Historical events on March 18
MARCH 18, 1915
First World War: In one of the largest naval battles of the Gallipoli campaign, Ottoman forces sank three Allied battleships and severely damaged three others.
World War I or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the
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MARCH 18, 1241
First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongol forces defeated the Polish armies of Sandomierz and Kraków at the Battle of Chmielnik.
The Mongol invasion of Poland from late 1240 to 1241 culminated in the Battle of Legnica, where the Mongols defeated an alliance
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MARCH 18, 1277
Charles I of Anjou acquired a claim on the Kingdom of Jerusalem in exchange for a significant sum of money.
Charles I, commonly called Charles of Anjou or Charles d'Anjou, was King of Sicily from 1266 to 1285. He was a member
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MARCH 18, 1990
Unidentified thieves stole thirteen works of art collectively valued at $500 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (pictured) in Boston, Massachusetts.
In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in
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MARCH 18, 363
A fire began in Rome that resulted in the destruction of the Temple of Apollo Palatinus.
The Temple of Apollo Palatinus, sometimes called the Temple of Actian Apollo, was a temple of the god Apollo in Rome, constructed
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MARCH 18, 1959
Tibetan uprising: After the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge at Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, Chinese forces bombarded the monastery, inflicting severe destruction and killing hundreds of Buddhist monks.
The 1959 Tibetan uprising or Lhasa uprising began on 10 March 1959 as a series of protests in the Tibetan capital of
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MARCH 18, 1921
Russian Civil War: Bolshevik forces suppressed a rebellion of sailors and civilians in Kronstadt.
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the 1917 overthrowing of the Russian
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MARCH 18, 1901
The construction of the House with Chimaeras (pictured) commenced in Kyiv.
House with Chimaeras or Horodetsky House is an Art Nouveau building located in the historic Lypky neighborhood of Kyiv, the capital of
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MARCH 18, 1838
The British soldier-explorer John Wood came close to rediscovering the ancient Greco-Bactrian city of Ai-Khanoum in modern Afghanistan.
John Wood was a Scottish naval officer, surveyor, cartographer and explorer, principally remembered for his exploration of central Asia.
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"Grave of Captain John Wood in Highgate Cemetery" by Simon Edwards Esq - CC BY-SA 4.0
MARCH 18, 1969
Vietnam War: The United States began secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies.
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MARCH 18, 1996
The deadliest fire in Philippine history broke out at a nightclub in Quezon City, causing 162 deaths.
The Ozone Disco fire in Quezon City, Philippines, broke out on March 18, 1996, leaving at least 162 people dead. It is
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MARCH 18, 1970
U.S. postal workers began an eight-day strike after Congress raised their wages by only 4 percent despite increasing its own pay by 41 percent.
The U.S. postal strike of 1970 was an eight-day strike by federal postal workers in March 1970. The strike began in New
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MARCH 18, 2019
Syrian civil war: The U.S. Air Force carried out an airstrike in al-Baghuz Fawqani, killing as many as 80, a disputed number of whom were civilians.
The Syrian civil war is an ongoing conflict in Syria that began with the Syrian Revolution in March 2011 when popular discontent
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MARCH 18, 1925
The deadliest tornado in U.S. history spawned in Missouri and traveled more than 219 miles (352 km) across Illinois and Indiana, leaving one of the longest continuous tornado tracks ever recorded.
In the midday and afternoon hours of Wednesday, March 18, 1925, the deadliest tornado in United States history and second-deadliest worldwide moved
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MARCH 18, 1892
Canadian governor general Lord Stanley of Preston pledged to donate an award to Canada's top-ranked amateur ice hockey club, now known as the Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.
Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, known as Hon. Frederick Stanley until 1886 and Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886–1893, was
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MARCH 18, 1965
Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov ventured outside the Soviet spacecraft Voskhod 2, becoming the first person to walk in space.
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and aviator, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965,
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MARCH 18, 1906
Romanian inventor Traian Vuia became the first person to fly a heavier-than-air monoplane (pictured) with an unassisted takeoff.
Traian Vuia or Trajan Vuia was a Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer who designed, built, and tested the first tractor monoplane. He
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MARCH 18, 2005
As per a court order, the feeding tube of Terri Schiavo, an American woman who suffered brain damage, was removed at the request of her husband, fueling a worldwide debate on euthanasia.
A court order is an official proclamation by a judge that defines the legal relationships between the parties to a hearing, a
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MARCH 18, 1977
The punk group the Clash released their first single, "White Riot", described as their "most controversial song" due to its lyrics about class economics and race.
The Clash were an English rock band formed in London in 1976. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they are considered
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