | Birth | Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish skier | |
| March 18th, 1956 (March 18 1956) | Birth | Deborah Jeane Palfrey | |
| March 18th, 1955 (March 18 1955) | Birth | Francis G. Slay, Mayor of St. Louis, Mo. | |
| March 18th, 1953 (March 18 1953) | Event | An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 250. | |
| March 18th, 1952 (March 18 1952) | Birth | Mike Webster, American football player (died in 2002) | |
| March 18th, 1951 (March 18 1951) | Birth | Bill Frisell, American jazz musician | |
| March 18th, 1951 (March 18 1951) | Birth | Ben Cohen, American co-founder of Ben & Jerry s ice cream | |
| March 18th, 1950 (March 18 1950) | Birth | Brad Dourif, American actor | |
| March 18th, 1950 (March 18 1950) | Birth | Richard Kretchmer, English artist and historian | |
| March 18th, 1950 (March 18 1950) | Birth | Rodney Milburn, American athlete (died in 1997) | |
| March 18th, 1950 (March 18 1950) | Birth | Eiji Okuda, Japanese actor and film director | |
| March 18th, 1950 (March 18 1950) | Birth | Larry Perkins, Australian racing driver | |
| March 18th, 1950 (March 18 1950) | Birth | John Hartman, American drummer (Doobie Brothers | John Hart Quotes |
| March 18th, 1949 (March 18 1949) | Birth | Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player | |
| March 18th, 1949 (March 18 1949) | Birth | Ase Kleveland, Norwegian singer and politician | |
| March 18th, 1949 (March 18 1949) | Birth | Hannu Siitonen, Finnish athlete | |
| March 18th, 1948 (March 18 1948) | Event | Soviet consultants have left Yugoslavia in first sign of Tito-Stalin split. | |
| March 18th, 1948 (March 18 1948) | Birth | Guy Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| March 18th, 1948 (March 18 1948) | Birth | Lockwood Phillips, American radio host | |
| March 18th, 1948 (March 18 1948) | Birth | Brian Lloyd, Welsh footballer | |
| March 18th, 1947 (March 18 1947) | Birth | B.J. Wilson, English drummer (died in 1990) | |
| March 18th, 1947 (March 18 1947) | Birth | Patrick Chesnais, French actor | |
| March 18th, 1947 (March 18 1947) | Birth | Patrick Barlow, English actor, comedian and playwright | |
| March 18th, 1947 (March 18 1947) | Birth | Roger Kenneth Evans, English politician | Evans Quotes |
| March 18th, 1947 (March 18 1947) | Birth | Heather Ryan, American model and former Playmate of the Month | |
| March 18th, 1947 (March 18 1947) | Death | William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (born in 1861) | |
| March 18th, 1946 (March 18 1946) | Event | Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Soviet Union are established. | |
| March 18th, 1946 (March 18 1946) | Birth | Martyn Griffiths, British racing driver | |
| March 18th, 1946 (March 18 1946) | Birth | Michel Leclere, French racing driver | |
| March 18th, 1945 (March 18 1945) | Event | World War II: 1,250 American bombers attack Berlin. | |
| March 18th, 1945 (March 18 1945) | Birth | Joy Fielding, Canadian novelist and actress | |
| March 18th, 1945 (March 18 1945) | Birth | Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer | |
| March 18th, 1945 (March 18 1945) | Birth | Michael Reagan, American radio host and adopted son of Ronald Reagan | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| March 18th, 1945 (March 18 1945) | Death | William Grover-Williams, British racing driver | |
| March 18th, 1944 (March 18 1944) | Event | The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy kills 26 and causes thousands to flee their homes. | |
| March 18th, 1944 (March 18 1944) | Birth | Dick Smith, Australian Adventurer and Businessman | |
| March 18th, 1944 (March 18 1944) | Birth | Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli military leader and politician | Israel Shahak Quotes |
| March 18th, 1943 (March 18 1943) | Birth | Kevin Dobson, American actor | |
| March 18th, 1943 (March 18 1943) | Birth | Toula Grivas, Greek actress | |
| March 18th, 1941 (March 18 1941) | Birth | Wilson Pickett, American singer (died in 2006) | |
| March 18th, 1941 (March 18 1941) | Birth | John W. Derr, American politician | |
| March 18th, 1941 (March 18 1941) | Death | Henri Cornet, French cyclist (born in 1884) | |
| March 18th, 1940 (March 18 1940) | Event | World War II: Axis PowersAdolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom. | Benito Mussolini Quotes |
| March 18th, 1939 (March 18 1939) | Birth | Ron Atkinson, English former footballer and manager | |
| March 18th, 1939 (March 18 1939) | Birth | Giannis Markopoulos, Greek composer | |
| March 18th, 1939 (March 18 1939) | Birth | Kenny Lynch, British entertainer | |
| March 18th, 1939 (March 18 1939) | Death | Henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian and religious leader (born in 1859) | |
| March 18th, 1938 (March 18 1938) | Event | Mexico nationalizes all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders. | |
| March 18th, 1938 (March 18 1938) | Birth | Charley Pride, American musician | |
| March 18th, 1938 (March 18 1938) | Birth | Shashi Kapoor, Indian Actor | |
| March 18th, 1938 (March 18 1938) | Birth | Timo Makinen, Finnish race car driver | |
| March 18th, 1937 (March 18 1937) | Event | The New London School explosion kills three hundred, mostly children. | |
| March 18th, 1937 (March 18 1937) | Event | Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara. | |
| March 18th, 1937 (March 18 1937) | Event | The human-powered aircraft, Pedaliante, flies 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) outside Milan. | |
| March 18th, 1937 (March 18 1937) | Birth | Mark Donohue, American race car driver (died in 1975) | |
| March 18th, 1937 (March 18 1937) | Birth | Rudi Altig, German cyclist | |
| March 18th, 1936 (March 18 1936) | Birth | Frederik Willem de Klerk, President of South Africa, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize | |
| March 18th, 1936 (March 18 1936) | Death | Eleftherios Venizelos, Former Prime minister of Greece | |
| March 18th, 1935 (March 18 1935) | Birth | Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician | |
| March 18th, 1934 (March 18 1934) | Birth | Roy Chapman, English footballer and manager (died in 1983) | |
| March 18th, 1932 (March 18 1932) | Birth | John Updike, American author | John Updike Quotes |
| March 18th, 1931 (March 18 1931) | Birth | John Fraser, Scottish-born stage, film and television actor | John Scott Quotes |
| March 18th, 1931 (March 18 1931) | Birth | John Mollo, British costume designer | |
| March 18th, 1930 (March 18 1930) | Birth | Pat Halcox, British musician | |
| March 18th, 1929 (March 18 1929) | Birth | John Macurdy, American bass | |
| March 18th, 1928 (March 18 1928) | Birth | Julia Mullock, Princess of Korea | |
| March 18th, 1928 (March 18 1928) | Birth | Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist | |
| March 18th, 1928 (March 18 1928) | Birth | Fidel V. Ramos, President of the Philippines | |
| March 18th, 1927 (March 18 1927) | Birth | John Kander, American songwriter | |
| March 18th, 1927 (March 18 1927) | Birth | George Plimpton, American writer and actor (died in 2003) | |
| March 18th, 1926 (March 18 1926) | Birth | Peter Graves, American actor | |
| March 18th, 1926 (March 18 1926) | Birth | Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (died in 1997) | |
| March 18th, 1925 (March 18 1925) | Event | The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. | |
| March 18th, 1923 (March 18 1923) | Birth | Andy Granatelli, American motorsports entrepreneur | |
| March 18th, 1922 (March 18 1922) | Event | In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. He would serve only 2 years. | |
| March 18th, 1922 (March 18 1922) | Event | The first public celebration of Bat mitzvah, for the daughter of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, is held in New York City. | |
| March 18th, 1922 (March 18 1922) | Birth | Egon Bahr, German politician | |
| March 18th, 1922 (March 18 1922) | Birth | Fred Shuttlesworth, American civil rights movement leader | |
| March 18th, 1921 (March 18 1921) | Event | The second Peace of Riga between Poland and Soviet Union. | |
| March 18th, 1920 (March 18 1920) | Birth | Jack Warden, American actor (d.2006) | |
| March 18th, 1919 (March 18 1919) | Birth | Christopher Challis, British cinematographer | |
| March 18th, 1918 (March 18 1918) | Birth | Al Benton, American baseball player (died in 1968) | |
| March 18th, 1918 (March 18 1918) | Birth | Bob Broeg, American sports writer (died in 2005) | |
| March 18th, 1917 (March 18 1917) | Birth | Frederika of Hanover, queen of the Hellenes (died in 1981) | |
| March 18th, 1915 (March 18 1915) | Event | World War I: Massive naval attack in Battle of Gallipoli. Three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles. | |
| March 18th, 1915 (March 18 1915) | Birth | Richard Condon, American novelist (died in 1996) | |
| March 18th, 1913 (March 18 1913) | Event | King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki. | |
| March 18th, 1913 (March 18 1913) | Birth | Rene Clement, French film director and screenwriter (died in 1996) | |
| March 18th, 1913 (March 18 1913) | Birth | Werner Molders, German WWII fighter pilot (died in 1941) | |
| March 18th, 1913 (March 18 1913) | Birth | Reinhard Hardegen, German U-Boat commander | |
| March 18th, 1913 (March 18 1913) | Death | King George I of Greece (born in 1845) | |
| March 18th, 1911 (March 18 1911) | Birth | Smiley Burnette, American singer and songwriter (died in 1967) | |
| March 18th, 1910 (March 18 1910) | Birth | Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (died in 1988) | |
| March 18th, 1909 (March 18 1909) | Event | Einar Dessau uses a short-wave radio transmitter, becoming the first radio broadcaster. | |
| March 18th, 1909 (March 18 1909) | Birth | Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (died in 2007) | |
| March 18th, 1907 (March 18 1907) | Birth | John Zachary Young, British biologist (died in 1997) | |
| March 18th, 1907 (March 18 1907) | Death | Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (born in 1827) | |
| March 18th, 1906 (March 18 1906) | Event | Traian Vuia flies a self-propelled heavier-than-air aircraft. | |
| March 18th, 1905 (March 18 1905) | Birth | Robert Donat, English actor (died in 1958) | |
| March 18th, 1905 (March 18 1905) | Birth | Thomas Townsend Brown, American scientist (died in 1985) | |
| March 18th, 1904 (March 18 1904) | Birth | Srecko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (died in 1926) | |
| March 18th, 1901 (March 18 1901) | Birth | William H. Johnson, African-American artist of the Harlem Renaissance (died in 1970) | |
| March 18th, 1898 (March 18 1898) | Birth | Jake Swirbul, American aircraft manufacturer (died in 1960) | |
| March 18th, 1898 (March 18 1898) | Death | Matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (born in 1826) | |
| March 18th, 1893 (March 18 1893) | Event | 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. | |
| March 18th, 1893 (March 18 1893) | Birth | Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (died in 1978) | |
| March 18th, 1893 (March 18 1893) | Birth | Wilfred Owen, British poet (died in 1918) | |
| March 18th, 1893 (March 18 1893) | Birth | Jean Goldkette, Greek-born jazz musician (died in 1962) | |
| March 18th, 1886 (March 18 1886) | Birth | Edward Everett Horton, American actor (died in 1970) | Edward Vere Quotes |
| March 18th, 1882 (March 18 1882) | Birth | Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer (died in 1973) | |
| March 18th, 1877 (March 18 1877) | Birth | Edgar Cayce, American psychic (died in 1945) | |
| March 18th, 1877 (March 18 1877) | Birth | Clem Hill, Australian cricketer (died in 1945) | |
| March 18th, 1874 (March 18 1874) | Event | Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights. | |
| March 18th, 1874 (March 18 1874) | Birth | Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian philosopher (died in 1948) | Philo Quotes |
| March 18th, 1872 (March 18 1872) | Birth | Anna Held, Polish actress and singer (died in 1918) | |
| March 18th, 1871 (March 18 1871) | Event | Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders evacuation of Paris. | |
| March 18th, 1871 (March 18 1871) | Death | Augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (born in 1806) | |
| March 18th, 1869 (March 18 1869) | Birth | Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died in 1940) | |
| March 18th, 1865 (March 18 1865) | Event | American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States of America adjourns for the last time. | |
| March 18th, 1858 (March 18 1858) | Birth | Rudolf Diesel, German inventor (died in 1913) | |
| March 18th, 1850 (March 18 1850) | Event | American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo. | O. Henry Quotes |
| March 18th, 1848 (March 18 1848) | Birth | Nathanael Herreshoff, American naval architect (died in 1938) | |
| March 18th, 1848 (March 18 1848) | Birth | Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria (died in 1939) | |
| March 18th, 1844 (March 18 1844) | Birth | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (died in 1908) | |
| March 18th, 1842 (March 18 1842) | Birth | Stephane Mallarme, French poet (died in 1898) | Stephane Mallarme Quotes |
| March 18th, 1840 (March 18 1840) | Birth | William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (died in 1901) | |
| March 18th, 1837 (March 18 1837) | Birth | Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (died in 1908) | Grover Cleveland Quotes |
| March 18th, 1835 (March 18 1835) | Death | Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat (born in 1769) | |
| March 18th, 1834 (March 18 1834) | Event | Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union. | |
| March 18th, 1828 (March 18 1828) | Birth | William Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died in 1908) | |
| March 18th, 1823 (March 18 1823) | Birth | Antoine Eugene Alfred Chanzy, French general (died in 1883) | |
| March 18th, 1823 (March 18 1823) | Death | Jean-Baptiste Breval, French composer (born in 1753) | |
| March 18th, 1813 (March 18 1813) | Birth | Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German writer (died in 1864) | |
| March 18th, 1793 (March 18 1793) | Event | The first republican state in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann. | |
| March 18th, 1782 (March 18 1782) | Birth | John C. Calhoun, 7th Vice President of the United States (died in 1850) | John C. Calhoun Quotes |
| March 18th, 1781 (March 18 1781) | Event | Charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92 | |
| March 18th, 1781 (March 18 1781) | Death | Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (born in 1727) | |
| March 18th, 1780 (March 18 1780) | Birth | Milos Obrenovic, Leader of The Second Serbian Uprising and Prince of Serbia (died in 1860) | |
| March 18th, 1768 (March 18 1768) | Death | Laurence Sterne, Irish writer (born in 1713) | Laurence Sterne Quotes |
| March 18th, 1766 (March 18 1766) | Event | American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, which had been very unpopular in the British colonies. | |
| March 18th, 1746 (March 18 1746) | Death | Anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russia (born in 1718) | |
| March 18th, 1745 (March 18 1745) | Death | Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1676) | |
| March 18th, 1701 (March 18 1701) | Birth | Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (died in 1776) | |
| March 18th, 1696 (March 18 1696) | Death | Robert Charnock, English conspirator | |
| March 18th, 1690 (March 18 1690) | Birth | Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician (died in 1764) | |
| March 18th, 1689 (March 18 1689) | Death | John Dixwell, English judge (born in 1607) | |
| March 18th, 1685 (March 18 1685) | Birth | Ralph Ersine, Scottish minister (died in 1752) | |
| March 18th, 1679 (March 18 1679) | Birth | Matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (died in 1759) | |
| March 18th, 1675 (March 18 1675) | Death | Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (born in 1606) | |
| March 18th, 1673 (March 18 1673) | Event | John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sells his part of New Jersey to the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers. | |
| March 18th, 1657 (March 18 1657) | Birth | Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (died in 1743) | |
| March 18th, 1640 (March 18 1640) | Birth | Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (died in 1719) | |
| March 18th, 1634 (March 18 1634) | Birth | Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (died in 1693) | |
| March 18th, 1608 (March 18 1608) | Event | Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia. | |
| March 18th, 1603 (March 18 1603) | Birth | Simon Bradstreet, Massachusetts Bay colonist (died in 1693) | |
| March 18th, 1602 (March 18 1602) | Birth | Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (died in 1679) | |
| March 18th, 1590 (March 18 1590) | Birth | Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet (died in 1649) | |
| March 18th, 1584 (March 18 1584) | Death | Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (born in 1530) | |
| March 18th, 1583 (March 18 1583) | Death | King Magnus of Livonia (born in 1540) | |
| March 18th, 1555 (March 18 1555) | Birth | Francois, Duke of Anjou (died in 1584) | |
| March 18th, 1496 (March 18 1496) | Birth | Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and queen consort of Louis XII of France (died in 1533) | |
| March 18th, 1438 (March 18 1438) | Event | Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of Germany. | |
| March 18th, 1395 (March 18 1395) | Birth | John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader (died in 1447) | |
| March 18th, 1325 (March 18 1325) | Event | According to legend, Tenochtitlan is founded on this date. The event is depicted on the Mexican coat of arms. | |
| March 18th, 1314 (March 18 1314) | Event | Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake. | Jacques de Molay Quotes |
| March 18th, 1314 (March 18 1314) | Death | Jacques DeMolay, Frankish noble, the 23rd Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b.1244) | |
| March 18th, 1241 (March 18 1241) | Event | Krakow is ravaged by Mongols. | |
| March 18th, 1229 (March 18 1229) | Event | Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor declares himself King of Jerusalem during the Sixth Crusade. | |
| March 18th, 1227 (March 18 1227) | Death | Pope Honorius III (born in 1148) | |
| March 18th, 0978 (March 18 0978) | Death | King Edward the Martyr of England | |
