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What happened in history on this day: March 18?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On March 18 in ...
- 1991 - In San Francisco, California, the Software Publisher's Association holds its Spring Symposium, including the Excellence in Software Awards ceremony. Winners include: Lifetime Achievement Award: Steve Wozniak. Best Consumer Program: GeoWorks Ensemble. Best Business Program: Microsoft Windows 3.0.
- 1998 - Fiji issues a 63-cent postage stamp depicting a personal computer.
- 2003 - Apple Computer removes the original CRT-based iMac from its main online store, effectively discontinuing the product.
- 2004 - Advanced Micro Devices releases the 2.4 GHz Athlon 64 FX-53 processor. It features 128 kB level 1 cache, 1 MB level 2 cache. The processor is manufactured in a 0.13-micron process with 106 million transistors. Price is US$733 in 1000-unit quantities.
- 1928 - Walt and Lillian Disney arrive back in Hollywood.
- 1933 - The Mickey Mouse film Mickey's Mellerdrammer is released to theaters. Goofy and Horace Horsecollar also appear.
- 1960 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the ninth "Elfego Baca" episode, Friendly Enemies at Law.
- 1962 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring The Prince and the Pauper, part two: The Merciful Law of the King.
- 1967 - The Pirates of the Caribbean attraction opens in New Orleans Square at Disneyland. It includes 119 Audio-Animatronics figures; 64 human, 55 animals. The whole attraction cost about US$8 million to build.
- 1967 - The Blue Bayou Restaurant opens in New Orleans Square at Disneyland.
- 1973 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring The Boy and the Bronc Buster, part one.
- 1979 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring the film The Omega Connection.
- 1986 - The Disney Channel airs The Mind's Eye: The Experience of Learning.
- 1988 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film D.O.A. to theaters in the US.
- 1993 - Disney releases the film The Flight of the Navigator on laserdisc for US$30.
- 1997 - McDonald's Restaurants and the Walt Disney Company announce a series of promotions under the theme "Summer of Disney Magic at McDonald's".
- 1997 - Disney releases the film Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves on videocassette (US$22.99) in the US. This is the first Disney live-action film released direct to video without a theatrical release.
- 1997 - The UPN TV network debuts the Disney Social Studies show.
- 2000 - The Disney Channel Original Movie Alley Cats Strike! airs.
- 2001 - The TV show The Wonderful World of Disney airs the two-hour movie Bailey's Mistake.
- 2005 - Disney releases the film Ice Princess to theaters in the US.
- 1953 - The Chicago Auto Show is held, over five days. Chevrolet displays the prototype Corvette.
- 1978 - In Sebring, Florida, the 12 Hours of Sebring Camel GT Challenge race is held. Nine Corvettes are entered in the race.
- Finishing 3rd in GTO class and 11th overall is the Cliff Gottlob #03 Corvette driven by Cliff Gottlob and Danny Terrill.
- Finishing 5th in GTO class and 14th overall is the Sebring Racing #57 Corvette driven by Terry Keller, Bob Gray, and Nort Northam.
- Finishing 6th in GTO class and 17th overall is the Autodyne #48 Corvette driven by Luis Sereix, Lyn St. James, and Phil Currin.
- Finishing 11th in GTO class and 37th overall is the George Garcia #12 Corvette driven by George Garcia and Daniel Vilarchao.
- Placing 11th in GTX class and 48th overall is the R. V. Shulnburg Scrap Metal #06 Corvette driven by R. V. Shulnberg, Dave Heinz, and Michael Keyser. The car is not running at the finsh, due to clutch failure.
- Finishing 17th in GTX class and 58th overall is the Javier Garcia #11 Corvette driven by Javier Garcia. The car is not running at the finsh, due to mechanical problems.
- Placing 15th in GTO class and 64th overall is the Bostyan Racing #20 Corvette driven by Richard Bostyan, Jerry Thompson, and Don Yenko. The car is not running at the finsh, due to mechanical problems.
- Placing 17th in GTO class and 68th overall is the Rick Thompkins #04 Corvette driven by Rick Thompkins and Randy Blessing. The car is not running at the finsh, due to mechanical problems.
- Placing 24th in GTX class and 75th overall is the Dale Kreider Racing #1 Corvette driven by Dale Kreider. The car is not running at the finsh, due to engine failure.
- 1989 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, the 37th Running of the 12 Hours of Sebring International Grand Prix of Endurance is held. This is round 3 of the IMSA GTO championship series.
- Placing 9th in GTO class and 38th overall is the Thomas Sapp #44 Corvette driven by Tim Morgan, Marcus Opie, Peter Morgan, and Charles Bair. The car is not running at the finish due to electrical problems.
- Placing 11th in GTO class and 43rd overall is the Powell Equipment #2 Corvette driven by John Jones, Hunter Jones, and Richard Andison. The car is not running at the finish due to transmission failure.
- 1994 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, the 12 Hours of Sebring race is held, part of the IMSA Bridgestone Supercar Championship series.
- Finishing 5th overall is the #5 Corvette LT1 driven by Sean Roe.
- Finishing 9th overall is the #27 Corvette LT1 driven by Shane Lewis.
- 2000 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, the 48th Annual Superflo 12 Hours at Sebring race is held, round one of the American Le Mans Series.
- Finishing 5th in GTS class and 16th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C5-R driven by Andy Pilgrim, Kelly Collins, Franck Freon.
- In 6th place in GTS class and 24th place overall, but not finishing the race, is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C5-R, driven by Ron Fellows, Chris Kneifel, and Justin Bell.
- 2005 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring race is held, round one of the SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT series.
- Finishing 8th is the Banner Engineering #6 Corvette C6, driven by Leighton Reese.
- Finishing 10th is the Badger Components #99 Corvette Z06, driven by Tom Oates.
- Finishing 11th is the Whelen Engineering #31 Corvette Z06, driven by Sonny Whelen.
- Finishing 21st is the Rock Health & Fitness #94 Corvette Z06, driven by Philip DiPippo.
- In 25th place, but not finishing the race, is the Blackdog Racing #34 Corvette C6, driven by Tony Gaples.
- In 26th place, but not finishing the race, is the EG Braswell Construction #32 Corvette Z06, driven by Ed Braswell.
- In 27th place, but not finishing the race, is the LG Pro Long Tube Headers #28 Corvette C6, driven by Lou Gigliotti.
- 2006 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, the 54th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring race is held, round one of the American Le Mans Series.
- Finishing 1st in GT1 class and 3rd overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C6-R driven by Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, and Jan Magnussen.
- Finishing 4th in GT1 class and 7th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C6-R driven by Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell, and Max Papis.
- 2017 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, USA, the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring race is held, round 2 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 7th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C7.R driven by Jan Magnussen, Mike Rockenfeller, and Antonio Garcia.
- Finishing 10th in GT Le Mans class and 46th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C7.R driven by Tommy Milner, Marcel Fassler, and Oliver Gavin.
- 1939 - The Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Maxim Litvinov, suggests to British Ambassador Sir William Seeds that delegates from the UK, Soviet Union, France, Poland, and Romania should meet to discuss collective action in the event of war with Germany.
- 1939 - British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain tells the Cabinet that continuing negotiations with Adolf Hitler is impossible.
- 1939 - American President Franklin Roosevelt imposes punitive tariffs on imports from Germany.
- 1940 - Daladier loses a vote of confidence in the French parliament. Paul Reynaud forms a new government.
- 1942 - The British Admiralty instructs the Eastern Fleet not to engage its fleet against any superior Japanese fleet that might attack Ceylon. The loss of Ceylon is considered preferable to the loss of the fleet for communication to the Middle East and India.
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler broadcasts to the German people, saying that if they lose the war, "the nation will also perish".
- 1946 - In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, a court sentences to death eight former Nazi police agents for torturing Yugoslav Partisans and patriots.
- 2005 - Slovenia issues a postage stamp marking the 60th anniversary of the return of Slovenian exiles.
- 2005 - Slovenia issues a postage stamp marking the 60th anniversary of victory in World War II.
- 2010 - British Indian Ocean Territory issues seven postage stamps marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
- 2010 - Saint Helena issues seven postage stamps marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
- 2010 - Tristan da Cunha issues seven postage stamps marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
- 1982 - Federal District Judge George Leighton in Chicago orders Magnavox Home Entertainment Center to take its K.C. Munchkin video game off the market because of similarity to Atari's Pac-Man.
- 1998 - Sony releases the black and white diamond-patterned Dual Shock controller for the PlayStation in Japan.
- 2008 - Ubisoft releases the Rainbow Six Vegas 2 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2010 - The Royal Canadian Mint releases the 2010 Sledge Hockey 25-cent coin to circulation.
- 2013 - The Royal Canadian Mint releases to circulation a pair of 2013 War of 1812 Lt. Col. Charles-Michel de Salaberry 25-cent coin, one version with red-colored maple leaf, the other with a frosted portrait. Total mintage: 12.5 million coins.
- 1936 - Congress authorizes 1936 Columbia, South Carolina, Sesquicentennial commemorative half dollar.
- 1968 - US Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve.
- 2002 - The US Mint releases the 2002 Ohio quarter dollar coin to circulation.
- 2008 - The US Mint officially launches the Ohio state quarter dollar at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
- 2011 - Bernard von NotHaus, creator of the Liberty Dollar silver pieces, is found guilty in federal court in North Carolina of making counterfeit coins, and intent to defraud.
- 1892 - Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley of Preston proposes silver challenge cup for hockey (Stanley Cup).
- 1922 - First US intercollegiate indoor polo championship (Princeton versus Yale).
- 1930 - Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game.
- 1933 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson.
- 1933 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Roger Turner.
- 1942 - Two black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox; they are allowed to work out.
- 1945 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the first NHL player to score 50 goals.
- 1951 - Pat O'Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
- 1953 - 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68.
- 1953 - National League approves Boston Braves' move to Milwaukee (first shift since 1903).
- 1970 - NFL selects Wilson as official football and scoreboard as official time.
- 1972 - AIAW first basketball championship, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48.
- 1972 - Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for first time in 225 games (Boston University).
- 1972 - Memphis Pros' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 points in a game.
- 1973 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic.
- 1979 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Honda Civic Golf Classic.
- 1981 - Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in one period (they beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4).
- 1984 - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Tucson Conquistadores Golf Open.
- 1985 - Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. The two had been banned from associating with major league baseball due to their employment with Atlantic City casinos.
- 1986 - Exciting draw in final gives New South Wales the Sheffield Shield over Queensland.
- 1989 - Dino Ciccarelli sets Washington Capitals' record of 7 points in a game.
- 1989 - Investor group led by George W Bush and Edward W Rose purchases controlling interest of Texas Rangers.
- 1990 - After a 32-day lockout, Major League Baseball players and owners reach an agreement on a four-year contract.
- 1990 - A Tampa Florida little league player dies after being struck by a pitch.
- 1990 - Colleen Walker wins Circle K Tucson LPGA Golf Open.
- 1990 - Loyola Marymount beats Michigan Wolverines 149-115, highest NCAA score.
- 1991 - Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round.
- 1991 - Philadelphia '76ers retire Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey.
- 1991 - Reggie Miller (Indiana) ends NBA free throw streak of 52 games.
- 1992 - Zimbabwe beats England by nine runs in World Cup at Albury.
- 1993 - Sri Lanka beat England in Test match by five wickets.
- 1995 - Basketball superstar Michael Jordan announces he's returning to basketball with his former team, the Chicago Bulls.
- 2007 - The 2007 Formula 1 World Championship Begins with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
- 2017 - At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, USA, the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring race is held, round 2 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in Prototype class and 1st overall is the Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 driven by Ricky Taylor, Alex Lynn, and Jordan Taylor.
- Finishing 1st in Prototype Challenge class and 5th overall is the Performance Tech Motorsports #38 ORECA FLM09 driven by Patricio O'Ward, Kyle Masson, and James French.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 7th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C7.R driven by Jan Magnussen, Mike Rockenfeller, and Antonio Garcia.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 16th overall is the Mercedes-AMG Team Riley Motorsports #33 Mercedes-AMG GT3 driven by Jeroen Bleekemolen, Mario Farnbacher, and Ben Keating.
- 2022 - At SAP Center in San Jose, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats San Jose Sharks by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Florida Panthers beats Anaheim Ducks by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Scotiabank Saddledrome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Buffalo Sabres beats Calgary Flames by score 1-0.
- 2022 - At Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, NHL regular season game: Boston Bruins beats Winnipeg Jets by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, NHL regular season game: Washington Capitals beats Carolina Hurricanes by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Ottawa Senators beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 3-1.
- 1899 - Phoebe, a moon of Saturn, is discovered by Pickering.
- 1965 - USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes first spacewalk (20 minutes).
- 1989 - 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth.
- 1994 - Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16) lands.
- 1995 - NASA space shuttle mission STS 67 (Endeavour 8) lands after 16.5 days in orbit.
- 1543 - Hernan de Soto observes first recorded flood in America (Mississippi River).
- 1925 - Eight 60-MPH tornadoes speed through Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee killing 689.
- 1813 - David Melville, of Newport, Rhode Island, USA patents apparatus for making coal gas.
- 1818 - US Congress approves first pensions for government service.
- 1834 - First railroad tunnel in US completed, in Pennsylvania (275 metres long).
- 1850 - Henry Wells and William Fargo form American Express in Buffalo, New York.
- 1852 - In New York City, Henry Wells and William G. Fargo join with several other investors to launch the Wells, Fargo and Company shipping company.
- 1865 - Battle of Wilson's raid to Selma, Alabama.
- 1865 - Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time.
- 1869 - Congress passes the Act to Strengthen the Public Credit, by paying off US obligations in coin.
- 1870 - First US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Meritt in Oakland, California).
- 1877 - President Rutherford Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Washington DC.
- 1881 - [PT] Barnum and [James A] Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (Madison Square Garden, New York, USA).
- 1890 - First US state naval militia organized (Massachusetts).
- 1911 - North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law.
- 1925 - Eight 60-MPH tornadoes speed through Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee killing 689.
- 1931 - First electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick).
- 1937 - Gas explosion in school in New London, Texas, USA; 296 die.
- 1938 - New York first requires serological blood tests of pregnant women.
- 1938 - Mexico expropriates property of 17 American and British oil companies for failure to comply with wage decisions.
- 1939 - American President Franklin Roosevelt imposes punitive tariffs on imports from Germany.
- 1944 - 2,500 women trample guards and floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago, Illinois department store.
- 1945 - 1,250 US bombers attack Berlin.
- 1945 - US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu.
- 1949 - NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) pact ratified.
- 1952 - First plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia).
- 1959 - President Dwight D Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill.
- 1963 - US Supreme Court's Miranda Decision: defendants must have lawyers.
- 1967 - The Pirates of the Caribbean attraction opens in New Orleans Square at Disneyland. It includes 119 Audio-Animatronics figures; 64 human, 55 animals. The whole attraction cost US$8 million to build.
- 1970 - US mail service paralyzed by first major postal strike.
- 1974 - Most Arab oil-producing nations end embargo against US.
- 1977 - US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea, and Cambodia.
- 1977 - Vietnam hands over missing-in-action soldiers to US.
- 1978 - 250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario, California.
- 1985 - Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC TV.
- 1986 - US Treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money.
- 1987 - Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns in USA: Jessica and Matthew.
- 1987 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1989 - California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios.
- 1990 - Twelve paintings, collectively worth US$100+ million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts by two thieves posing as police officers. This is the largest art theft in US history, and the paintings (as of 2007) have not been recovered.
- 1992 - On CNN's Larry King Live, Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot announces that he will run for U.S. President as an independent, if volunteers put him on the ballot in all 50 states.
- 1995 - NASA space shuttle mission STS 67 (Endeavour 8) lands after 16.5 days in orbit.
- 2003 - FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama on suspicion of massive corporate fraud led by the company's top executives.
- 2008 - The US Federal Reserve cuts the interest rate by a further 0.75, down to 2.25 percent.
- 2008 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes 420 points higher than the previous day.
- 2009 - The US Federal Reserve, for the first time since the 1960s, announces it will buy up to US$300 billion of government Treasury bonds. The Federal Reserve also announces it will expand an existing program to buy debt and securities to US$1.45 trillion.
- 2018 - First incident of a self-driving car hitting and killing a pedestrian, in Temp, Arizona.
- 2018 - City of Afria in northern Syria is taken by militias backed by Turkey, from Kurdish militias backed by the USA.
- 2020 - The New York Stock Exchange closes trading floors, to re-open March 23 fully electronic.
Other history:
- 1881 - [PT] Barnum & [James A] Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (Madison Square Garden, New York).
- 1961 - Poppin' Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced.
- 2003 - About $1 billion is taken from Iraq's Central Bank by Saddam Hussein and his family, just hours before the United States begins bombing Iraq; biggest bank robbery in history.
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