March 18

Events

• 1068 - An earthquake in the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula, leaves up to 20,000 dead.
• 1229 - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares himself King of Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade.
• 1241 - First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongols overwhelm Polish armies in Kraków in the Battle of Chmielnik and plunder the city.
• 1314 - Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and final Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake.
• 1438 - Albert II of Habsburg becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1608 - Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
• 1644 - The Third Anglo-Powhatan War begins in the Colony of Virginia.
• 1741 - New York governor George Clarke's complex at Fort George is burned in an arson attack, starting the New York Conspiracy of 1741.
• 1766 - American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
• 1793 - The first modern republic in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
• 1793 - Flanders Campaign of the French Revolution, Battle of Neerwinden.
• 1834 - Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
• 1848 - March Revolution: In Berlin there is a struggle between citizens and military, costing about 300 lives.
• 1850 - American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
• 1865 - American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
• 1871 - Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
• 1874 - Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
• 1892 - Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
• 1900 - AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
• 1902 - Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
• 1913 - King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
• 1915 - World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
• 1921 - The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
• 1921 - The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
• 1922 - In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two.
• 1925 - The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
• 1937 - The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
• 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
• 1938 - Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
• 1940 - World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
• 1942 - The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody.
• 1944 - Mount Vesuvius in Italy erupts, killing 26 people, causing thousands to flee their homes, and destroying dozens of Allied bombers.
• 1948 - Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito–Stalin Split.
• 1953 - An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
• 1959 - The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
• 1962 - The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
• 1965 - Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
• 1967 - The supertanker runs aground off the Cornish coast.
• 1968 - Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
• 1969 - The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
• 1970 - Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
• 1971 - Peru: a landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
• 1980 - A Vostok-2M rocket at Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 explodes during a fueling operation, killing 48 people.
• 1990 - Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
• 1990 - In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $500 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
• 1994 - Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending war between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 1996 - A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people.
• 1997 - 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 people on board.
• 2014 - The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty.
• 2015 - The Bardo National Museum in Tunisia is attacked by gunmen. 23 people, almost all tourists, are killed, and at least 50 other people are wounded.

  Births

• 1075 - Al-Zamakhshari, Persian scholar and theologian
• 1395 - John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military commander
• 1495 - Mary Tudor, Queen of France
• 1548 - Cornelis Ketel, Dutch painter
• 1552 - Polykarp Leyser the Elder, German theologian
• 1555 - Francis, Duke of Anjou
• 1578 - Adam Elsheimer, German painter
• 1590 - Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet
• 1597 - Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière, French religious leader, founded the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal
• 1603 - Simon Bradstreet, English colonial magistrate
• 1609 - Frederick III of Denmark
• 1634 - Madame de La Fayette, French author
• 1640 - Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer
• 1657 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer
• 1690 - Christian Goldbach, Prussian-German mathematician and academic
• 1701 - Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Swedish East India Company
• 1733 - Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, German author and bookseller
• 1780 - Miloš Obrenović, Serbian prince
• 1782 - John C. Calhoun, American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States
• 1789 - Charlotte Elliott, English poet, hymn writer, editor
• 1798 - Francis Lieber, German-American jurist and philosopher
• 1800 - Harriet Smithson, Irish actress, the first wife and muse of Hector Berlioz
• 1813 - Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright
• 1814 - Jacob Bunn, American businessman
• 1819 - James McCulloch, Scottish-Australian politician, 5th Premier of Victoria
• 1820 - John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy
• 1823 - Antoine Chanzy, French general
• 1828 - Randal Cremer, English activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1837 - Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States
• 1840 - William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic
• 1842 - Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic
• 1844 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and academic
• 1846 - Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader
• 1848 - Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, American architect and engineer
• 1858 - Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel engine
• 1862 - Eugène Jansson, Swedish painter
• 1863 - William Sulzer, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of New York
• 1869 - Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1870 - Agnes Sime Baxter, Canadian mathematician
• 1874 - Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian-French philosopher and theologian
• 1877 - Edgar Cayce, American mystic and psychic
• 1877 - Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and engineer
• 1878 - Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman
• 1882 - Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator
• 1884 - Bernard Cronin, English-Australian journalist and author
• 1886 - Edward Everett Horton, American actor, singer, and dancer
• 1890 - Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter
• 1893 - Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist
• 1893 - Wilfred Owen, English soldier and poet
• 1901 - Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian mystic, author and philosopher
• 1901 - William Johnson, American painter
• 1903 - Galeazzo Ciano, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1903 - E. O. Plauen, German cartoonist
• 1904 - Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet and author
• 1904 - Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist
• 1905 - Thomas Townsend Brown, American physicist and engineer
• 1905 - Robert Donat, English actor
• 1907 - John Zachary Young, English zoologist and neurophysiologist
• 1908 - Loulou Gasté, French composer
• 1909 - Ernest Gallo, American businessman, co-founded the E & J Gallo Winery
• 1909 - C. Walter Hodges, English author and illustrator
• 1911 - Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1912 - Art Gilmore, American voice actor and announcer
• 1913 - René Clément, French director and screenwriter
• 1913 - Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot
• 1915 - Richard Condon, American author and screenwriter
• 1922 - Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany
• 1922 - Seymour Martin Lipset, American sociologist and academic
• 1922 - Fred Shuttlesworth, American activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• 1923 - Andy Granatelli, American race car driver and businessman
• 1925 - Alessandro Alessandroni, Italian musician
• 1925 - James Pickles, English journalist, lawyer, and judge
• 1926 - Peter Graves, American actor and director
• 1927 - John Kander, American pianist and composer
• 1927 - George Plimpton, American journalist and actor
• 1927 - Lillian Vernon, German-American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Lillian Vernon Company
• 1928 - Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist
• 1928 - Fidel V. Ramos, Filipino general and politician, 12th President of the Philippines
• 1929 - Samuel Pisar, Polish-American lawyer and author
• 1930 - James J. Andrews, American mathematician and academic
• 1931 - John Fraser, Scottish actor
• 1932 - John Updike, American novelist, short story writer, and critic
• 1933 - Unita Blackwell, American civil rights activist and politician
• 1934 - Roy Chapman, English footballer and manager
• 1934 - Charley Pride, American country music singer and musician
• 1935 - Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician and statistician
• 1935 - Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author
• 1936 - F. W. de Klerk, South African lawyer and politician, 2nd State President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 - Rudi Altig, German cyclist and sportscaster
• 1937 - Mark Donohue, American race car driver
• 1938 - Carl Gottlieb, American actor and screenwriter
• 1938 - Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor and producer
• 1938 - Kenny Lynch, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1938 - Timo Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver
• 1938 - Machiko Soga, Japanese actress
• 1939 - Ron Atkinson, English footballer and manager
• 1939 - Jean-Pierre Wallez, French violinist and conductor
• 1941 - Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter
• 1942 - Kathleen Collins, African-American filmmaker and playwright
• 1943 - Dennis Linde, American singer-songwriter
• 1944 - Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli general and politician, 22nd Transportation Minister of Israel
• 1944 - Frank McRae, American football player and actor
• 1944 - Dick Smith, Australian publisher and businessman, founded Dick Smith Electronics and Australian Geographic
• 1945 - Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer
• 1945 - Michael Reagan, American journalist and radio host
• 1945 - Susan Tyrrell, American actress
• 1945 - Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1946 - Michel Leclère, French race car driver
• 1947 - Patrick Barlow, English actor and playwright
• 1947 - Patrick Chesnais, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1947 - David Lloyd, English cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster
• 1947 - B. J. Wilson, English rock drummer
• 1948 - Guy Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1948 - Brian Lloyd, Welsh footballer
• 1948 - Eknath Solkar, Indian cricketer
• 1949 - Åse Kleveland, Norwegian singer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture
• 1950 - James Conlon, American conductor and educator
• 1950 - Brad Dourif, American actor
• 1950 - Linda Partridge, English geneticist and academic
• 1950 - Larry Perkins, Australian race car driver
• 1951 - Paul Barber, English actor
• 1951 - Ben Cohen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Ben and Jerry's
• 1951 - Bill Frisell, American guitarist and composer
• 1951 - Timothy N. Philpot, American lawyer, author, and judge
• 1952 - Will Durst, American journalist and actor
• 1952 - Pat Eddery, Irish jockey and trainer
• 1952 - Bernie Tormé, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 - Mike Webster, American football player
• 1953 - Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator
• 1953 - Takashi Yoshimatsu, Japanese composer
• 1955 - Francis G. Slay, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of St. Louis
• 1955 - Jeff Stelling, English journalist and game show host
• 1956 - Rick Martel, Canadian wrestler
• 1956 - Deborah Jeane Palfrey, American madam
• 1956 - Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish skier
• 1957 - Christer Fuglesang, Swedish physicist and astronaut
• 1958 - Richard de Zoysa, Sri Lankan journalist and author
• 1959 - Luc Besson, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded EuropaCorp
• 1960 - Richard Biggs, American actor
• 1960 - Guy Carbonneau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 - James Plaskett, Cypriot-English chess player
• 1961 - Grant Hart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 - Michael Andrews, Australian rugby league player
• 1962 - Irene Cara, American singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
• 1962 - Brian Fisher, American baseball player
• 1962 - Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor and martial artist
• 1962 - James McMurtry, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1962 - Etsushi Toyokawa, Japanese actor and director
• 1962 - Volker Weidler, German race car driver and engineer
• 1963 - Jeff LaBar, American guitarist
• 1963 - Vanessa L. Williams, American model, actress, and singer
• 1964 - Bonnie Blair, American speed skater
• 1964 - Alex Caffi, Italian race car driver
• 1964 - Jo Churchill, British politician
• 1964 - Courtney Pine, English saxophonist and clarinet player
• 1964 - Isabel Noronha, Mozambican film director
• 1966 - Jerry Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1966 - Peter Jones, English businessman
• 1966 - Brian Watts, Canadian golfer
• 1967 - Miki Berenyi, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 - Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême
• 1968 - Miguel Herrera, Mexican footballer and manager
• 1968 - Temur Ketsbaia, Georgian footballer and manager
• 1968 - Paul Marsden, English businessman and politician
• 1969 - Andy Cutting, English accordion player and composer
• 1969 - Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukrainian chess player
• 1969 - Shaun Udal, English cricketer
• 1970 - Queen Latifah, American rapper, producer, and actress
• 1971 - Wayne Arthurs, Australian tennis player
• 1971 - Mike Bell, American wrestler
• 1971 - Mariaan de Swardt, South African-American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1971 - Kitty Ussher, English economist and politician
• 1972 - Dane Cook, American comedian, actor, director, and producer
• 1972 - Reince Priebus, American lawyer and politician
• 1973 - Luci Christian, American voice actress and screenwriter
• 1974 - Laure Savasta, French basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1974 - Stuart Zender, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1975 - Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1975 - Brian Griese, American football player and sportscaster
• 1975 - Kimmo Timonen, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1975 - Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1976 - Giovanna Antonelli, Brazilian actress and producer
• 1976 - Tomo Ohka, Japanese baseball player
• 1976 - Scott Podsednik, American baseball player
• 1976 - Mike Quackenbush, American wrestler, trainer, and author, founded Chikara wrestling promotion
• 1977 - Zdeno Chára, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1977 - Danny Murphy, English international footballer, midfielder and sportscaster
• 1977 - Fernando Rodney, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1977 - Willy Sagnol, French footballer and manager
• 1977 - Terrmel Sledge, American baseball player and coach
• 1978 - Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1978 - Brooke Hanson, Australian swimmer
• 1978 - Brian Scalabrine, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1978 - Jonas Wallerstedt, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager
• 1979 - Adam Levine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and television personality
• 1980 - Sébastien Frey, French footballer
• 1980 - Sophia Myles, English actress
• 1980 - Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater
• 1981 - Tora Berger, Norwegian biathlete
• 1981 - Fabian Cancellara, Swiss cyclist
• 1981 - Leslie Djhone, French sprinter
• 1981 - Jang Na-ra, South Korean singer and actress
• 1981 - Kasib Powell, American basketball player
• 1981 - Tom Starke, German footballer
• 1981 - Doug Warren, American soccer player
• 1981 - Lovro Zovko, Croatian tennis player
• 1982 - Mantorras, Angolan footballer
• 1982 - Chad Cordero, American baseball player
• 1982 - Timo Glock, German race car driver
• 1982 - Adam Pally, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1983 - Ethan Carter III, American wrestler
• 1983 - Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro, French tennis player
• 1983 - Andy Sonnanstine, American baseball player
• 1983 - Tomasz Stolpa, Polish footballer
• 1984 - Simone Padoin, Italian footballer
• 1984 - Rajeev Ram, American tennis player
• 1984 - Vonzell Solomon, American singer and actress
• 1985 - Ana Beatriz, Brazilian race car driver
• 1985 - Marvin Humes, English singer
• 1985 - Vince Lia, Australian footballer
• 1986 - Lykke Li, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1986 - Abdennour Chérif El-Ouazzani, Algerian footballer
• 1987 - Rebecca Soni, American swimmer
• 1989 - Francesco Checcucci, Italian footballer
• 1989 - Lily Collins, English-American actress
• 1989 - Shreevats Goswami, Indian cricketer
• 1989 - Kana Nishino, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1989 - Paul Marc Rousseau, Canadian guitarist and producer
• 1989 - Ming Xi, Chinese model
• 1991 - Dylan Mattingly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1991 - Sam Williams, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 - Ryan Truex, American race car driver
• 1992 - Takuya Terada, Japanese singer, actor, and model
• 1997 - Ciara Bravo, American actress
• 1997 - Rieko Ioane, New Zealand rugby union player

  Deaths

• 978 - Edward the Martyr, English king
• 1076 - Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy
• 1086 - Anselm of Lucca, Italian bishop
• 1227 - Pope Honorius III
• 1272 - John FitzAlan, 7th Earl of Arundel
• 1308 - Yuri I of Galicia
• 1314 - Jacques de Molay, Frankish knight
• 1314 - Geoffroy de Charney, Preceptor of Normandy for the Knights Templar
• 1321 - Matthew III Csák, Hungarian oligarch
• 1582 - Juan Jauregui, attempted assassin of William I of Orange
• 1675 - Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier
• 1689 - John Dixwell, English soldier and politician
• 1745 - Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1768 - Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist and clergyman
• 1781 - Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances
• 1823 - Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer
• 1835 - Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat
• 1845 - Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary
• 1871 - Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic
• 1898 - Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist
• 1900 - Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist
• 1907 - Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1913 - George I of Greece
• 1918 - Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel
• 1930 - Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter
• 1936 - Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece
• 1939 - Henry Simpson Lunn, English businessman, founded Lunn Poly
• 1941 - Henri Cornet, French cyclist
• 1947 - William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet
• 1954 - Walter Mead, English cricketer
• 1956 - Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author
• 1962 - Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware
• 1964 - Sigfrid Edström, Swedish businessman, 4th President of the International Olympic Committee
• 1965 - Farouk of Egypt
• 1973 - Johannes Aavik, Estonian philologist and poet
• 1977 - Marien Ngouabi, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo
• 1977 - Carlos Pace, Brazilian race car driver
• 1978 - Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter
• 1978 - Peggy Wood, American actress
• 1980 - Erich Fromm, German psychologist and philosopher
• 1982 - Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
• 1983 - Umberto II of Italy
• 1984 - Charley Lau, American baseball player and coach
• 1986 - Bernard Malamud, American novelist and short story writer
• 1988 - Billy Butterfield, American trumpet player and cornet player
• 1990 - Robin Harris, American comedian
• 1993 - Kenneth E. Boulding, English-American economist and activist
• 1996 - Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 2000 - Eberhard Bethge, German theologian and academic
• 2001 - John Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 2002 - R. A. Lafferty, American soldier and author
• 2003 - Karl Kling, German race car driver
• 2003 - Adam Osborne, Thai-English engineer and businessman, founded the Osborne Computer Corporation
• 2004 - Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods
• 2006 - Dan Gibson, Canadian photographer and cinematographer
• 2007 - Bob Woolmer, Indian-English cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 2008 - Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter
• 2009 - Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, Iranian journalist and blogger
• 2009 - Natasha Richardson, English-American actress
• 2010 - Fess Parker, American actor and businessman
• 2011 - Warren Christopher, American lawyer and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of State
• 2012 - Furman Bisher, American journalist and author
• 2012 - William R. Charette, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
• 2012 - William G. Moore Jr., American general
• 2012 - George Tupou V of Tonga
• 2013 - Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Pakistani general and pilot
• 2013 - Henry Bromell, American novelist, screenwriter, and director
• 2013 - Clay Ford, American lawyer and politician
• 2014 - Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, Nigerian author, playwright, and academic
• 2014 - Kaiser Kalambo, Zambian footballer, coach, and manager
• 2014 - Lucius Shepard, American author and critic
• 2015 - Zhao Dayu, Chinese footballer and manager
• 2015 - Thomas Hopko, American priest and theologian
• 2015 - Grace Ogot, Kenyan nurse, journalist, and politician
• 2016 - Barry Hines, English author and screenwriter
• 2016 - Jan Němec, Czech director and screenwriter
• 2016 - Tray Walker, American football player
• 2016 - Guido Westerwelle, German lawyer and politician, 15th Vice-Chancellor of Germany
• 2017 - Chuck Berry, American guitarist, singer and songwriter
• 2020 - Alfred Worden, Apollo 15 command module pilot

  Holidays and observances

• Anniversary of the Oil Expropriation
• Christian feast day:
• * Alexander of Jerusalem
• * Anselm of Lucca
• * Cyril of Jerusalem
• * Edward the Martyr
• * Fridianus
• * Salvator
• * March 18
• Earliest date on which Holy Wednesday can fall, while April 21 is the latest; celebrated on the week before Easter.
• Flag Day
• Gallipoli Memorial Day
• Men's and Soldiers' Day
• Ordnance Factories' Day
• Sheelah's Day
• Teacher's Day