March 18 in history
Events on March 18
Notable events that happened on March 18 in past years.
- 2025
Israel launches widespread aerial bombardments and attacks on the Gaza Strip, killing at least 591 people, including children.
Wikipedia article: March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip - 1996
A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people.
Wikipedia article: Ozone Disco fire - 1980
A Vostok-2M rocket at Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 explodes during a fueling operation, killing 48 people.
Wikipedia article: Vostok-2M - 1969
The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
Wikipedia article: Operation Menu - 1962
The Évian Accords end the Algerian War of Independence, which had begun in 1954.
Wikipedia article: Évian Accords - 1945
World War II: 40th Infantry Division, spearheaded by the 185th US Infantry Regiment, lands unopposed in Tigbauan, forcing the Japanese forces to surrender and General Macario Peralta and Gen. Gen. Eichelberger to declare the Liberation of Panay, Romblon and Guimaras.
Wikipedia article: Tigbauan - 1938
Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
Wikipedia article: Pemex - 1922
In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two.
Wikipedia article: Mahatma Gandhi - 1915
World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
Wikipedia article: World War I - 1899
Phoebe, a satellite of Saturn, becomes the first to be discovered with photographs, taken in August 1898, by William Henry Pickering.
Wikipedia article: Phoebe (moon) - 1848
The premiere of William Henry Fry's Leonora in Philadelphia is the first known performance of a grand opera by an American composer.
Wikipedia article: William Henry Fry - 1766
American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act.
Wikipedia article: American Revolution - 1608
Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
Wikipedia article: Susenyos I - 1241
First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongols overwhelm Polish armies in Kraków in the Battle of Chmielnik and plunder the city.
- 37
Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula = Little Boots) emperor.
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