On This Day for March 18 - Election of Chen Shui-bian, Queen Latifah is featured, and more

Created: 2020-03-18 10:03 Updated: 2020-03-18 10:03 Notebook: On this Day in History

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March 18

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

1970

Queen Latifah

FEATURED EVENT

2000

Election of Chen Shui-bian

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2017: American singer-songwriter and guitarist Chuck Berry, who was a leading and influential performer in rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll music, died at age 90. [ Test your knowledge of rock and roll .]

2012: Tongan King Tupou V died and was succeeded by his younger brother, Crown Prince Lavaka, who took the name Tupou VI.

1936: Politician F.W. de Klerk—who, as president of South Africa (1989–94), brought the apartheid system of racial segregation to an end and negotiated a transition to majority rule in his country—was born. [ Discover how much you know about South Africa .]

1932: American writer John Updike —whose novels, short stories, and poems are known for their realistic but subtle depiction of “American, Protestant, small-town, middle-class” life—was born.

1871: The Commune of Paris, an insurrection of Parisians against the French government, began, lasting until May 28.

Neville Chamberlain, photograph by Bassano.

1869: Neville Chamberlain, who was British prime minister from May 28, 1937, to May 10, 1940, and whose name is identified with the policy of appeasement toward Adolf Hitler's Germany, was born.

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1952

Mike Webster
American football player

1837

Grover Cleveland
president of United States

1782

John C. Calhoun
vice president of United States

1869

Neville Chamberlain
prime minister of United Kingdom

1975

Sutton Foster
American actress and singer