March 18
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Significant events that happened (or will happen) on March 18.
Events
- 1974 – City Council votes to approve converting East Main Street into the Downtown Mall [1]
Deaths
- 1928 – George W Buckner dies in St. Louis, Missouri. A resident of Fifeville and a prominent leader of Charlottesville's Black community, he co-founded the People’s Finance Company for Negroes and worked to organize a program of rehabilitation between Whites and Blacks for the good of the community in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the aftermath of the Tulsa race massacre.
References
- ↑ Web. Former Councilors share memories of early days of Downtown Mall, Sean Tubbs & Brian Wheeler, News Article, Charlottesville Tomorrow, April 13, 2010, retrieved July 3, 2020.