On This Day - March 18th

On this day in the year 37 of the common era (CE) the Roman Senate annuls emperor Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus emperor (also known as Caligula, a nick name given to him by the Army, which means Little Boots). One thousand, four hundred and seventy years later, emperor Maximilian I names his daughter Margaret of Austria the first female Governor of the Netherlands, and regent to her brother Charles V.

On this day in the year 978 CE, Edward the Martyr, the teenage King of England, is murdered near Corfe Castle on the orders of his stepmother Queen Ælfthryth, near Dorset, England; five hundred and fifty-four years later, the English Parliament of bans payments by the English people to the Roman Catholic Church. Three hundred and two years after that, in 1834 CE, six farm laborers from Tolpuddle in Dorset, England, are sentenced to transportation to the penal colony of Australia for forming a trade union; fifty-seven years later, Britain is linked to the continent by telephone. Thirty-one years after that, in 1922 CE, British magistrates in India sentence Mahatma Gandhi to six years imprisonment for disobedience. Eighty-one years later, British Sign Language is recognized as an official British language.

On this day in 1241 CE the Mongolian army routs the forces of Boleslaw IV at Chmielnik, then sack and burn the city of Kraków, Poland to the ground; seven hundred and fifty-nine years later, Japan uses its influence over Korea to deny Russia's efforts to obtain a naval station at the Korean Port of Masampo in the lead up to the Russo-Japanese war.

In 1314 CE Jacques de Molay, the twenty-third (a number significant to the Illuminati) and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar is burned at the stake in an criminal act of human sacrifice, by King Philip IV of France; three hundred and forty-eight years later, the first public bus service begins, promoted by Blaise Pascal, it operates in Paris as the "Carosses à Cinq Sous."

Two hundred and nine years after that, in 1871 CE, the Communards of the Paris Commune engage in a socialist uprising that lasted seventy-two days, where workers and National Guardsmen seized control of Paris after France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. It was brutally suppressed by the French Army in what became known as the "Bloody Week," resulting in twenty-thousand death and widespread imprisonment of French citizens labelled as dissidents; thirty-two years later, following through on its attacks on Roman Catholic institutions, the French Government dissolves the Catholic religious orders. Twelve years after that, in 1915 CE, the French battleship Bouvet explodes, six hundred and forty people are killed; four years later, in Kansas City, Missouri, the Order of DeMolay is founded by Freemason Frank S. Land; with the mission of providing mentorship and leadership skills to young men. Originally meeting at the Kansas City Scottish Rite Temple, there were nine founding members who named the group after Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar. The organization quickly grew from a small club into an international youth organization.

In 1325 CE the city of Tenochtitlan is founded on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico; six hundred and thirteen years later, president Cardena of Mexico nationalizes U.S. and British oil companies.

In 1673 CE, lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers; ninety-three years later, Britain repeals the Stamp Act, outrage over-which led to the American Revolution.

In 1781 CE, French astronomer Charles Messier affirms the discovery of global cluster M92; one hundred and eighteen years later, Phoebe, a moon of Saturn, is discovered by William Pickering.

In 1813 CE, David Melville of Newport, Rhode Island patents apparatus for making coal gas.

In 1818 CE the United States (U.S.) Congress approves the first pensions for government service; one hundred and fifty years later, Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve. Eighteen years after that, in 1986 CE, the U.S. Treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money.

In 1834 CE the first railroad tunnel in United States is completed in Pennsylvania, it is two hundred and seventy-five meters long; one hundred and eighteen years later, also in Pennsylvania, the first plastic lens is fitted for a cataract patient. Thirteen years after that, in 1965 CE, a truck loses control on Moosic Street in Scranton, Pennsylvania, killing the driver, inspiring the 1974 Harry Chapin song, 30,000 Pounds of Bananas.

In 1847 CE the first Dutch public telegram office is opened; seventy-one years later, the Socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam. Twenty-four years after that, in 1942 CE, the group Illegal Free Netherlands announces a boycott of theaters.

In 1850 CE, Henry Wells & William Fargo form American Express in Buffalo.

In 1865 CE the treasonous congress of the Confederate States of America adjourns for last time; twelve years later, United States president Rutherford B. Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass to be the marshal of Washington, D.C.. Twenty-nine years after that, in 1895 CE, two-hundred African Americans leave Savannah, Georgia for Liberia.; one hundred and twenty-three years later, African-American Stephon Clark is shot twenty-times by police, while in his Grandmother's backyard in Sacramento, California…the police say they were investigating an incidence of vandalism.

In 1874 CE, Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States, granting the U.S. exclusive trading rights with the island kingdom; eighty-five years later, U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Hawaii statehood bill.

In 1881 CE the Barnum & Bailey Circus, traveling as "The Greatest Show on Earth," debuts at Madison Square Garden in New York City after the merger of two existing circus groups; one year later Morgan Earp is assassinated by the outlaw Cowboys while playing billiards in Tombstone, Arizona.

In 1890 CE after nineteen years in the post, the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck resigns over a disagreement with German emperor Wilhelm II.

In 1911 CE, North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law; twenty-nine years later, New York becomes the first to require serological blood tests of pregnant women.

In 1920 CE, Greece adopts the Gregorian Calendar.

In 1922 CE the first public celebration of Bat Mitzvah takes place in New York, New York, the daughter of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan is the candidate.

In 1924 CE the silent film classic, The Thief of Bagdad is released, based on the collection, One Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights), starring Douglas Fairbanks, directed by Raoul Walsh.

In 1931 CE, the first electric shavers go on sale in the United States…the brand is Schick; thirty-four yeas later, Poppin' Fresh, the Pillsbury Dough Boy debuts in the American media.

In 1937 CE the human-powered aircraft, the Pedaliante, flies a distance of one kilometer (0.62 miles) outside of Milan; twenty-eight years later, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov leaves his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becoming the first person to conduct a spacewalk. Fifteen years after that, in 1980 CE, a Vostok rocket explodes on the launch pad while being refueled, killing fifty people; thirty-one years later, the MESSENGER spacecraft enters Mercury's orbit. Fourteen years after that, in 2025 CE, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (N.A.S.A.) astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore return to Earth from the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Capsule, after being stranded for nine months (their mission had been scheduled for one week).

In 1940 CE, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler meet at Brenner Pass where the Italian dictator agrees to join Germany's impending war effort in the west; two years later, U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9102, creating the War Relocation Authority, which was charged with overseeing the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Two years after that, in 1944 CE, Nazi Germany occupies Hungary; one year later, the U.S. Army Air Force completes the largest bombing raid on Berlin, Germany, over one thousand two hundred bombers drop three thousand tons of explosives. On this same day in 1945 CE, U.S. Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kyushu, Japan; three years later, France, Great Britain, and Benelux sign the Treaty of Brussels. On this same day in 1948 CE, Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in first sign of Tito-Stalin split; forty-two years later, the first free elections are held in East Germany since the end of World War II, the Conservatives beat the Communists.

In 1942 CE, two African-American baseball players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox who grant them permission; eleven years later, Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National League approve the Boston Braves proposed move to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Thirty-two years after that, in 1985 CE, commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle; five years later, MLB owners end a thirty-two-day lockout. On this same day in 1990 CE, a Tampa little leaguer dies after being struck by a pitch.

In 1963 CE, France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker, Algeria; nine years later, China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, People’s Republic of China. Fifteen years after that, in 1987 CE, the United States performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

In 1965 CE, American garage rock band The Standells, guest star in an episode of television sitcom The Munsters, titled the Far Out Munsters; on this same day, the Rolling Stones are fined £5 each for public urination. Two years after that, in 1967 CE, the Beatles' Penny Lane single goes to number one; ten years later, The Clash release their first recording, White Riot.

Fifteen years after that, in 1992 CE, American pop-singer Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

In 1970 CE a military coup takes place under General Lon Nol, the hereditary ruler, prince Sihanuk flees; seven years later, the U.S. restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea and Cambodia. On this same day in 1977 CE, Vietnam releases to the United States, U.S. servicemen and their remains, who had been missing-in-action during the Vietnam War.

In 1970 CE, five Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs), including William Craig and Harry West, are expelled from the Unionist Parliamentary Party in Northern Ireland; two years later, the Ulster Vanguard hold a rally of 60,000 people in Belfast; William Craig tells the crowd: "If and when the politicians fail us, it may be our job to liquidate the enemy."

In 1970 CE a two-week postal workers strike begins; it is the largest wildcat strike in U.S. history.

In 1975 CE the Kurds end their fight against Iraqi army; three years later, former Pakistani premier Ali Bhutto is sentenced to death. One year after that, in 1979 CE, battles between Kurds and Iranians break in Sananday, Iran; thirty-five years later, the United States closes the Syrian embassy in Washington and expels all Syrian diplomats.

In 1991 CE, Mike Tyson defeats Razor Ruddock in the seventh round, I watched it live on HBO; also on this day, the Philadelphia '76ers retire Wilt Chamberlain's #13 jersey. Eighteen years after that, in 2019 CE, forty-year-old Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki overtakes Wilt Chamberlain scoring record, to go take sixth place on the NBA scorers' list with 31,424 points.

In 1994 CE, the South African Goldstone Committee reveals the existence of the secret police; of course everyone who had been tortured by them knew they existed...the greatest secret that never was.

In 2014 CE the Russian Federation formally (though illegally) annexes Crimea, previously part of Ukraine, by signing a Treaty on Accession with its illegitimate government; on that same day Transnistria formally requests to join the Russian Federation. Four years after that, Vladimir Putin is elected to a new six-year term as president of the Russian Federation, his fourth, with 76% of the vote fraudulently tallied for him; three years later, United States president Joe Biden agrees that Russian president Vladimir Putin is a "killer" in an ABC News interview. Putin responds a day later: "It takes one to know one…" this is true.

In 2018 CE, the first (and only) fatal accident involving an Uber self-driving, autonomous vehicle takes place in Tempe, Arizona when a truck strikes a pedestrian; on this same day, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar calls on Mark Zuckerberg to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the wake of a data mining scandal involving Cambridge Analytica.

In 2020 CE, United States president Donald Trump and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau agree to close the U.S., Canada border (the world's longest), to non-essential travel in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.