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100 years anniversary | ||||
18 Mar 1924 | John Frederick Bridge: Composer, dies at 79 | |||
18 Mar 1924 | Madhussudan Rege cricketer (15 runs in only Test India vs West Indies 1948-49) | |||
18 Mar 1924 | John Frederick Bridge composer, dies at 79 | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
18 Mar 1949 | Alex "Hurricane" Higgins: Irish snooker player (2X world-champ) | |||
18 Mar 1949 | Starr Danias: NYC, New York -- Ballerina (Turning Point) | |||
18 Mar 1949 | NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ratified | |||
18 Mar 1949 | WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting | |||
18 Mar 1949 | Hannu Siitonen, Finnish javelin thrower | |||
18 Mar 1949 | Åse Kleveland, Norwegian singer and politician | |||
18 Mar 1949 | Alex Higgins, Irish snooker player (d. 2010) | |||
18 Mar 1949 | Bertha Gilkey, American activist (d. 2014) | |||
18 Mar 1949 | WW2 | Edward Brooks was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and was named the Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel of the US Army. | ||
18 Mar 1949 | Alex "Hurricane" Higgins Irish snooker player (2X world-champion) | |||
18 Mar 1949 | Starr Danias New York NY, ballerina (Turning Point) | |||
18 Mar 1949 | NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ratified | |||
18 Mar 1949 | WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster PA (NBC) begins broadcasting | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
18 Mar 1974 | Petra Kamstra: Rotterdam, Holland -- Tennis star (1995 Surabaya doubles) | |||
18 Mar 1974 | Tina Krizan: Maribor, Slovenia -- Tennis star (1995 Surabaya doubles) | |||
18 Mar 1974 | Torrian Gray: Safety (Minnesota Vikings) | |||
18 Mar 1974 | David C Imboden: Actor (King of Kings), dies at 87 | |||
18 Mar 1974 | Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US | |||
18 Mar 1974 | Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan. | |||
18 Mar 1974 | Stuart Zender, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Jamiroquai) | |||
18 Mar 1974 | Laure Savasta, French basketball player, coach, and sportscaster | |||
18 Mar 1974 | Jaron Lowenstein, American singer-songwriter (Evan and Jaron) | |||
18 Mar 1974 | Evan Lowenstein, American singer-songwriter (Evan and Jaron) | |||
18 Mar 1974 | Tina Križan, Slovenian tennis player | |||
18 Mar 1974 | Arsi Harju, Finnish shot putter | |||
18 Mar 1974 | birth Stuart Zender, bass, Jamiroquai, (1996 UK No.3 single 'Virtual Insanity'. 1998 UK No.1 & US No.2 album 'Godzilla'). | |||
18 Mar 1974 | Petra Kamstra Rotterdam Holland, tennis star (1995 Surabaya doubles) | |||
18 Mar 1974 | Tina Krizan Maribor Slovenia, tennis star (1995 Surabaya doubles) | |||
18 Mar 1974 | Torrian Gray safety (Minnesota Vikings) | |||
18 Mar 1974 | David C Imboden actor (King of Kings), dies at 87 | |||
18 Mar 1974 | Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
18 Mar 1999 | Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator (b. 1905) | |||
18 Mar 1999 |
Nipah virus In 1999, the Nipah virus was isolated, by Dr Chua Kaw Ping, of the University Malaya. This caused a previously unrecorded viral disease, and was implicated by laboratory testing in many of cases of febrile encephalitic and respiratory illnesses among workers who had exposure to pigs in Malaysia and Singapore. The virus, which is transmissible from pigs to humans, had caused approximately 100 human deaths in the preceding six months. On 10 Apr 1999, it was officially called the Nipah virus, after one of the villages affected by the outbreak - Sungai Nipah in the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. The virus was discovered More than 900,000 pigs in the affected areas were destroyed to contain the outbreak. |
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20 years anniversary | ||||
18 Mar 2004 | Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods (b. 1927) | |||
18 Mar 2004 | Courtney Love exposed her breasts during an appearance on David Letterman's TV talk show. The singer who had her back to the audience flashed at the presenter while singing the song Danny Boy. After the show, she went on to perform a surprise gig at the Plaid night-club in Manhattan where she was alleged to have injured a man by throwing a microphone stand into the crowd. Ms Love was charged with assault and reckless endangerment. | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
18 Mar 2009 | Natasha Richardson, English actress (b. 1963) | |||
18 Mar 2009 | Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, Iranian journalist and blogger (b. 1980) | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
18 Mar 2014 | The parliaments of Russia and Crimea sign an accession treaty. | |||
18 Mar 2014 | Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor (b. 1941) | |||
18 Mar 2014 | Lucius Shepard, American author and critic (b. 1943) | |||
18 Mar 2014 | Joe Lala, American actor and drummer (Blues Image and Manassas) (b. 1947) | |||
18 Mar 2014 | Kaiser Kalambo, Zambian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1953) | |||
18 Mar 2014 | Jorge Arvizu, Mexican voice actor (b. 1932) | |||
18 Mar 2014 | Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, Nigerian author, playwright, and academic (b. 1951) |