Famous Birthdays
- Edward Everett Horton, American vaudeville, stage, silent and sound screen character actor (Top Hat), and narrator (Fractured Fairy Tales - The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1970)
- Kurt Koffka, German Gestalt psychologist
- Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, Dutch author (Between Heaven & Earth)
Famous Deaths
- Leopold Zunz, German Jewish scholar (Science of Judaism), dies at 91
1886 Highlights
About March 18, 1886
Day of the Week: Thursday
How Long Ago? 136 years, 10 months and 19 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Lost Generation
Star Sign: Pisces