Friday, March 18, 2016

History for March 18

History for March 18 - On-This-Day.com
Grover Cleveland 1837, Rudolf Diesel 1858, Neville Chamberlin 1869


Peter Graves 1926 - Actor, John Updike 1932 - Author, Mike Rowe 1962 - Television host and narrator


1881 - Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opened in Madison Square Gardens.


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.


1949 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was ratified.


1963 - The U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Miranda decision concerning legal council for defendants.


1968 - The U.S. Congress repealed the requirement for a gold reserve.






1994 - Zsa Zsa Gabor filed for bankruptcy.

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