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What happened in history on this day: March 18?
On March 18 in ...
- 1977 - The CBS TV network airs the last The Sonny and Cher Show TV show in the USA.
- 1981 - ABC airs the first episode of TV show The Greatest American Hero.
- 1997 - The UPN TV network debuts the Social Studies show.
Births on March 18
- 1886 - Birth of Edward Everett Horton in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor/narrator (The Bullwinkle Show).
- 1897 - Birth of Betty Compson; actress (Big City, Docks Of New York).
- 1905 - Birth of Robert Donat in Withington, Manchester, England; actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Citadel).
- 1907 - Birth of Eleanor L "Betty" Compton; US actress (Here Comes Trouble).
- 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).
- 1913 - Birth of Rene Clement in Bordeaux, France; director/writer (Is Paris Burning).
- 1926 - Birth of Peter Graves in Minneapolis, Minnesota; actor (James Phelps - Mission Impossible).
- 1927 - Birth of George Plimpton in New York City, New York, USA; sports writer (Paper Lion), actor (dies 2003).
- 1927 - Birth of John Harold Kander; composer (Cabaret, Funny Lady, Kramer versus Kramer).
- 1938 - Birth of Carl Gottlieb; comedian (Ken Berry Wow Show).
- 1938 - Birth of Shashi Kapoor in Calcutta, India; actor (Shalimar, Heat and Dust).
- 1943 - Birth of Kevin Dobson in Jackson Heights, New York, USA; actor (Kojak, Knots Landing, Shannon).
- 1950 - Birth of Brad Dourif in Huntington, West Virginia, USA; actor (Ragtime, Eyes of Laura Mars, Fatal Beauty, Deadwood).
- 1959 - Birth of Irene Cara in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA; actress/singer (Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury).
- 1960 - Birth of Claudia Udy in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA; actress (Out of Control, Nightforce).
- 1960 - Birth of Richard Biggs in Columbus, Ohio, USA; actor (Marcus - Days of Our Lives).
- 1962 - Birth of Thomas Ian Griffith; actor (Vampires, Catlin - Another World, One Tree Hill, The Guardian).
- 1963 - Birth of Vanessa L Williams in Tarrytown, New York, USA; Miss America (1984), singer ("Colors of the Wind"), actress (Eraser, Ugly Betty).
- 1970 - Birth of Michael Rapaport; actor (Zak - Zebrahead).
- 1970 - Birth of Queen Latifah AKA Dana Owens in Newark, New Jersey; rap singer/actress (Khadijah James - Living Single).
Deaths on March 18
- 1969 - Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy - It's a Great Life), dies at age 43.
- 1973 - Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at age 82.
- 1974 - David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at age 87.
- 1978 - Death of Peggy Wood at age 86 of a stroke; American actress (One Life to Live, Mama - Mama) (born 1892).
- 1987 - Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at age 82.
- 1989 - William Challee, actor (Desperate, Moonchild), dies.
- 1990 - Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at age 36.
- 1991 - Vilma Banky, actress (Eagle, Son of Sheik, Rebel), dies at age 93.
- 1992 - Death of John Ireland at age 78 of leukemia; actor (Rawhide, The Cheaters, Gunsmoke, Cassie, Company, Schlitz Playhouse, Santa Barbara).
- 2006 - Death of Bill Beutel at age 75 in Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA; longtime TV anchor of Eyewitness News on WABC-TV, New York, and host of ABC's AM America.
- 2008 - Death of Anthony Minghella, British film director (The English Patient, Cold Mountain, The Talented Mr. Ripley) and writer, at age 54, following a cancer operation (born 1954).
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