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What happened in history on this day: March 18?
On March 18 in ...
- 1965 - Rolling Stones fined £5 each for public urination.
- 1978 - 250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario, California.
- 1992 - Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
- 2020 - The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 is cancelled due to COVID-19 in Europe, the first cancellation in the contest's 64-year history.
Births on March 18
- 1905 - Birth of John Kirkpatrick in New York City, New York, USA; pianist (Concord Sonata).
- 1911 - Birth of Smiley Burnette in Summum, Illinois, USA; cowboy comic/singer ("The National Barn Dance" radio show, Ozark Jubilee TV show, Charlie - Petticoat Junction).
- 1930 - Birth of Maurice Peress in New York City, New York, USA; conductor (Kansas City Philharmonic 1974-80).
- 1936 - Birth of Robert Lee Smith; American singer ("Tams", "You Lied to Your Daddy").
- 1938 - Birth of Charley Pride in Sledge, Mississippi, USA; country singer ("Just Between You And Me", "Sweet Country").
- 1939 - Birth of Travis Pritchett; rocker (Travis and Bob).
- 1941 - Birth of Wilson Pickett in Prattville, Alabama, USA; soul singer ("In the Midnight Hour", "Land of 1,000 Dances", "Funky Broadway", "Mustang Sally", "I'm a Midnight Mover").
- 1945 - Birth of Eric Woolfson in Glasgow, Scotland; composer/musician (Alan Parsons Project, Woolfson Entertainment Group).
- 1947 - Birth of Barry Wilson in England; rock drummer (Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade of Pale").
- 1947 - Birth of Robert Harrison; rocker (Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade of Pale").
- 1950 - Birth of James Conlon in New York City, New York, USA; conductor (Cincinnati May Festival-1979).
- 1950 - Birth of John Hartman in Falls Church, Virginia, USA; rock drummer (Doobie Brothers - "Taking it to the Streets").
- 1953 - Birth of Jamie West-Oram; rocker (Fixx).
- 1957 - Birth of Melvin Gentry; vocalist, guitarist (Midnight Star - "No Parking").
- 1959 - Birth of Irene Cara in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA; actress/singer (Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury).
- 1963 - Birth of Vanessa L Williams in Tarrytown, New York, USA; Miss America (1984), singer ("Colors of the Wind"), actress (Eraser, Ugly Betty).
- 1964 - Birth of Scott Saunders; keyboardist (Sons of the Desert).
- 1965 - Birth of Jeff Labarr; rocker (Cinderella - "Heartbreak Station").
- 1966 - Birth of Jerry Cantrell; US rock guitarist (Alice in Chains - "Dirt").
- 1967 - Birth of Miki Berenyi; singer (Lush).
- 1970 - Birth of Queen Latifah AKA Dana Owens in Newark, New Jersey; rap singer/actress (Khadijah James - Living Single).
- 1977 - Birth of Devin Lima; singer (LFO).
- 1979 - Birth of Adam Levine; American singer (Maroon 5).
Deaths on March 18
- 1967 - Jimmy Blaine, singer ("Stop the Music"), dies at age 42.
- 1973 - Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at age 82.
- 1985 - Jack Miller, orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at age 89.
- 2001 - Death of John Phillips at age 65 of heart failure; singer (The Mamas and the Papas - "California Dreamin'", "San Francisco [Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair]").
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