March 18

Today's Events

  • 978
    St. Edward the Martyr - king of Anglo-Saxons (975-78) dies
  • 1541
    de Soto becomes 1st European to record flooding of Mississippi River
  • 1766
    Britain repeals Stamp Act
  • 1850
    American Express founded
  • 1859
    Vera Cruz - Mexico besieged by Miramon
  • 1881
    Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens in MSG
  • 1892
    Lord Stanley proposes silver cup challenge for Hockey
  • 1909
    Einar Dessau of Denmark-1st ham broadcast
  • 1922
    Mohandas K Gandhi sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment
  • 1931
    1st electric razor marketed by Schick
  • 1937
    Tx gas explosion kills 400
  • 1938
    Mexico took control of foreign-owned oil properties
  • 1952
    1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted - Phila
  • 1959
    Pres Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill
  • 1962
    French & Algerian rebels agree to a truce
  • 1965
    Russia launches 2nd & final Voshkod-1st spacewalk-Aleksei Leonov
  • 1974
    Most Arab oil producing nations end US embargo
  • 1977
    Vietnam hands over MIA to US
  • 1985
    Capital Cities Communications Inc acquires ABC
  • 1986
    Treasury Dept announces plans to alter paper money
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