Born on March 18
March 18 birthdays & history
If you were born on March 18, you share a birthday with Grover Cleveland, Rudolf Diesel and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. March 18 babies are Pisces, with aquamarine as their birthstone and the daffodil as their birth flower. March 18 is the 78th day of the year in leap years (77th in other years).
Famous people born on March 18
- 1837Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States
- 1858Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel engine
- 1844Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and academic
- 1932John Updike, American novelist, short story writer, and critic
- 1842Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic
- 1959Luc Besson, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded EuropaCorp
- 1874Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian-French philosopher and theologian
- 1989Lily Collins, English-American actress
- 1979Adam Levine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and television personality
- 1970Queen Latifah, American rapper, producer, and actress
What happened on March 18
- 1608Susenyos I was formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1793Andreas Joseph Hofmann proclaimed the Republic of Mainz, becoming the first republican state in Germany.
- 1848The premiere of William Henry Fry's Leonora in Philadelphia is the first known performance of a grand opera by an American composer.
- 1892Canadian governor general Lord Stanley of Preston pledged to donate an award to Canada's top-ranked amateur ice hockey club, now known as the Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.
- 1899Phoebe, a satellite of Saturn, becomes the first to be discovered with photographs, taken in August 1898, by William Henry Pickering.
- 1901The construction of the House with Chimaeras commenced in Kyiv.
- 1906Romanian inventor Traian Vuia became the first person to fly a heavier-than-air monoplane with an unassisted takeoff.
- 1938Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
- 1959The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
- 1965Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov ventured outside the Soviet spacecraft Voskhod 2, becoming the first person to walk in space.
- 1968Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
- 1985The first episode of the soap opera Neighbours was broadcast on the Seven Network, later becoming the longest-running drama in Australian television history.
Also observed on March 18
- Anniversary of the Oil Expropriation (Mexico)
- Flag Day (Aruba)
- Gallipoli Memorial Day (Turkey)
- Ordnance Factories' Day (India)
- Sheelah's Day (Ireland, Canada, Australia)
- Teacher's Day (Syria)
Questions, answered
What star sign is March 18?
People born on March 18 are Pisces. Their birthstone is aquamarine and their birth flower is the daffodil.
Which famous people were born on March 18?
Grover Cleveland (1837), Rudolf Diesel (1858), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844), John Updike (1932), Stéphane Mallarmé (1842), Luc Besson (1959) were all born on March 18.
What happened on March 18 in history?
Among other things: in 1965, Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov ventured outside the Soviet spacecraft Voskhod 2, becoming the first person to walk in space; in 1968, Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency; in 1985, The first episode of the soap opera Neighbours was broadcast on the Seven Network, later becoming the longest-running drama in Australian television history.
Can I get a newspaper front page from March 18?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any March 18 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “March 18”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.