What are the important events that happened on March 18? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 18: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 18 is the 77^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 288 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 5, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,037,600 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘heptacontaheptagon’ day.

Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 336 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,470 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

If the Gregorian calendar is not reformed, the March equinox will fall on this day for the first time in AD 4092.

March 18 Historical Events

• 1241 –
  Mongols overwhelm Polish armies in Kraków in the Battle of Chmielnik and plunder the city.
• 1314 –
  Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last 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.
• 1874 –
  Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
• 1906 –
  Traian Vuia flies a heavier-than-air aircraft for 20 meters at 1 meter altitude.
• 1925 –
  The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
• 1967 –
  The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
• 1969 –
  The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
• 1974 –
  Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.

Who were born on March 18?

• 1640 –
  Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)
• 1915 –
  Richard Condon, American novelist (d. 1996)
• 1918 –
  Bob Broeg, American sports writer (d. 2005)
• 1945 –
  Michael Reagan, American radio host; adopted son of Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman
• 1950 –
  James Conlon, American conductor (Los Angeles Opera)
• 1952 –
  Mike Webster, American football player (d. 2002)
• 1955 –
  Jeff Stelling, English sports television presenter
• 1964 –
  Alex Caffi, Italian racecar driver
• 1969 –
  Shaun Udal, English cricketer
• 1970 –
  Queen Latifah, American singer and actress

Who died on March 18?

• 978 –
  King Edward the Martyr of England
• 1696 –
  Robert Charnock, English conspirator
• 1715 –
  William Fraser, 12th Lord Saltoun. Scottish patriot politician and landowner. (b. 1654)
• 1871 –
  Augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806)
• 1913 –
  King George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1939 –
  Henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian and religious leader (b. 1859)
• 1978 –
  Peggy Wood, American actress (b. 1892)
• 2001 –
  John Phillips, American musician (The Mamas & the Papas) (b. 1935)
• 2003 –
  Adam Osborne, British computer pioneer (b. 1939)
• 2004 –
  Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman (b. 1927)