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18 March, 2005
Terri Schiavos feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband.
18 March, 2003
The Iraq War begins.
18 March, 2003
FBI agents raid the corporate headquarters of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama on suspicion of massive corporate fraud led by the companys top executives.
18 March, 2003
British Sign Language is recognised as an official British language.
18 March, 1997
The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en-route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 on board and leading to the grounding of all An-24s.
18 March, 1990
In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.
18 March, 1989
In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found in the Pyramid of Cheops.
18 March, 1980
At Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, 50 people are killed by an explosion of a Vostok-2M rocket on its launch pad during a fueling operation.
18 March, 1974
Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.
18 March, 1971
A landslide at Chungar, Peru crashes into Lake Yanahuani killing 200.
18 March, 1970
Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
18 March, 1968
Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
18 March, 1967
The Supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
18 March, 1965
Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
18 March, 1962
The Evian Accords put an end to the Algerian War of Independence, which began in 1954.
18 March, 1959
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21.
18 March, 1953
An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 250.
18 March, 1946
Diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Soviet Union are established.
18 March, 1945
World War II: 1,250 American bombers attack Berlin.
18 March, 1944
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy kills 26 and causes thousands to flee their homes.
18 March, 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.
18 March, 1938
Mexico nationalizes all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders.
18 March, 1937
The New London School explosion kills three hundred, mostly children.
18 March, 1937
Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
18 March, 1937
The human-powered aircraft, Pedaliante, flies 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) outside Milan.
18 March, 1925
The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
18 March, 1922
In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience. He would serve only 2 years.
18 March, 1922
The first public celebration of Bat mitzvah, for the daughter of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, is held in New York City.
18 March, 1921
The second Peace of Riga between Poland and Soviet Union.
18 March, 1915
World War I: Massive naval attack in Battle of Gallipoli. Three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
18 March, 1913
King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
18 March, 1909
Einar Dessau uses a short-wave radio transmitter, becoming the first radio broadcaster.
18 March, 1906
Traian Vuia flies a self-propelled heavier-than-air aircraft.
18 March, 1893
Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; originally presented to amateur champions, the Stanley Cup has been awarded to the top pro team since 1910, and since 1926, only to National Hockey League teams.
18 March, 1874
Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
18 March, 1871
Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders evacuation of Paris.
18 March, 1865
American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States of America adjourns for the last time.
18 March, 1850
American Express is founded by Henry Wells and William Fargo.
18 March, 1834
Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union.
18 March, 1793
The first republican state in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
18 March, 1766
American Revolution: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, which had been very unpopular in the British colonies.
18 March, 1673
John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sells his part of New Jersey to the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers.
18 March, 1608
Susenyos is formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
18 March, 1438
Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of Germany.
18 March, 1314
Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake.
18 March, 1241
Kraków is ravaged by Mongols.
18 March, 1229
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor declares himself King of Jerusalem during the Sixth Crusade.
18 March, 37
The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius will and proclaims Caligula emperor.

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