Sunday, March 18, 2018

History for March 18

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History for March 18 - On-This-Day.com:
Grover Cleveland 1837, Rudolf Diesel 1858, Neville Chamberlain 1869
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Peter Graves 1926 - Actor, John Updike 1932 - Author, Vanessa Williams 1963 - Singer, actress
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1881 - Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opened in Madison Square Gardens.
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1899 - Phoebe, a moon of the planet Saturn, was discovered.
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1931 - Schick Inc. displayed the first electric shaver.
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1940 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a meeting at the Brenner Pass. The Italian dictator agreed to join in Germany's war against France and Britain during the meeting.
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1949 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was ratified.
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1952 - In Philadelphia, PA, the first plastic lenses were fitted for a cataract patient.
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1963 - The U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Miranda decision concerning legal council for defendants.
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1992 - Leona Hemsly was sentenced to 4 years in prison for tax evasion.
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