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On This Day · The 77th day of the year

March 18

March 18's record stretches 755 years, from 1241 to 1996. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♓ZodiacPisces ◈BirthstoneAquamarine ❀Birth flowerDaffodil

Pisces is the sign for March 18 — read more on the Pisces page, or see March's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on March 18?

March 18 is the 77th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1241 and 1996. Famous people born on March 18 include Ingemar Stenmark, Stéphane Mallarmé and Neville Chamberlain.

Released on March 18

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Movie Dhurandhar: The Revenge
  • Game Scritchy Scratchy

2022

  • Game Syberia: The World Before
  • Game Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
  • Game Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?
  • TV Mutual Consent

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1241

    First Mongol invasion of Poland

  2. 1608

    Susenyos I

  3. 1915

    World War I

  4. 1922

    Mahatma Gandhi

  5. 1925

    1925 Tri-State tornado

  6. 1940

    World War II

  7. 1944

    Mount Vesuvius

  8. 1971

    Peru

  9. 1994

    Bosnia and Herzegovina

  10. 1996

    Ozone Disco fire

Famous birthday twins

Born on March 18

Ingemar Stenmark

b. 1956

Stéphane Mallarmé

b. 1842

Neville Chamberlain

b. 1869

Rudolf Diesel

b. 1858

Grover Cleveland

b. 1837

Willy Sagnol

b. 1977

Friedrich Hebbel

b. 1813

Werner Mölders

b. 1913

Deaths

  • 2017Chuck Berry
  • 2016Guido Westerwelle
  • 1980Erich Fromm
  • 1964J. Sigfrid Edström
  • 1913George I of Greece
  • 1907Marcellin Berthelot

Holidays & observances

  • —Anniversary of the Oil Expropriation (Mexico)
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Aimée-Adèle Le Bouteiller
  • —Christian feast day: Alexander of Jerusalem
  • —Christian feast day: Anselm of Lucca
  • —Christian feast day: Cyril of Jerusalem
  • —Christian feast day: Edward the Martyr
  • —Christian feast day: Fridianus
  • —Christian feast day: Salvator

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