History for March 18 - On-This-Day.com
Grover Cleveland 1837 - Today in U.S. President History, Rudolf Diesel 1858, Neville Chamberlin 1869
Peter Graves 1926 - Actor, Charlie Pride 1938 - Country singer, Vanessa Williams 1963 - Singer, actress
0037 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius’ will and proclaims Caligula emperor.
1818 - The U.S. Congress approved the first pensions for government service.
1881 - Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opened in Madison Square Gardens.
1905 - Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt were married.
1931 - Schick Inc. displayed the first electric shaver.
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.
1945 - 1,250 U.S. bombers attacked Berlin.
1963 - The U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Miranda decision concerning legal council for defendants.
1992 - Leona Hemsly was sentenced to 4 years in prison for tax evasion.
1994 - Zsa Zsa Gabor filed for bankruptcy.
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