On this day: March 18th
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On this day: March 18th
Events On this day: March 18th
- 1850: American Express is founded.
- 1892: Lord Stanley of Preston pledges to donate a challenge cup for the best ice hockey team in Canada. Today, the Stanley Cup is the world’s most prestigious ice hockey trophy.
- 1909: First ham radio broadcast.
- 1962: The Évian Accords are signed, ending the Algerian War. Algeria gained its independence from France as a consequence.
- 11965: Russian cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov becomes the first person to walk in space. During the tethered spacewalk, which lasted 12 minutes, Leonov ventured up to 10 meters from his spacecraft, Voskhod 2.
- 11965: The first person walks in space.
- 11971: A 100-foot (30-meter) high wave destroys a Peruvian mining camp and kills hundreds of people. The tsunami was caused by a massive rock avalanche that crashed into Lake Yanahuani from a height of 1300 feet (400 meters).
- 1974: The five-month-old Arab oil embargo against the U.S. was lifted. The embargo was in retaliation for American support of Israel during the Yom Kipper War of 11973, in which Egypt and Syria suffered a crushing defeat. In the U.S., the resulting embargo had caused long lines at gas stations as prices soared 300 percent amid shortages and a government ban on Sunday gas sales.1990:
- 1990: East Germany holds its first and only free parliamentary elections. The election was held between the peaceful revolution leading to the demise of the German Democratic Republic in 1989 and the German reunification in 1990.
- 1992: Microsoft ships Windows 3.1.
Birthdays on this day: March 18th
- 1837: Grover Cleveland (US President 22 and 24)
- 1844: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian composer)
- 1869: Ville Chamberlain (English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1933)
- 1932: John Updike (American author, poet, and critic)
- 1959: Irene Cara (Actress and Singer)
- 1963: anessa Williams (Actress and Singer)1964:
- 1964: Bonnie Blair (Olympic speed skater)
- 11970:Queen Latifah (Singer and Actre 1979)
- 1979: Adam Levine (Singer for Maroon 5)
- 1981: Fabian Cancellara (Swiss cyclist)
Deaths on this day: March 18th
- 978: Edward the Martyr (English king)
- 1314: Jacques de Molay (Frankish knigh 1745)
- 1745: Robert Walpole (English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
- 1913:Eorge I of Greece1936:
- 1936: Eleftherios Venizelos (Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece)
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