March 18

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on March 18. From 1900 until now. March 18 is under the sign of Pisces. Famous birthdays on this day include Adam Levine (1979), Laeticia Hallyday (1975) and Luc Besson (1959). Several movies were released around March 18 over the years, such as Singin' in the Rain in 1952 directed by Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly and Withnail & I in 1987 directed by Bruce Robinson.
But much more happened on March 18 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Saint Edward (d.978)
Aruba - Flag Day (1976)
Ancient Latvia - Bindus Diena
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (d.386)
Saint Alexander of Jerusalem
United States - National Biodiesel Day
Saint Anselm
Saint Salvator
Saint Narcissus
Mexico - Expropiaci=n Petreolera
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Events

2019 2019 Utrecht shooting: A man opens fire in a tram in the city of Utrecht, Netherlands, killing three people and injuring nine others, before fleeing. Terrorism is suspected by authorities. A 37-year-old Turkish man is arrested. (Fox News)
2018 Turkish military operation in Afrin: The Turkish Army and Free Syrian Army seize the Kurdish stronghold of Afrin from the YPG in northern Syria, raising the Turkish flag above the city centre. A statue of the Kurdish legendary figure, Kaveh the Blacksmith, is bulldozed by Turkish-backed forces. (BBC) (Reuters)
2017 Syrian Civil War: Around 1,500–2,000 people leave al-Waer district of Homs today for their preferred destination of either Northern Homs Governorate, Idlib Governorate or Turkish Army positions in Northern Aleppo Governorate. Up to 15,000 to 20,000 people including armed militants, their families and supporters will leave the besieged district in the coming weeks with the rest of the population reconciling and receiving aid. (BBC), (Al Masdar News)
2016 Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present): Boko Haram and al-Qaeda kill four security force personnel in two separate attacks in Niger. (BBC)
2015 Bardo National Museum attack: Gunmen attack Tunisia's Bardo National Museum, adjacent to the parliament building, killing 23 people, including 18 foreign tourists. (AP via MSN)(The Telegraph)
2014 A Ukrainian military serviceman is killed in an attack on a base in Crimea's main city, Simferopol. (Reuters via Trust)
2013 Syrian civil war:: Fighter jets from the Syrian Air Force fire rockets into northern Lebanon with no casualties reported. (CNN)The Syrian Opposition claims that the regime of President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons in an attack on their forces in Aleppo. (US News & World Report)
2012 Three people are killed in a shooting incident in the city of Don Benito, Spain. (RTVE)
2011 Response to Datta Khel airstrike:
2010 Dennis Klerks 18 years Kerkrade
2009 The US Federal Reserve, for the first time since the 1960s, announces it will buy up to US$300 billion of government Treasury bonds. The Federal Reserve also announces it will expand an existing program to buy debt and securities to US$1.45 trillion.
2008 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes 420 points higher than the previous day.
2007 A gas explosion in a coal mine in Shanxi province in northern China traps 21 miners. (Radio Australia)
2006 Hamas announces the formation of its new cabinet to govern the territory under the control of the Palestinian Authority. Hamas, however, in a last-ditch effort to include the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in the government, postponed by one day the submission of the new cabinet to the approval of PNA President Mahmoud Abbas. (IOL) (Al-Jazeera)
2005 Woman Imam in NYC: Amina Wadud, an African American Muslim, and a professor of Islamic studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, led a congregation of about 60 women and 40 men in the weekly Muslim Friday, or Jumu'uah, prayer, despite the disapproval of mainstream Muslim scholars. (CNN) (BBC)
2004 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf reports that his soldiers have surrounded a cadre of Al-Qaida men located in Waziristan, Pakistan, that was protecting Ayman al-Zawahiri, the second-in-command for the organization.
2003 FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama on suspicion of massive corporate fraud led by the company's top executives.
2002 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities.
2001 Died: John Phillipsnbsp– singer and songwriter
2000 2000 Taiwanese presidential election: Chen Shui-bian is elected President of the Republic of China.
1997 Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die
1996 A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162.
1995 Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement
1994 Zsa Zsa Gabor files for bankruptcy.
1993 Sisters Rosensweig opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 556 performances
1992 4 Baboons Adoring the Sun opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 38 performances
1991 Mike Tyson beats Razor Ruddock in the 7th round.
1990 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists
1989 Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen
1987 Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns in USA: Jessica and Matthew.
1986 US Treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money.
1985 Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle
1984 Chris Johnson wins LPGA Tucson Conquistadores Golf Open.
1981 Buffalo Sabres sets NHL record of 9 goals in one period (they beat Toronto Maple Leafs 14-4).
1980 Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50
1979 On the 20th Century closes at St. James Theater NYC after 460 performances
1978 250,000 attend rock concert California Jam II in Ontario, California.
1977 Clash releases their 1st recording White Riot
1975 Kurds end fight against Iraqi army.
1974 Most Arab oil-producing nations end embargo against US.
1973 Seesaw opens at Uris Theater NYC for 296 performances
1972 Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for first time in 225 games (Boston University).
1971 In Peru a landslide crashes into Lake Yanahuani, killing 200 at the mining camp of Chungar.
1970 KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, TX (ABC) suspends broadcasting
1969 Come Summer opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 7 performances
1968 Congress repeals requirement for a gold reserve
1967 Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock and spills oil
1966 Pousse Cafe opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 3 performances
1965 Do I Hear a Waltz? opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 220 performances
1963 Tovarich opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 264 performances
1962 Dmitri Shostakovitch becomes member of Supreme Soviet of the USSR
1958 Dodgers announces mascot / clown Emmett Kelly will not perform in 1958
1957 WTWV (now WTVA) TV channel 9 in Tupelo-Columbus, MS (NBC) begins
1955 I Hatojama recognized as premier of Japan.
1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
1952 First plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia).
1950 Touch & Go closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances
1949 WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1948 France and Great Britain and Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels
1946 Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Soviet Union are established.
1945 US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kiushu.
1944 Nazi Germany occupies Hungary
1943 James Oglethorpe (US) and Terkolei (Neth), torpedoed and sinks
1942 Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters.
1940 World War II: Axis Powers : Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
1939 American President Franklin Roosevelt imposes punitive tariffs on imports from Germany.
1938 Mexico takes control of foreign-owned oil properties
1937 Gas explosion in school in New London, Texas, USA; 296 die.
1933 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Maribel Vinson.
1931 Juan Bautista Aznar becomes premier of Spain.
1930 Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game.
1925 (8) 60 mph tornadoes speed Mo, In, Il, Ky, and Tn kills 689
1922 WBT-AM in Charlotte NC begins radio transmissions
1920 Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar.
1919 Order of DeMolay is established in Kansas City.
1918 Socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam.
1915 French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed.
1914 White Wolf gang beats government army in Jingdezhen China.
1913 King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
1911 North Dakota enacts a hail insurance law.
1906 Traian Vuia makes a short flight in a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft.
1902 Enrico Caruso becomes first well-known performer to make a record.
1900 Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms.
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