On this day 18th March
Some notable facts about this date, for more, visit http://www.onthisday.com
Facts
1123 1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome, agreements of the Concordat of Worms ratified
1314 Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake by King Philip IV of France
1325 According to legend, Tenochtitlan is founded on this date. The event is depicted on the Mexican coat of arms.
1900 Japan uses its influence over Korea to deny Russia's efforts to obtain a naval station at Korean Port of Masampo, the lead up to the Russo-Japanese war
1922 British magistrates in India sentence Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years imprisonment for disobedience
1940 Benito Mussolini and Italy join Hitler in Germany's war against France & Britain
1965 Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space
1968 US Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve
1978 Former Pakistani premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death
1990 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists
1997 Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die
2014 Russia formally annexes Crimea, previously part of Ukraine. by signing Treaty on Accession
Deaths
235 Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered
978 Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15
1745 Robert Walpole, 1st British Prime Minister (Whig: 1721-42), dies at 68
1956 Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85
1990 Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36
2007 Bob Woolmer, South African cricketer and Pakistan national coach (b. 1948)
2009 Natasha Richardson, English actress (Gothic, Handmaid's Tale), dies of a traumatic brain injury at 45
2016 Joe Santos, American actor (Rockford files), dies at 84
2017 Chuck Berry [Charles Andersen], American rock n' roll guitarist and singer-songwriter, dies at 90
Sport
1875 36th Grand National: Mr Tommy Pickernell aboard Pathfinder wins
1930 Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game
1959 Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws
1991 Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round
2012 Superleague Greece football match between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos is abandoned after fans set fire to Athens' Olympic Stadium
Films and TV
1985 Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC
1992 Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
Born on this day
1969 Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukrainian chess player
1970 Queen Latifah, American rapper and actress (Khadijah James-Living Single), born in Newark, New Jersey
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Joe Santos
Chuck Berry
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