On This Day in History March 18, 2019

Historical Events 1123  1st Latern Council (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome, agreements of the Concordat of Worms ratified 1314  Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake by King Philip IV of France 1325  According to legend, Tenochtitlan is founded on this date on an island in what was then Lake Texcoco in the Valley of Mexico 1900  Japan uses its influence over Korea to deny Russia's efforts to obtain a naval station at Korean Port of Masampo, the lead up to the Russo-Japanese war 1922  British magistrates in India sentence Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years imprisonment for disobedience 1940  Benito Mussolini and Italy join Hitler in Germany's war against France & Britain More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Grover Cleveland (1837 - 1908) Neville Chamberlain (1869 - 1940) Queen Latifah 49th Birthday Rudolf Diesel (1858 - 1913) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Natasha Richardson (1963 - 2009) Robert Walpole (1676 - 1745) More Famous Deaths