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March 18

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YahrzeitHebrew-calendar remembrance

The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on March 18 this year.

  • R. Yaakov Kamenetskyd. 1986 CE

    Rosh yeshiva of Torah Vodaath; American posek

  1. 37 CEGraeco-Roman

    The Roman Senate confirmed Gaius (Caligula) as emperor two days after the death of Tiberius, opening his brief and much-debated reign.

  2. 1123 CEChristian · founded

    The First Lateran Council, the first general council held in the West, opened in Rome under Pope Callistus II.

  3. 1904 CEBuddhist · born

    Edward Conze, the Anglo-German scholar renowned for translating the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita) sutras into English, was born on this day in 1904.

  4. 1920 CEHindu · died

    Hermann Oldenberg, whose Prolegomena laid groundwork for the philological study of the Rigveda, died in Göttingen.

  5. 1965 CEScience

    During the Voskhod 2 mission, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov left his capsule for about twelve minutes to make the first walk in open space.

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