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Arthur Neville Chamberlain was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 and Leader of the Conservative Party from May 1937 to October 1940.
Famous Birthdays on March 18
1869 — Neville Chamberlain
English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1940)
March 18 has 268 recorded notable births across history, from 1075 to 2002. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on March 18
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- 1994 Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending war between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Source
- 1899 Phoebe, a satellite of Saturn, becomes the first to be discovered with photographs, taken in August 1898, by William Henry Pickering. Source
- 1848 The premiere of William Henry Fry's Leonora in Philadelphia is the first known performance of a grand opera by an American composer. Source
- 1942 The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody. Source
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Calhoun was the first of two vice presidents to resign from the position, the second being Spiro Agnew, who resigned in 1973.
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Thomas Ian Griffith also portrayed screen legend Rock Hudson in ABC's 1990 television biopic Rock Hudson, and serial killer Doug Clark in CBS's 2000 television biopic A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle.
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In 1994, Linde won BMI's "Top Writer Award" and received four awards as BMI's most-performed titles for that year.
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At the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, he won a silver medal playing for Team Europe.
More major people born on March 18
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1782
John C. Calhoun
American lawyer and politician, 7th Vice President of the United States (died 1850)
John Caldwell Calhoun was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832.
1962
Thomas Ian Griffith
American actor, producer, screenwriter, musician and martial artist
Thomas Ian Griffith is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, musician, and martial artist. His best-known roles include Terry Silver in John G.
1943
Dennis Linde
American singer-songwriter (died 2006)
Dennis Linde was an American musician and songwriter based in Nashville who has had over 250 of his songs recorded.
1977
Zdeno Chára
Slovak ice hockey player
Zdeno Chára is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player.
1780
Miloš Obrenović
Serbian prince (died 1860)
Miloš Obrenović I, born Miloš Teodorović, also known as Miloš the Great, was the Prince of Serbia twice, from 1815 to 1839, and from 1858 to 1860.
1928
Miguel Poblet
Spanish cyclist (died 2013)
Miguel Poblet Orriols was a Spanish professional cyclist, who had over 200 professional victories from 1944 to 1962.
1942
Jeff Mullins
American basketball player and coach
Jeffrey Vincent Mullins is an American former basketball player and coach. He played college basketball with the Duke Blue Devils and in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the St.
1690
Christian Goldbach
Prussian-German mathematician and academic (died 1764)
Christian Goldbach was a Prussian mathematician connected with some important research mainly in number theory; he also studied law and took an interest in and a role in the Russian court.
1877
Clem Hill
Australian cricketer and engineer (died 1945)
Clement Hill was an Australian cricketer who played 49 Test matches as a specialist batsman between 1896 and 1912. He captained the Australian team in ten Tests, winning five and losing five.
1814
Jacob Bunn
American businessman (died 1897)
John Whitfield Bunn was an American corporate leader, financier, industrialist, and personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, whose work and leadership involved a broad range of institutions ranging from Midwestern railroads,…
1968
Paul Marsden
English businessman and politician
Paul William Barry Marsden is a British writer, businessman and politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shrewsbury and Atcham from 1997 until 2005.
1893
Wilfred Owen
English soldier and poet (died 1918)
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War.
1951
Bill Frisell
American guitarist and composer
William Richard Frisell is an American jazz guitarist. He first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader.
1959
Luc Besson
French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded EuropaCorp
Luc Paul Maurice Besson is a French filmmaker. He directed and produced the films Subway (1985), The Big Blue (1988), and La Femme Nikita (1990).
1982
Matthew Lombardi
Canadian ice hockey player
Matthew Lombardi is a Canadian former professional ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames, Phoenix Coyotes, Nashville Predators, Toronto Maple Leafs and Anaheim Ducks.
1922
Suzanne Perlman
Hungarian-Dutch visual artist (died 2020)
Suzanne Perlman was a Hungarian-Dutch visual artist known for her expressionist portraits and landscape paintings.
1984
Rajeev Ram
American tennis player
Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
1971
Mike Bell
American wrestler (died 2008)
Michael Bell, better known as Mike "Mad Dog" Bell, was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as a jobber throughout the 1990s.
1901
William Johnson
American painter (died 1970)
William Henry Johnson was an American painter. Born in Florence, South Carolina, he became a student at the National Academy of Design in New York City, working with Charles Webster Hawthorne.