Historical Events
Sports History
Montreal Canadien Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals
- US Army Air Force completes largest bombing raid on Berlin Germany: Over 1200 bombers drop 3,000 tons of explosives [1]
- US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kyushu, Japan
Famous Birthdays
- Aleksey Vakhonin, USSR, bantam weight (Olympic gold 1964)
- Chuck E. Weiss, American blues and rock songwriter, vocalist, and muse (Rickie Lee Jones; Tom Waits), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2021)
- Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer and producer (The Alan Parsons Project), born in Glasgow (d. 2009)
- Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer (Asakusa Portraits), born in Daigo, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan (d. 2020)
- John Jacobs, American golfer (PGA Senior C’ship 2003), born in Los Angeles, California
- Joy Fielding, Canadian novelist and actress, born in Toronto, Ontario
Famous Deaths
- William Grover-Williams, British racing driver
About March 18, 1945
Day of the Week: Sunday
How Long Ago? 78 years, 6 months and 14 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Rooster
Star Sign: Pisces
